The rapid development of the international relations of oil and gas as well as construction enterprises of Ukraine and Poltava region in particular requires highly qualified specialists, capable to provide two-way oral and written translation in various situations of production activity.
The development of oil and gas as well as construction industry is increasing in Poltava region. Businesses in these industries, located in the region, have a constant need of being provided with translation in foreign or national languages.
Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University has all the necessary human and scientific potential as well as material and technical base to train technical translators, in particular for oil & gas and construction industries. The program, according to which philologists are prepared at PoltNTU, is more adapted to the needs of the region compared to other universities of the region, involving, in particular, the development of oil & gas and construction industries. It is this specificity that distinguishes PoltNTU in providing the stated educational service from other universities, which are already training philologists.
Bachelors and Masters of Philology participate in written and oral communication and provision of information in various fields of national economy, science, technology, education, culture by translating different texts of different genres from foreign languages into the state one and vice versa.
The Department of Germanic Philology and Translation is a graduate department in the speciality:
Academic degree – Bachelor
Speciality – 035 Philology
Specialization – 035.041 Germanic Languages and Literatures (translation included), first language – English
Duration of studies – 4 years
Academic degree – Master
Speciality – 035 Philology
Specialization – 035.041 Germanic Languages and Literatures (translation included), first language – English
Duration of studies – 1,5 years
A linguist-translator can hold the following positions:
- translator in public and private organizations
- assistant-translator
- guide-translator
- editor-translator
- consultant-translator
Photo: Anastasia Laktionova, graduate student of PoltNTU, participant of the Polish Government scholarship program for young scientists while studying at the University of Warsaw
Partnership. Employment. Practice.
Students of Philology speciality have the opportunity to practice in enterprises and organizations of different forms of ownership:
- Burova tekhnika Ltd
- Poltava Literary and Memorial Museum of Korolenko V.H.
- Translation agency «Tsentr perekladiv» (owned by Trokhymets I.V.)
Photo: third year philology students providing two-way translation for British and Ukrainian rescuers