MA Graduation Ceremony 2022 at CITS

Thirteen MA students of Astrakhan Tatishchev State University have become certified interpreters and translators.

CITS Director Uliana Saveleva opened the ceremony by sharing the students’ achievements. She recalled the terminology projects in which some of the students searched for equivalents of various professional terms, mock conferences, translation and film voice-over, translation of brochures within Unique project, work with Dogadin Astrakhan State Art Gallery, interpretation at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, and so on.

“CITS professors are proud of MA graduates who have succeeded in many areas, including work on a large number of projects as volunteers,” said Uliana Saveleva.

Many gathered to congratulate young graduates, including their families, who were happy with their success.

“Today is a very important day both for the university and for you, a joyful but saddening day. ‘Saddening’ because we are parting, but, I think, not forever, and ‘joyful’ because of new paths and opportunities awaiting. I hope that the knowledge you have received within the walls of our university will give you an opportunity to become not only professionals, but happy people. May all the goals associated with obtaining the long-awaited diploma be accomplished,” Elina Polyanskaya, the First Vice Rector – Vice Rector for Strategic Development, said.

Aleksandr Zhilkin, Senior  Vice-President for the Caspian Region of Eurasia Management LLC and Chairman of the ASU Board of Overseers, also addressed the graduates:

“CITS is a wonderful project launched at Astrakhan Tatishchev State University. I do admire the brilliant skills and knowledge you show. You will always be in demand as professionals.”

Enegul Gurbanmyrat Gyzy Kakajanova, an Attache of the Consulate of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation in Astrakhan, and Hamed Shirvanizade, an Attache of the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Astrakhan, congratulated graduates on behalf of the international community. They expressed confidence in young translators’ and interpreters’ contribution to the maintenance of good neighbour relations between states by spreading reliable information.

The attache of the Consulate General wished for the CITS graduates to succeed in their careers and to have an opportunity to work together on joint projects that will help develop cooperation between great countries.

The graduates also received online and on-site congratulations from Russell Duffin, Head of the English Translation Service of the International Labor Organization, Jeffrey Westgate, Head of the Support Service for the International Patent System PTC of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Mikhail Smorzh, a 3rd Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in Astrakhan who represented the director of the Department of Linguistic Support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Andrey Zhuravlev, Head of the FIPS Center for International Cooperation (Rospatent), Nadezhda Emelianova, Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ilya Toropitsyn, Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations of Astrakhan Region, and Olga Egorova, the CITS founder.

The graduates themselves also addressed their group mates. Anastasia Anferova and Karine Melkonyan wished for their friends to stay true to themselves, reach goals, expand horizons, and thanked the CITS professors and partners for their support.

Source: ASU official website