Level of education: Master programme

Type of instruction: Full-time

Duration: 2 years

Language of instruction: Russian

Main academic courses

• Current Issues in Modern Translatology
• Introduction to Theory of Interpreting
• History of Linguistics and Methods of Linguistic Research
• Fundamentals of Contrastive Linguistics
• Translation in Various Fields (Economics, Politics, Law, Medicine)
• Listening Comprehension and Translation of Media
• Public Speaking and Translation
• Stylistic Analysis of Original and Translated Text
• Translation (from German into Russian and from Russian into German)
• Literary Translation
• Different Types of Interpreting (Consecutive, Liaison, Simultaneous)
• Modern (Computer) Methods of Translation
• Translation Practicum

Сareer

Training involves research and translation practice, for example, in the format of volunteer activities in such organisations as:

• Collective of Charity Organisations "Perspectives"
• Goethe German Cultural Centre in St Petersburg
• PJSC Kirovsky Zavod
• Social Translation Centre of St Petersburg University
• Representative office of the state-owned economic development agency NRW.INVEST in St Petersburg
• Chambers of Commerce
• The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. (KAS; Konrad Adenauer Foundation)
• The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
• The German Russian Meeting Centre drb
• The Petersburg Dialogue

Professions

• Interpreter in international organisations and institutions
• Adviser-interpreter in the translation department of companies
• Consultant with knowledge of foreign languages
• Tour guide and interpreter
• Translator in editorial office or publishing house
• Teacher of translation disciplines in universities
• Freelance interpreter and translator

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