We invite you to spend a day off in the company of representatives of the faculties/institutes and students of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and of course, with our guest speakers. You will have a great opportunity to ask questions and get acquainted with the university's capabilities.

If you are interested, follow the publications on the channel so you don't miss anything! Useful topics from the speakers will be published in the coming days.

📝 Registration (here)

🕓 When: 18.05.2024 from 10:00 to 15:00

📍 Where: KPI territory (location will be later)

On the 7^th of May 2024 Associate Professor of the Department of Theory, Practice and Translation of the German Language Baklan Iryna Mykolaivna held a meeting with first-year, second-year and third-year students and told them about the accepting the learning re

How to appeal against the results of tests, exams, and credits, will tell the Associate Professor of the Department of Theory, Practice 

Want to know how you can get a grade in the educational component by crediting learning outcomes acquired in non-formal/informal education?

Join the seminar by following the link:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2300147477?pwd=eEFzdE90MS9HZGhUL2d3ZW56SnYydz…

Conference ID : 230 014 7477
Access code: 077886
When: May 7, 2024 at 16:00 (Kyiv time).
Speaker: Iryna Baklan, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory, Practice and Translation of German, Faculty of Linguistics.

Every year, on April 28, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated. The International Labor Organization dedicates this day to a relevant topic. 

In 2024, it is “Ensuring safe and healthy work now in the face of climate change”.

Changing weather conditions significantly impact working conditions, increasing occupational risks for employees. Heat stress, air pollution, UV radiation, and other extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, increasing the risk of occupational diseases and accidents. 

The Department of Theory, Practice, and Translation of German joins the Day of Occupational Safety and Health celebration and organizes several events to draw attention to occupational safety and health issues, preventing accidents at work, and occupational diseases.

If you were unable to listen to Vladislav Demyanov's webinar on technical translation, here is the link.

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Webinar "Author's profile in Google Scholar: all the subtleties of updating" from the KPI Library

The KPI Library invites Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute researchers and everyone interested to take part in the webinar "Author's profile in Google Scholar: all the subtleties of updating", which will be held as part of the webinar series "Updating author profiles in the digital environment".

Key aspects:

Google Scholar features!

How to create an author profile in Google Scholar!

How to keep your profile up to date!

Webometrics University Rankings and author profiles of scientists in Google Scholar!

Speaker: Svitlana Kyryliuk, Chief Librarian of the Department of Information Support for Education and Research.

When: April 17 at 16.00

Where: Zoom-meeting.

Registration here

Participation in the webinar is free. No certificate is provided.

KPIabitTalks: Associate Professor of the Department of  Theory, Practice and Translation of German Olha Dzykovych about Faculty of Linguistics!

KPIabitTalks is your roadmap to the world of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute! Join the KPIabitTalks live broadcasts every Wednesday - we will help you understand and find answers to all your questions. On Wednesday, April 17, we will have a guest of the Department of Theory, Practice and Translation of German from Faculty of Linguistics, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Olha Dzykovych.

At the meeting on April 11th at 14:00, the Production Manager at Technolex Translation Studio, Vladyslav Demyanov, will talk about the real-life experience of a technical translator's daily work and how it differs from expectations. We will discuss terminology, tags, variables, programs for automated translation (CAT tools), and text volume measurement.

Vladyslav will also discuss additional requirements for translation beyond just transferring the text into the target language and practical skills that can be acquired and developed through learning. We will talk about the advantages of being a translator and the current situation in the Ukrainian translation services market considering the emergence of NMT and LLM.

Participation in the meeting is free of charge.

On March 21, 2024, the Faculty of Linguistics hosted a conference for students and young scholars titled "ALMA MATER - Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute." First-year students from the departments of German, English, and French delivered interesting presentations and speeches.

The event's purpose is to showcase youth's creative potential, enhance the effectiveness of students' independent work, provide opportunities for gaining experience in public speaking, and promote free exchange of ideas.

We wish the participants courage and success in their studies and in realizing all their plans, ideas, and aspirations!

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🔹 The Hurford Youth Fellowship Program seeks to build the leadership skills and harness the potential of young democracy activists from around the world. Through the program, young activists spend three months at the World Movement’s Secretariat, during which they expand their global connections, share experiences with other activists from democracy movements around the world, and contribute to the development of the World Movement for Democracy.

Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

"Fremdbegegnungen – Alterität und deutsche Gegenwartsliteratur"

ist der Schwerpunkt unseres Jahrbuchs "Zagreber Germanistische Beiträge"
im Heft 31/2022. Beiliegend schicken wir unseren Aufruf zur Mitwirkung (CfA) 

🔹 Aimed at musicians, researchers and AI specialists, the festival is searching for performances, tools and software, and research and co-creation projects that explore the intersections between music of all genres and Artificial Intelligence.