On 25 November – 13 December 2013 the School welcomed Mikhail Kuzmenko, reviser at the Russian Translation Section, UN Office at Geneva. The purpose of his visit was to train the students in the skills of institutional translation with a bent on UN translation practices, do practical translations, introduce them to basic editing skills. Participation in II St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum brought some variety into Mr.Kuzmenko’s program. On 2 December he attended the Conference “Language Mediation as a Means of Translating Russian Language and Culture into the Global Space”. At the end of the training period, the students were offered a UN text for translation followed by thorough feedback from Mr Kuzmenko.