On 23 April, Professor Irina Alekseeva, SCIT President,  spoke at the opening of the interregional festival “Through the Book to Peace among Peoples” at the National Library of the Chuvash Republic. She held a round table “Problems of literary translation from the languages of Russia and the world”, which was attended by writers and translators from Chuvashia and neighboring regions, as well as guests from Moscow. Also, within the framework of the 4th Volga Translation School “Down the Volga” Irina Alekseeva met with students of the Chuvash State Pedagogical University and together with colleagues held a master class on translation. An informal conversation  with young translators and students took place where the participants discussed the future of the profession and the possibility of professional development at SCIT in Herzen University.