Buketov University
Welcome to the Department of Translation Theory and Practice!
The Department of Translation Theory and Practice is a graduation department and trains specialists in the field of linguistics and translation studies under the bachelor's degree program 6B02301 - Translation Studies and master's degree program 7M02303 - Translation and SMART technologies in linguistics. The training of specialists is carried out along two trajectories: "Translation in the field of written and business communication" and "Translation in the field of oral and professional communication". The curriculum includes such disciplines as practical phonetics, grammar, practice of oral and written speech, listening to foreign speech, stylistics, lexicology, morphology, syntax. Students learn to work with scientific, technical, legal, economic, commercial documentation, study the features of translating diplomatic texts, texts in the field of information technology, etc. As part of literary translation, students study the translation of prose, poetry, drama and literary criticism. Simultaneous translation is also taught. Students wishing to master this specialization are selected based on the results of training, special testing and interview.
Students study two foreign languages of their choice: German, French, Turkish, Chinese. Studying a second foreign language is mandatory and begins in the 2nd year.
Upon completion of the program, graduates work as translators, editors, manage external relations departments, teach foreign languages in educational centers.
The goal of the Master's degree program: to train highly qualified specialists in the field of translation and SMART technologies in linguistics, possessing research and practical skills to apply traditional translation methods with the latest technological solutions in accordance with market demands. Training within the Master's degree program, subject to its successful completion, allows you to obtain a Master's degree in Philology.
The research work of the department is related to the study of current issues of interlingual and intercultural communication, translation studies, theory and practice of translation. Currently, the department is developing a grant project of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Facilitators in advanced training of teachers in blended learning: assessment of effectiveness, methodology, vectors of competence development", headed by T. Yu. Shelestova.
The department also implements dual training - a form of personnel training that combines training in an educational organization with mandatory periods of industrial training and professional practice at an enterprise (in an organization) with the provision of jobs with equal responsibility of the enterprise (organization), educational institution and student
Dual training is implemented on the basis of an agreement - a written agreement between the student, the enterprise (organization) providing a workplace for industrial training and professional practice, and the educational institution, regulating the conditions and procedure for undergoing industrial training and professional practice.
Students study two foreign languages of their choice: German, French, Turkish, Chinese. Studying a second foreign language is mandatory and begins in the 2nd year.
Upon completion of the program, graduates work as translators, editors, manage external relations departments, teach foreign languages in educational centers.
The goal of the Master's degree program: to train highly qualified specialists in the field of translation and SMART technologies in linguistics, possessing research and practical skills to apply traditional translation methods with the latest technological solutions in accordance with market demands. Training within the Master's degree program, subject to its successful completion, allows you to obtain a Master's degree in Philology.
The research work of the department is related to the study of current issues of interlingual and intercultural communication, translation studies, theory and practice of translation. Currently, the department is developing a grant project of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Facilitators in advanced training of teachers in blended learning: assessment of effectiveness, methodology, vectors of competence development", headed by T. Yu. Shelestova.
The department also implements dual training - a form of personnel training that combines training in an educational organization with mandatory periods of industrial training and professional practice at an enterprise (in an organization) with the provision of jobs with equal responsibility of the enterprise (organization), educational institution and student
Dual training is implemented on the basis of an agreement - a written agreement between the student, the enterprise (organization) providing a workplace for industrial training and professional practice, and the educational institution, regulating the conditions and procedure for undergoing industrial training and professional practice.