Master Class with Andrey Zavarukhin, Attaché of the Department of Linguistic Support of the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Starting November 25, the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation hosts classes taught by Andrey Zavarukhin, Attaché of the Department of Linguistic Support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The first and the second year students were given a unique opportunity to hone their skills in consecutive and simultaneous interpretation under the guidance of an experienced interpreter.

Our guest shared his experience of top-level interpretation while offering the students his expert advice, told about specificities of working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and revealed some interesting facts of interpreter’s life.

The students performed segment consecutive interpretation of the current events’ text and video recordings. For example, one of the topics was the recent Order of Friendship award ceremony where the said order had been awarded by RF President Vladimir Putin.

Over the course of the classes, the students performed simultaneous interpretation of world leaders’ speeches, for instance, the speech given by the U.S. President Donald Trump at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. In similar vein, the students perfected their sight interpretation skills by working on important political documents.

The master class proved to be especially fruitful for the first year students, as they had never worked on such complex speeches before. Two more busy days lie ahead for our MA students to practice their interpretation skills under the guidance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expert. Andrey Zavarukhin corrects the students’ mistakes and gives advice on how to choose the most suitable word.

Our MA students are yet to face a great number of interpretation challenges, still, the atmosphere at the master class is very informal and friendly.