Legal Translation and Interpreting

Our Advantages

The programme adopts a cross-disciplinary approach and will be equally interesting for students with an undergraduate degree in law and/or linguistics. The curriculum is designed to prepare linguists and lawyers for solving challenging language tasks in a competitive and multilingual international environment
The programme includes tailor-made materials developed by our instructors with a long-standing expertise in doing and teaching legal translation
Practical classes are taught by established professionals who are recognized on the translation market and work for the major law firms in the city
The programme places a strong linguistic component in the context of comparative law and is a good choice for both lawyers and translators
The learning materials include exercises which are based on non-adapted texts of legislation, case law and doctrinal works in both languages (Russian and English)

Theory and Practice of Foreign Language in Linguistics Education (Oral and Written Test)

The programme is focused on legal translation and interpreting and specifically addresses the following key competences:

translation and interpreting of highly specialised and complex legal texts
understanding and description of legal terminology in Russian and English from the standpoint of linguistics and comparative law
mastering the language of English private and public law, including procedural branches of law
mastering the language of international commercial arbitration
mastering the language and translation of various types of legal documents
comparing the English-language versions of civil-law legal texts with authentic British legal language and terminology
making optimal translation decisions based on linguistic analysis and knowledge of comparative law
using linguistic tools in legal work and vice versa

Alumni with an undergraduate degree in linguistics land jobs that require: