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Russian TI/TILM Program at MIIS

Month: July 2019

Interpreting in Healthcare

Recent Graduate Yana Shkabrova (MACI ’19) with her mentors, also MIIS graduates, Alexander Vasiliev and Julia Mogilev during her five-week internship with Stanford Health Care. Yana interpreted remotely and in person and also worked on translations.

No Strangers in Moscow / Свои люди в Москве

From left to right: Aiman Idrissova, Vipin Kumar, Rosa Kavenoki, Dmitry Buzadzhi

Two Russian TI graduates from the class of 2019 are in Moscow for work, and who should they be hanging out with but their former professors.

Приятно, когда вручение дипломов не конец, а начало нового этапа отношений с бывшими студентами и нынешними коллегами.

Star-Studded Interpretation Assignments

Lucy Corbett (center) with Russian actresses Yulia Snigir and Anna Chipovskaya.
Lucy Corbett with François Hollande.

Lucy Corbett, MACI 1999, interpreting at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017 (top) and working with former French president Hollande and a group of Russian film makers in January 2019 (bottom).

Recent Graduate Interpreting at High-Level Negotiations

Vipin Kumar (third from the left) is using note-taking during negotiations.

Vipin Kumar, MATI 2019, interpreting at a meeting between the ambassador of India to the Russian Federation and the Russian deputy minister of industry and trade on July 9, 2019.

It’s All in a Day’s Work for a MIIS Graduate

Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Evgeny Sokol, MACI 2010, right, interprets for NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate William Gerstenmaier as he answers questions during an Expedition 59 post-docking press conference, Friday, March 15, 2019 at the Baikonur Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Evgeny Sokol, MACI 2010, right, interprets at an Expedition 59 post-docking press conference, Friday, March 15, 2019 at the Baikonur Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Roscosmos Director of Human Spaceflight Programs Sergei Krikalev, left, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin, center, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate William Gerstenmaier answer questions during the press conference.

Our Alumni at Work

Alex Ponomarev and Katya Woodham Mostovaya

Alex Ponomarev MACI, 2001 and Katya Woodham Mostovaya MACI, 2010 interpreting at a conference in Jacarta in July 2019.