PhD program
Translation (Western Languages)

Translation (Western Languages)

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1 To prepare and simulate educational texts for the development of translation competence in the use of systemic, philological, anthropocentric, semiotic, ethno-linguistic and psycholinguistic analyses.
ON2 To put forward new hypotheses and conceptual ideas for solving text perception problems, a holistic strategy and norms of translation and publish the results in authoritative scientific journals.
ON3 To integrate interdisciplinary knowledge of psycholinguistics, ethnolinguistics and other humanities when planning translational studies and strategies.
ON4 To publicly present and substantiate our own methodological developments in forecasting adequate translation, taking into account ethno-linguistic and ethno-cultural factors, and developing objective scientific criteria for evaluating translation texts.
ON5 To integrate anthropocentric and competence-based approaches in the methods of teaching and training translators and develop teaching translation exercises.
ON6 To develop your own concept of teaching translation and orient the learning process of translation from identifying ways to translate educational material to methods for solving typical translation problems and a strategy for finding individual creative solutions.
ON7 To conduct an objective examination with the use of integrated translation analysis methods and comment on the quality of translation in accordance with established translation standards.
ON8 To effectively manage the company; to coordinate research and work activities of the team; strategically direct the development of your business unit and build promising customer relationships; adapt to the rapidly changing situation in the labor market.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Translation (Western Languages)
Speciality Code
8D02302
Faculty
Philological

disciplines

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: To develop competence in written scientific communication, the ability to write and edit texts in accordance with the norms of academic communication. The course forms the ability to create scientific texts of different genres: dissertation, annotations, scientific articles, argumentation (analytical) essays, justification of research and review, philological comments, etc.

PhD thesis writing and defence
  • Number of credits - 12
  • Type of control - Докторская диссертация
  • Description - The main purpose of "PhD thesis writing and defence": of a doctoral dissertation is the formation of the doctoral students' ability to disclose the content of research work for the defense of the thesis. During the study of course, doctoral student's should be competent in: 1. to substantiate the content of new scientifically grounded theoretical and experimental results that allow to solve a theoretical or applied problem or are a major achievement in the development of specific scientific directions; 2. explain the assessment of the completeness of the solutions to the tasks assigned, according to the specifics of the professional sphere of activity; 3. they can analyze alternative solutions for solving research and practical problems and assess the prospects for implementing these options; 4. apply the skills of writing scientific texts and presenting them in the form of scientific publications and presentations. 5. to plan and structure the scientific search, clearly highlight the research problem, develop a plan / program and methods for its study, formalize, in accordance with the requirements of the State Educational Establishment, the scientific and qualification work in the form of a thesis for a scientific degree Doctor of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on specialty «8D07502 – Standardization and certification (by industry)». During the study of the discipline doctoral student will learn following aspects: Registration of documents for presentation of the thesis for defense. Information card of the dissertation and registration-registration card (in the format Visio 2003). Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the institution, in which the preliminary defense of the thesis took place. Cover letter to the Higher Attestation Commission. Expert conclusion on the possibility of publishing the author's abstract. Expert opinion on the possibility of publishing a dissertation. Minutes of the meeting of the counting commission. Bulletin for voting. A shorthand record of the meeting of the dissertational council. List of scientific papers. Response of the official opponent. A review of the leading organization. The recall of the scientific adviser.

Psychology of Interpretation and Translation
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to apply the methods and techniques of the conscious installation of the translator to activate individual psychological mechanisms in the interpretation / simultaneous interpreting and written translation. Should be studied: the reflection of paralinguistic, cognitive and linguistic aspects in the psychology of translation; measuring the personality dynamics of the intellectual development of a translator; setting semantic, visual and auditory perception of the translator; methods for developing probabilistic forecasting mechanisms; memory; attention; imagination etc

Scientific Research methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline - develop the ability to describe and evaluate the main types of philological research methods. The training course forms a theoretical and methodological basis for conducting research according to their types. The discipline is aimed at studying: specifics of methods of scientific philological research.

Theoretical Paradigms and Сoncepts in Translation Studies
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to apply a scientific and critical analysis of theoretical paradigms and concepts of translation studies for planning and forecasting promising scientific research. Should be studied: the patterns of development of modern translation; application of theoretical paradigms in translation; analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various points of view on the theory and practice of translation; application of anthropocentric paradigm; cultural and sociological approaches to translation.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Linguistics of Translation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to carry out linguistic analysis of the translated text on the basis of the linguistic theory of translation in order to identify interlanguage features of the structure and functioning rules of the source and translating languages. Should be studied: theoretical and regulatory aspects of translation linguistics; development of a strategy for linguistic research of a translated text; ways to preserve language norms and search for equivalent constructions in translation.

Literary aspects of Translation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to apply a literary approach to translation to recreate the aesthetic function of the original text. Should be studied: analysis of the evolution of translation thought and practice from literary positions; selection and analysis of correspondences between the source text and the translation text at the image level; literary translation as an indicator of the level of skill of the translator; application of literary translation theory to reproduce aesthetic reality

Methods of Teaching Translation at a University
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to apply new methods of teaching translation to introduce positive results in the educational practice of the university. Should be studied: the process of development of social values among students; practice of solving typical translation problems and tasks; application of the search strategy for individual creative solutions; machine translation practice; the use of CAT programs, online dictionaries, etc

Organization of Research on Interpretation /Simultaneous Interpreting and Translation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to develop an organizational structure and strategies for conducting research on interpretation / simultaneous interpreting and written translation for the operational management of the process. Should be studied: analysis of the source and translated text; planning the algorithm and stages of the study; application of methodological principles and teaching methods of research; monitoring of all stages of interpretation, simultaneous and written translation; forecast of research results.

Translation Editing and Criticism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to apply editing techniques and conduct an expertise based on scientific criteria for evaluating the text to achieve high-quality translation. Should be studied: the terminology of literary and translation editing; maintaining the norms of the speech culture of the translating language and the methodological principles of criticism of the translation; performing editorial analysis and applying editorial assessment criteria; organization, adjustment and expert evaluation of translation work.

Translation Learning Technologies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to apply innovative translation training technologies to optimize the learning process of the educational material. Should be studied: the application of methods of translation practice and the conceptual sphere of modern translation studies; using an integrated approach to the content of linguistic and interlanguage disciplines in the framework of educational programs of higher and postgraduate education, taking into account the training of multilingual translation personnel.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: formation of the ability to carry out educational activities in universities, to design the educational process and conduct certain types of training sessions using innovative educational technologies.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years