Translation Studies and Applied Linguistics Department

Translation Studies and Applied Linguistics Department

Address: Lomonosov Ave., 4, Rooms 308 and 318
phone: (8182) 68-32-62

General information and activity profile.

The department specializes in the training of translators and interpreters with the English, German, French and Chinese languages within bachelor and master degree programmes. Department staff teaches general linguistics and specialized translation courses as well as professional communication courses. There are several elective courses developed by the staff of the department, such as Technical translation (English language), French language and culture (Elementary level), Basics of Chinese language and culture, English as a second foreign language for professional communication, German as a second foreign language for professional communication.

The key subjects of the department scientific research are

1. “Arctic discourse: translation and international professional communication in the context of digitalization” (Research supervisors are Doctor of Philology, Professor Alexander Polikarpov, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Maria Druzhinina).
2. “Training of specialists in the system of vocational education in the Russian North” (Research supervisor is Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Maria Druzhinina)

Management.

Professor Alexander Polikarpov, Head of the Department, Doctor of Philology, Professor. Research interests: Translation studies, Modern German grammar, Colloquial German; Pragmalinguistics; Contrastive Linguistic Ecology; Interactional Linguistic Semiotics; Terminology Studies

Main disciplines

• Practical language course (English, German, French, Chinese);
• Translation studies;
• Theory and practice of translation (English-Russian, German-Russian, French-Russian, Chinese-Russian);

Educational programs implemented by the Department:

Bachelor level

• Programme 45.03.02 Linguistics, specialty “Translation and translation studies” (Programme supervisor is Doctor of Philology, Professor Alexander Polikarpov)

Master level

• Master’s Programme 45.04.02 Linguistics “Translation in the International Business Communication” (Programme supervisor is Doctor of Philology, Professor Alexander Polikarpov)
• Master’s programme 44.04.01 Pedagogical education — “ Pedagogical Design in Language Education: Chinese as a foreign language” (Programme supervisor is Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Maria Druzhinina)

Post-graduate

• 5.9.8. Theoretical, applied and comparative linguistics. The head is Doctor of Philology, Professor Alexander Polikarpov.
• 5.8.7 Methodology and technology of vocational education. The head of the program is Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Maria Druzhinina.
• 5.9.6. Languages of peoples of foreign countries (Germanic languages). The head is Doctor of Philology, Professor Larisa Shchipitsina.