>The Forum "Sochi 2014: Translating the Games" December 7-8, 2012, Sochi.
Day 1, Friday, 07.12.2012
  • 09:00 – 09:30 – Registration, welcome coffee
  • 09:30 – 10:00 – Forum opening: word of welcome from the Executive Vice-President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, D.G. Sekachev, and the Deputy Mayor of Sochi, A.A. Karandin
  • 10:00 – 10:45 – Director of the Language Services Department at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, A.V. Moiseev, "Management of language services during preparation and staging of the Games"
  • 10:45 – 11:15 – Head of Interpreting Unit at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, E.A. Sgibneva, and the Project Manager of Interpreting Unit at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, G.A. Shirvanyants, "Preparing for the Games: initial experiences of interpreting at the Test Events. Figure Skating and Ski Jumping" - video address
  • 11:15 – 12:00 – Head of the Volunteer Translators Unit at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, I.B. Petrun, "Language volunteers: self-fulfillment and self-development"
  • 12:00 – 12:30 – Coffee Break
  • 12:30 – 13:15 – President of Janus Worldwide, K.S. Josseliani, "How to work successfully with the biggest linguistic services clients"
  • 12:30 – 13:15 – Director of the St. Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation, Herzen University, I.S. Alekseeva, "Preparing interpreters: pathways to perfection in the profession"
  • 14:00 – 15:00 – Games interpreter since 1976, Daniel Glon: "Languages and Cultures, and … Sports! An unlikely triad"
  • 15:00 – 16:00 – Lunch break
  • 16:00 – 17:00 – Member of the Sochi Interpreters & Translators League, Y.A. Yurchenko, "The changing nature of interpreters' work on the way to the Games"
  • 17:00 – 17:30 – Transfer to the figure skating venue
  • 18:00 – 19:00 – Attendance at the figure skating competitions
  • 19:00 – 19:30 – Transfer to the hotel
  • 20:00 – 22:00 – Buffet
Day 2, Saturday, 08.12.2012
  • 09:00 – 09:30 – Welcome coffee
  • 09:30 – 10:00 – Volunteer translators about their work at the test events (ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Stage)
  • 10:00 – 10:40 – Senior Manager of Translation Unit at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, N.S. Kurysheva, "One day in the life of translation project manager"
  • 10:40 – 11:20 – Head of the Sports Projects Unit at Janus Worldwide, A.G. Stepanchuk, "Professional development prospects for translators and editors, when working on large sports projects"
  • 11:20 – 12:00 – Dean of the translation faculty at Moscow State Linguistic University, I.A. Guseinova, "A new generation of translators: prospects for the XXI century"
  • 12:00 – 12:30 – Project Manager of Translation Unit at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, P.N. Dunaev, "Sports terminology: patterns and paradoxes"
  • 12:30 – 12:45 – Coffee Break
  • 12:45 – 13:15 – Head of the NOC/NPC Assistants Division at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, V.A. Kartamyshev, "The NOC/NPC Assistants Program"
  • 13:15 – 13:45 – Director of the Paralympic Integration and Coordination Department at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, E.A. Bukharov, "Introduction to the Paralympic Movement. Paralympic terminology and working with Paralympians"
  • 13:45 – 14:45 – Round-table discussion "Translator career as a way of social adaptation for people with disabilities"
  • 14:45 – 16:00 – Forum closure and awards ceremony for the winner of the literary translation contest. Speeches of the Executive Vice-President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, D.G. Sekachev, and the Director of the Language Services Department at the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, A.V. Moiseev