St. Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation

On 13 March the School opened its doors to welcome potential applicants. The conference hall was full of guests, trainers, current students and graduates. As tradition goes, director Irina Alexeeva told the participants about the School curriculum and requirements for the aptitude tests. Trainers stressed the fact that applicants need to prepare not only for the aptitude tests, but also for the training process at the School as such, which in itself is a serious work demanding full dedication.  The potential applicants had a chance to watch an interpreter at work: the School guest Manuela Motta, FTI trainer, was present at this event, and SCIT trainers Yuri Shashkov and Maria Tolstaya helped her to follow. The informal talk after the official part was undoubtedly the liveliest part of the evening, and all interested could get the answers for their questions from the SCIT trainers, students or graduates. We shared the good news with the guests: 9 SCIT graduates successfully passed the 2013 UN translation exam, and we sincerely hope that it will become an additional stimulus for the applicants to choose their career.