Bakı Avrasiya Universiteti

Department of Translation

The department of "Translation" was established in 2002, and is a part of "Philology" faculty.

Being the main educational-scientific structural unit of Baku Eurasian University, the department carries out teaching, teaching-methodical, organizational-methodical, scientific-research activities. For the first time in the country, the department provided training in the specialty "Simultaneous translation" and the last graduation in this specialty was in the 2010/2011 academic year.

The department performs the following tasks:

training of professional translators in English, German, French and Arabic;
conducting lectures, laboratory work, practical seminars and other lessons provided for in the curricula for all forms of education at a high scientific-theoretical and methodological level;

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supervising course and graduation works (projects), production and other internships, students' free classes;
organization and holding of state exams;
organization of educational work among students;
development and submission for approval of curricula on the subjects taught at the department, as well as giving an opinion on the curricula prepared by other departments;
preparation of textbooks, teaching aids, methodical guidance and instructions and visual aids, review of textbooks, teaching aids and teaching-methodical literature by the instruction of the rector's (faculty);
conducting scientific research, supervising students' scientific research;
discussion of completed scientific research works, giving an opinion on their application and publication in production;
preparation and implementation of individual plans of educational, scientific-methodical and other work of the department employees;
to study and disseminate the best practices of individual departments and teaching staff of universities of the republic and foreign countries, to assist young teachers in gaining pedagogical experience;
to develop and implement measures for the use of modern technical means in the educational process;
training of scientific-pedagogical and scientific staff;
discussion and opinion of dissertations of employees of the department, as well as other applicants on the instructions of the rector's (faculty);
organization of relations with various enterprises and organizations in order to study the best practices in educational technologies and provide them with scientific and technical assistance;
assistance in professional development of specialists working in various fields;
establishing regular contacts with graduates of higher education institutions;
promotion of scientific knowledge.

The teaching staff of the department teaches subjects at the bachelor's and master's levels of higher education. In addition to theoretically and practically teaching students the language of the specialty through the use of modern interactive methods, learning and effective application of best practices, professional translation skills in accordance with the requirements of the modern labor market, oral and written communication skills in the foreign language.

At present, the head of the department is the candidate of philological sciences, associate professor Rzayeva Sevda.

Subjects

Bachelors

Academic writing
Sequential translation and recording techniques
Translation of literary texts
Hearing comprehension and speech
Translation of legal terms
Translation of socio-political texts
Basic translation skills
The language of the country of the specialty (region)
Lexicology of the specialty language
Stylistics of the specialty language
Specialty-oriented foreign language
Translation of media texts
Speech etiquette
Country studies and intercultural communication
Reading comprehension and writing
Basics of professional translation
Translation of documents and official writings
Documentation and terminology
Verbal comprehension and verbal expression
Oral translation
Pronunciation and speaking skills
Translation theory
Translation and comparative style
Translator's reading skills
Interpretation of the written text
Written translation

Masters degree

Lexicology of the specialty language
Modern problems of translation studies
History and development of translation studies
Translation and terminology
Language of scientific and business specialties
Literary translation problems
The role of translation in intercultural relations
Literary translation studies
Recording techniques in translator training
Translation and typology of texts

Employees of our department

The staff list of the department is formed depending on its professional orientation and is prepared annually based on the workload approved by the Rector. The staff list is agreed in accordance with the established rules