Translation and Business Communication in Atomic Energy
Source: https://english.spbu.ru/admission/programms/graduate/translation-and-business-communication-atomic-energy Parent: https://english.spbu.ru/admission/programms/graduate
In English and Russian
Level of education Master
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 2 years
Programme description
The programme "Translation and Business Communication in Atomic Energy" is designed to train highly qualified specialists with an in-depth knowledge of specialised English in atomic energy as well as a second foreign language. A significant place among the disciplines of the programme is planned to be given to professional communication skills in atomic energy and translation management. The programme involves studying a termbase, principles and methods of interpreting and translation, and business intercultural communication in foreign economic activity.
Main courses
- English for Atomic Energy
- English for Business Administration
- English in Energy Business Management
- Consecutive Interpreting in Atomic Energy
- Fundamentals of Simultaneous Interpreting
- IAEA: Structure and Scope of Activities (in English)
- Nuclear Technologies in Medicine (in English)
- Nuclear Weapons and International Relations (in English)
- Translation Management
- Translation of Scientific and Technical Texts and Pre-Translation Text Analysis
- Creation of Term Glossaries and Management of Term Bases
- Computer-Aided Translation Tools
- Business Writing, Abstracting and Annotations (in English)
- Atomic Energy Industry in the World (in English)
- Introduction to Terminology
- Theoretical Issues in Grammar
- Business Discourse Stylistics
- Translation Theory and Practice
- Introduction to Intercultural Communication Studies
- International Protocol and Fundamentals of Organising Protocol Events (in English)
- Spanish
- Italian
- Chinese
- German
- French
- Russian as a Foreign Language in Business and Intercultural Communication
Our advantages
The skills acquired during the training will also enable graduates to work as military translators and interpreters in the field of nuclear technology and as translators and interpreters in the field of nuclear medicine. Graduates will be able to successfully apply their acquired skills in the following areas of research, applied and industrial activities: translation organisation and management; foreign trade; consecutive interpreting; use of computer-assisted translation; translation of technical and contractual documentation; their second foreign language in business; business writing; annotating; abstracting; and intercultural communication in foreign trade.