6В02304 – Translation Studies (Western Languages)

6В02304 – Translation Studies (Western Languages)
Faculty Philology and World Languages
Department Foreign Philology and Translation Studies
Code and classification of the field of education
 6B02 Art and Humanities
Code and classification of the training field
 6B023 Art and Humanities
Field of study
 6B023 Languages and Literature
Group of educational programs
 B036 Translation Studies 
Purpose of the educational program
 High-quality training of multilingual specialists in the field of linguistics, translation studies and intercultural communication, who are able to provide high-quality translation and interpretation in the implementation of information exchange between representatives of different countries and cultures using foreign, Kazakh and Russian languages, in international companies, in state organizations, in embassies, at translation exchanges and bureaus, tourism agencies, mass media.
Objectives of the educational program
  • to lay the foundations of communicative and intercultural competence in four types of speech activity; 
  • to further improve the basic skills of foreign language communication, the formation of skills of intercultural communication in the professional sphere on topics related to the future profession, the history of statehood of the target language, the phenomena of mentality, social and economic problems of society, science technology;
  • to form graduates' competitiveness in the specialty of translation, which will ensure the possibility of their fastest possible employment in the specialty.
Academic degree
 Bachelor of Linguistics

 

People with full secondary education are allowed to be accepted for the program. 

The Bachelor's degree program provides for the study of the following modules:

  1. basic mandatory ones; 
  2. basic elective ones; 
  3. professional elective ones; 
  4. transferable.

The training of translators is carried out in the following pairs of languages:

  • Kazakh ← Russian
  • Kazakh → Russian
  • Kazakh ↔ German
  • Kazakh ↔ English
  • Kazakh ↔ Turkish
  • Russian ↔ English
  • Russian ↔ German

 

Master classes:

  • Kazakh; 
  • Russian; 
  • English; 
  • Turkish; 
  • German.

 

There is a common practice to invite major domestic and foreign translators professionals and specialists to organize master classes.

 

Admission is based on the results of the UNT.

Admission of foreign citizens is carried out in accordance with the established procedure.

 

Career prospects: presidential administration; parliament; government; judicial authorities; embassies (of Kazakhstan and foreign countries); central executive and other state bodies; local and state executive bodies; publishing business; mass media; political companies; international companies; domestic and foreign organizations (enterprises, institutions, firms, etc.); international cultural centers; information and advertising agencies; individual entrepreneurship, etc.

 

Prospects for further research and educational activities: master's degree in domestic and foreign universities.