Round table “Japanese-Russian collaboration on training interpreters/ translators and language teaching”
Date and time: 20 May 2021, 9:00-12:00 (Moscow time) / 15:00-18:00 (Japan Time)
Organizer:

Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU)

Co-organizer: Hokkaido University (Human Resource Development Platform for JapanRussia Economic Cooperation and Personnel Exchange, HaRP), Association ofUniversities of Russia and Japan
Target group: Japanese and Russian university teachers and students, privatetranslation/interpreting agencies, language schools, specialists at public agencies etc.
Language: Russian and English (simultaneous interpretation)
Short description of the event
The round table “Japanese-Russian collaboration on training interpreters /translators and language teaching” is co-hosted by SPbU, Hokkaido University (HaRPPlatform), Association of Japanese and Russian Universities for the Japanese andRussian language teachers and students at universities, private translation/interpreting
agencies, language schools, and specialists at public agencies etc. and those, whoseactivities are related to language teaching and translation / interpreting, and theirexternal partners.
The participants will share their experience in the Japanese and Russian
language teaching and training of interpreters and translators, focusing on collaborative
efforts, in particular, bringing together universities, private translation companies, andpublic bodies, taking into account the needs of the community and the students (howsuch efforts affect their career paths).
The event will be held online.
How to register:
Follow the link below and fill in the registration form by May 17(Mon)https://forms.gle/sf7jTtx857L8WgBW9
For inquiries: Please contact Svetlana Rubtsova (Dean of the faculty of modern
languages, SPbU) or Marina Lomaeva (HaRP Secretariat, Hokkaido University).
E-mail:rubtsova_svetlana@mail.ru, m.v.lomaeva@oia.hokudai.ac.jp

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Moscow /Japan time

Program

9:00-9:10
Opening remarks by the Russian and Japanese moderators (Svetlana(15:00-15:10) Rubtsova, scientific supervisor of SPbU School of translation and modernlanguages, Dean of the faculty of modern languages;
Atsushi YOKOTA, Executive Vice President, Hokkaido University
9:10-9:20(15:10-15:20)

1. Rector of Saint Petersburg University N.M. Kropachev;
S.A. Belov, International Association of Teachers of Russian
Language and Literature (IATRLL), Dean of the faculty of law, SPbU:Collaboration between academia, private sector professional

9:20-9:30
unions and associations for training foreign language specialists(15:20-15:30)(including translators and interpreters): The case of SaintPetersburg State University

2. Interim Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies,
Moscow State University I. I. Abylgaziev, Doctor of History;
S. A. Bykova, Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of theDepartment of Japanese Philology at the Institute of Asian and AfricanStudies, Moscow State University, Chevalier of the Order of the Rising
Sun (Japan):Features of Teaching Translation to Seniors
9:30-9:40
O. Ivanova, Professor, Chairperson of the Union of Translators of Russia:(15:30-15:40) The Opportunities and Prospects for Expanding Bilateral (andMultilateral) Professional Contacts in the Theory, Practice andMethodology of Teaching Translation and Interpreting
9:40-9:50
Inga Ibraghim, Associate Professor, Faculty of oriental studies, department(15:40-15:50) of Japanese studies, SPbU:

Online technologies in teaching Japanese at SPbU
Presentation of good practices of university-community partnerships fortraining specialists (audiovisual media and healthcare)
9:50-10:00
Japan:(15:50-16:00)
Shigeru ARAI, Professor at World Language and Social Education
Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
10:00-10:10(16:00-16:10)

Partnership with JVTA: Overseas Expansion of Japanesecontent, J-Anime Meeting in Russia Project
Yuriko KANEKO, Professor at Department of Russian Studies,
Kobe City University of Foreign Studies2

10:10-10:20(16:10-16:20)

Designing (yet Desiring) a Collaborative Learning
Program to Train the Future Mediators of Local
Community
Gleb ZHURAVSKIY, General Director, G.I.PLAN Co. LTD

Training Young Interpreters and Translators and the Most
Promising Areas of their Activity at Present
10:20-10:40
Q&A session, comments from representatives of other universities,(16:20-16:40) government bodies and private companies.
10:40-10:50
E. V. Chistova, Head of the Department of Oriental Languages, Siberian(16:40-16:50) Federal University:

Training SibFU Students in Japanese-Russian Translation andInterpreting
10:50-11:00
O. V. Shashkina, Associate Professor, Sakhalin State University(16:50-17:00) Authentic materials in teaching the linguacultural aspect ofmodern Japanese society
11:00-11:10(17:00-17:10)

A. Savinova, Director of the Centre of Russian-Asian Cooperation,
Astrakhan State University, PhD, Ass Professor, oriental
languages department;
A. Fedorovich, Assistant Professor of the oriental languages
department, Astrakhan State University, specialist of the Centreof Russian-Asian Cooperation:

Features of Intensive Japanese Language Training for IT
Professionals
11:10-11:20
M. A. Mishina, Associate Professor of the Department of Oriental(17:10-17:20) Languages of the Faculty of Translation, Moscow State Linguistic
University;
I. M. Shokina, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Head of International
Cooperation and Internationalization Office, Moscow State Linguistic
University;
E. Pokholkova, Dean of the Faculty of Translation, Moscow State
Linguistic University;
R. F. Vagapova, Associate Professor, Moscow State University:

Teaching Two-Way Interpretation (Japanese-RussianLanguage Pair)
11:20 -11:35 Translation companies:(17:20-17:35)

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Partnerships with RuFilms, the School of Audiovisual Translation– A. Kozulyaev, Literra Translation Company – E. Yankovskaya,
HR manager● Professional associations: Bogoyavlenskaya Elena, Associatoin ofTranslation Teachers (oriental languages section)
Representatives of translation companies (5 minutes each remark)
Explaining● their experience in Japanese-Russian translation and interpreting,● what merits they have for the university (universities)● what is important in interpreters training,● what pitfalls and solutions need to be noted by universities.
●11:35-11:55
Q&A session, comments from representatives of other universities,(17:35-17:55) government bodies and private
11:55-12:00
Summing up and closing remarks by Svetlana Rubtsova and Marina(17:55-18:00) Lomaeva, university-industry-government partnership coordinator, HaRP,
Hokkaido University4