RUDN students win the translators’ contest

I learned about the Second International Student Contest of Professionally Oriented Translation from our translation teacher and tutor Yana Volkova. This competition seemed like a great opportunity for me to practice my translation skills. I was also amazed by the variety of topics offered for translation: medicine, law, management, psychology, etc. I took part in five categories: advertising and public relations, management, business intelligence, economics and politics. I won the first place in the “Business Intelligence” category, which was the best gift for a professional holiday — Translator’s Day. I would like to note that each of the proposed texts was challenging in its own way. However, it seems to me that the more difficulties the translation causes, the more excited and satisfied with the result you are

I learned about the competition thanks to the Department of Foreign Languages ​​of RUDN Law Institute, which actually always informs students about upcoming events and competitions in the field of linguistics and helps not to miss the most interesting events. I would like to express special gratitude to Philip Novikov, our teacher, who always supports our academic and research initiatives. I decided to take part because the participants had to demonstrate their knowledge in the field of professionally oriented translation. This was within the two main areas of my academic interests: English and jurisprudence

I am very pleased to receive a prize in the international professional translation competition, this is a good opportunity to prove myself. The contest encouraged me to improve my knowledge of legal Spanish. It is a great advantage over competitors and an additional privilege in the legal profession, in particular, drafting contracts, representing interests in courts in various disputes, etc. The article to be translated for the contest is devoted to psychology, which, in my opinion, is very informative for representatives of the legal professions. Psychology and jurisprudence together give the lawyer the skills to communicate and use the right approach, both to the client and to the case as a whole, increase the effectiveness of law enforcement and compliance with the rule of law through the study of the psychology of personality and legal actions

It is the experience of RUDN University teachers who combine teaching and translation practice, that it is hardly possible to train qualified translators only in the classroom — they need practice in the real conditions of the future profession. The participation of students in professionally oriented contests is an important stage in the professional training of specialists for any industry. The earlier students begin to master future specialties in real conditions of professional activity, the more ready they are for solving relevant tasks. It is important to emphasize that the tradition of training translators for various branches of the country’s socio-economic activities has been implemented since the first days of the university’s foundation. Currently, the relevant practice is implemented in all educational institutions, faculties and academy of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. As part of the annual Day of the Translator, under the guidance of language teachers, students participate in educational, creative and competitive events dedicated to the history of translation as a science, the role of translation in modern society, famous translators whose experience is relevant for future specialists. RUDN University congratulates all the winners and prize-winners of the contest and thanks the organizers for the opportunity for students to try the profession of a translator already at the stage of studying, understanding its challenges and uniqueness