Meeting with the interpreters
December
continues to be a significant month for the Department of Translation
and Interpretation. At the beginning of the month the department
organized a presentation day for newly published book of “Tur-Heyerdal
across borders, across seas” translated by Sheyda Suleymanova. During
the event Ms. Suleymanova gave detailed information about the
translation of the book and answered to a wide range of questions of
students and teachers.
Another
important event which made students happy took place on December 16. In
order to share experience and knowledge Qafqaz University invited a
group of experts from the Azerbaijan University of Languages. The
meeting was launched with the opening speech made by Mr. Natiq Adilov,
lecturer at Qafqaz University Department of Translation and
Interpretation, who greeted the guests and introduced them: Prof. Dr.
Gilinckhan Garakhani - prominent translator, former Head of the
Translation Department at Azerbaijan University of Languages; Prof. Dr.
Alakbar Gutabov Head of the School of German Language Azerbaijan
University of Languages; famous poet Sabir Mustafa – the first
individual who translated Shakespeare's tragedies from original English
language; and current Head of the Translation Department at Azerbaijan
University of Languages Asst. Prof. Dr. Fiala Abdullayeva.
Asst.
Prof. Dr. Narmina Aliyeva, Head of the Translation and Interpretation
Department at QU, greeted the visiting guests and expressed her deep
gratitude for their visit. During the dialogue with the students guests
carefully answered all the questions of the students. After the meeting,
Dear of the Pedagogy Faculty Asst. Prof. Dr. Erdal Karaman discussed
perspectives of future partnership between two higher education
institutions.
