DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/1813-4718.2101.06
UDC: 
378:81+81
Tsvetkova Svetlana Yevgenyevna
Кандидат педагогических наук, Cand. Sci. (Pedag.), Assoc. Prof. of the Department of Foreign Languages, Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University named after K. Minin, svetlanatsvetkova5@gmail.com, Nizhny Novgorod
Ermakova Yuliya Igorevna
Lecturer of the Department of Foreign Literature of Institute of Philology and Journalism, Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N. I. Lobachevsky, monday_morning@mail.ru, Nizhny Novgorod

Professional Communicative Competence of the Future Interpreters in View of Regional Specifications

Abstract: 
The professional activity of a modern translator is characterized by participation in various spheres of intercultural interaction. Successful translation is about acquiring background knowledge of the culture of a particular region. The topical issue of language and translation training in a linguistic university is the formation of the proper level of foreign language communicative and intercultural competence of future translators in view of the regional specifications of professional activity. The purpose of the article is to substantiate and describe the component composition and essential characteristics of the professional communicative competence of future translators, considering the regional specifics, to clarify and expand the fundamental concept of the study. The review of scientific literature considers research data on the problem of teaching foreign language communication; the formation of foreign language communicative / intercultural competence among university students, determining the structure and essential characteristics of communicative competence. The methodology sets out theoretical and empirical research strategies. The research results formulated the pragmatic goal of language and translation training; the regional specificity is characterized, the composition and essential characteristics of the professional communicative competence of the translator are determined; the fundamental concept of the study is clarified and expanded. In the conclusion, the scientific novelty and theoretical significance of the article are formulated.
Keywords: 
language and translation training, interpreter’s professional competence; foreign language communicative / intercultural competence; regional specificity.
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