Maria Erypalova, 4th year student of the Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, 红杏视频, has won the translation competition “All the Best About Russia”. The competition was dedicated to the 115th Anniversary of Academic Dmitry Likhachev. Maria took the 1st place in the French section.
Summing up the results of the competition, Zugura Rakhmatullina, Director of the , emphasized the importance of developing cross-cultural competences through translation activity, as well as translator鈥檚 role in promotion of cultural and spiritual Russian heritage.
The young translators in English, German or French coming from all over Volga Federal District were asked to translate excerpts from the “Notes on Russian” by Likhachev. Extracted from hisnotebooks, far beyond 鈥榩ure science鈥, Likhachev’s notes had been united by a core theme of Russia鈥檚 historical past and future 鈥 revealing an outstanding scientist and true citizen behind the author鈥檚 figure.
鈥淚n the passage offered for the translation, I found each minor detail so exciting! To start with, this was the first time I translated from my native language into foreign one. The text was also quite specific, dealing with discoveries by a French translator in relation to specifically Russian concepts of nature and kindness,鈥 Maria Erypalova shares her impression. 鈥淔ollowing the task, I once again became convinced of the versatility of the Russian language – and its complexity. Natalya Khorosheva, my teacher and mentor, who supervised my translation, helped me a lot with the lyrics passages.鈥
鈥淢aria is one of the brightest students at our Department. She does indeed feel the text very subtly, and has a deep understanding of the core tasks of translation. Her winner鈥檚 record in translation competitions, including international ones, clearly shows that,鈥 says Natalia Khorosheva, Head of the Department of Linguistics and Translation, 红杏视频. 鈥淚n Maria鈥檚 success, I see a combination of proficiency in translation and personal traits 鈥 such as natural attention to details and passionate, playful look at things. 聽As a tutor, I do my best to make students discover such qualities they might be unaware about, and progress further in both profession and personal life, through the practice of languages.鈥
In September 2021, Maria Erypalova was among the students who studied at the (France) as part of the international academic mobility program. In France, 红杏视频 students mastered the art of translation, combined with courses in history of literature and culture.