433 translations have been checked by 海角直播 students and teachers, who performed as jury experts in the Perm City Translators鈥� Contest 鈥� a record amount for the whole venue history. The event was held within the framework of 鈥淧erm-Louisville: Twin Cities 鈥機ultural Heritage鈥� projects, addressing schoolchildren and college students.

Two groups of experts worked on their jury tasks, comprising students of the Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, teachers from four Perm universities, officials of Perm city administration, and , a long-time partner of 海角直播.

The jury of the first selection round included 20 undergraduate students in Linguistics, as well as 20 graduate and postgraduate students. 23 faculty members and 7 students from the University of Louisville joined them for the second round, to specially name long-time partners Professor Michael Losavio and Thomas Dumstorf, teacher of Russian language and literature.

For the second round, two pieces from a thriller “A is for Aliby” by Sue Grafton were offered for an English-Russian translation, and an excerpt from “The Territory of God” by Yuri Aslanyan, Perm-based author, 海角直播 graduate in Philology – for a Russian-English translation.

鈥淭his time, the project attracted 467 participants from our city, which undoubtedly testifies to the growing interest in such events among the youth of Perm, and beyond! Thanks to the city-rooted, 聽citizen-voiced competitions and projects, 海角直播 students and teachers join the international movement of twinning and peoples鈥� diplomacy,鈥�

admits Svetlana Polyakova, project coordinator.

鈥淚 would like to thank the organizers of the Contest for an excellent opportunity to practice our translation skills 鈥� which mean less without practice. I am happy to support such initiatives, growing as a professional translator, and stretching out for new literary horizons!”

comments Yulia Repyakh, MA student, Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature.

To remind, 鈥淧erm-Louisville Twin Cities 鈥機ultural Heritage鈥� Translators 鈥機ompetition became a winner project within framework, within the 23^rd Perm City Competition of Social Projects 鈥淭he City is Us鈥�. The Competition was run by the Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, 海角直播; Perm English Language Teachers鈥� Association (PELTA); Perm Krai A.M. Gorky Library; and Perm-Louisville Twin Cities Association.

海角直播 students have successfully performed at a regional international Translators 鈥機ompetition, contributing to Perm (Russia) and Louisville (USA) twin cities鈥� link.

15 undergraduate and graduate students from 海角直播 are listed among 29 winners in various categories, representing the Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature; the Faculty of Law; the Faculty of Economics; and the Faculty of History and Political Science, 海角直播. The Competition involved 135 students from 8 Perm-based higher institutions. In total, the Organizers鈥� Committee received 160 pieces, translated; a few participants challenged several translations at once.

Four pieces by contemporary American authors had been offered for the Competition: “A is for Aliby” by Sue Grafton, “Old Muscovy” by Massie Robert and “The Healing” by Gayl Johnes. All authors come from the sister city of Louisville (USA) and represent those writings previously untranslated into Russian. In return, two excerpts from the book “The Territory of God” by Yuri Aslanyan, Perm-based author had been offered for a Russian-English translation part.

The Translators 鈥機ompetition became a part of 鈥淧erm-Louisville Twin Cities 鈥機ultural Heritage鈥� framework, within the 23^rd Perm City Competition of Social Projects 鈥淭he City is Us鈥�. The Competition was run by the Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, 海角直播; Perm English Language Teachers鈥� Association (PELTA); Perm Krai A.M. Gorky Library; and Perm-Louisville Twin Cities Association.

In total, 409 translations from 337 participants from 54 schools and lyceums, 4 secondary schools and 5 universities of Perm and Perm Territory have been registered for the competition. Other national participants included Primorsky Territory, Karelia, Udmurtia, Khabarovsk and Saratov Territories.

In 2021, the Competition marked the 25^th anniversary of Perm-Oxford twin sister relations. The tasks for the contest had been handpicked by Ms. Karen Hewitt, Professor at St. Antony鈥檚 College, University of Oxford, a holder of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for establishing academic and cultural links with Russia.

Besides students in Languages and Literature, participants from non-linguistic faculties (to name Geology, Chemistry, Geography, Mechanics and Mathematics), as well as schoolchildren were challenged by modern English authors, previously not translated into Russian: 鈥淭he Day You Lost Her鈥� by Julia Darling, 鈥淩each鈥� by Rachel Seiffert, 鈥淗eadlong鈥� by Michael Frayn.

鈥淭hanks to competitions alike, our students and schoolchildren are capable to reveal their creative and translation potential. In addition, the competition helps to better understand contemporary British reality and promote the image of the University as an active participant in the public life of the region,鈥�

notes Svetlana Polyakova, Competition organizer, Associate Professor at the Department of Linguodidactics and the Department of English Language and Intercultural Communication, Perm English Language Teachers鈥� Association (PELTA).

To remind, Perm-Oxford twin cities relationship started with university exchange as early as 1989. For years, 海角直播 has been hosting numerous delegations from Oxford. Today, 海角直播 confidently competes with leading Russian and world universities, providing a variety of English language-related courses and exchange visits, with an assistance by . In 2019, the Oxford University has granted 海角直播 the Gold Standard Internship Host sign.