Program TFR 2025

Thursday, 14 August
16:30 City quest: Running City
Friday, 15 August
09:00 Registration of participants. Welcome Coffee. Networking 10:00 Opening Ceremony. Welcome by Elena Kislova, BBAI. Welcome by Irina A. Krayeva, Rector MSLU, forum partner 10:15 Panel discussion: Restoring the Russian translation market: utopia or real? Anticipating changes within the industry for the upcoming 2025-2030. Alexey Shesterikov, Awatera; Shamil Yusupov, AG.translate; Natalya Gavrilenko, N. N. Gavrilenko Didactics School; Alexey Kozulyaev, RuFilms Mediagroup; Oleg Dmitriyev, HSE University. Moderator: Elena Kislova, BBAI 11:30 Interactive expert discussion: Translation and Media: the modern discourse influence potential in the age of digital expation. Oleg Dmitriyev, HSE University, the Institute of Media, Kseniya Vasilyeva, Marina Scherbakova, Siberian Federal University. Moderator: Irina Ubozhenko, HSE University, MGIMO University 12:30 Group photo. Lunch break
Technologies	The Art of Translation +	Translation Business
14:00 Newest trends in the translation industry motivated by new technology: international and domestic experience. Pavel Lapushkin, BELINGUA TECH 14:30 Round-table discussion: From Translation Memory to Content Memory: transformations in translation technologies (based on queries + open mic). Moderators: Irina Rybnikova, Svetlana Svetova, T-Service	14:00 Dialogue meets debate: the philosophy of translation. Darya Mandrova, Kirill Kazakov 14:45 The Argonauts of the 21st century. Where to look for the golden fleece? Tips for looking for job offers and clients. How a translator makes a decent profit. Andrey Lesokhin, Mark Bernardini, Aleksandra Matrusova, Kirill Eltsov	14:00 Translation industry dynamics: was there light at the end of the tunnel? Nikolay Kulikov, АКМ-Вест, Shamil Yusupov, AG.translate 14:45 Initiative for the creation of the CIS Translators Association. Memorandum signing. Olga Ivanova, UTR President
☕ 15:30 Coffee break
16:00 firstCAT: a Russian CAT system. Pros and cons. Yulia Karakulova, firstCAT 16:30 PROMT’s term management for enterprises of critical information infrastructure.Svetlana Kalinina, KINEF, Yulia Yepifantseva, PROMT 17:00 Current trends and developments. Anton Voronov, plaia.ru/Translation platform	16:00 Discussion: Who do you think you are?! On quod licet Iovi and follies that interpreters may introduce. Andrey Lesokhin, Mark Bernardini, Aleksandra Matrusova, Yekaterina Vikhlyaeva, Grigory Shirvanyants, Konstantin Gologrudov, Darya Klimenko, Daniil Zemlyanoy, Kirill Eltsov, Aleksey Lapshinov. Moderator: Bulat Danilov 17:00 Song translation. Mikhail Zagot	16:00 The future of translation: On how AI helps companies and translators soar higher. Viktor Andreyev, LinguoHunter 16:30 Selfcoaching. Practical instruments and strategies of self-regulation. Irina Rudakova, UrFU APTI
17:45 Welcome drinks
Saturday, 16 August
Technologies	The Art of Translation +	Translation Business
09:00 CONTACTUS. Moderator: Svetlana Vasyanina, RTT translation office
10:30 Boosting localization: +100 performance with AI (technologies and real-life cases). Filipp Wane, Yelena Kharitonova, LocalTrans, Positive Technologies	10:30 What about higher education? aka Translation market, education and training evolution (based on TSU). Yelizaveta Yurchenkova National Research Tomsk State University (NR TSU)	10:30 Pricing in translation companies: pure numbers, no emotion or market analysis involved. Angelica Remez
☕ 11:15 Coffee break
11:45 Panel discussion Hands-on experience with AI. Yana Matrosova, Yandex; Translation quality assessment: SOTA worldwide, current trends. Moderators: Irina Rybnikova, Svetlana Svetova, T-Service	11:45 Linguabingo. Discussion with leading MSLU Translation Institute experts: Yekaterina Pokholkova, Olga Yegorova, Dmitry Buzadzhi, Aleksandr Shein, Evgeny Solntsev. Issues raised: On your own accord, or things a student can manage on their own and things universities can help with. Jack of all trades, or the interdisciplinary skills of today and what universities do about it. – Around the world in 80 days, or how can you give specialization to a translator in a quick and effective manner? – Can you also do this one? Is Russian a mere tool or the language of the mind? – Covid-25, or the digital skills a translator needs in the current circumstances. – Nothing new? Is postediting the result of MT/AI’s progress or is it the same old story? – The Great Expectations. Does AI live up to the expectations? – Bees against honey, or the advantages of AI: what’s the situation like in universities? – B2U or U2B. University as entry point for businesses. Moderators: Aleksandr Sarkisyan, Anastasiya Danilchenko	11:45 A talk with a notary: asking everything we’d like to know. Moderator: Anastaiya Starovoytova-Inze, Pravo i slovo 12:15 Starting a translation office abroad: roadmap, tricks, experience gained. Natalia Yermolayeva, NeoTran translation office 12:45 Streamlining processes making smaller translation offices thrive. Yury Vodostoy
13:15 Lunch break
14:30 Catmint: the all-in-one cloud platform (TMS + CAT + AI). Vadim Svirin, Amberit CIS 15:30 Understanding instead of shying away: GenAI in a translator’s toolkit. Vadim Svirin, Amberit CIS LLC, Svetlana Svetova, T-Service, Anastasiya Grinyuk, Elvira Chuyeshkova, Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University	14:30 Developing language principles and designing technical solutions for audio description automation. Ivan Borshevskiy, Pyatigorsk State University 15:30 The “Creating accessible media spaces” course and cases it’s based on. Alexey Kozulyaev, RuFilms Mediagroup	14:30 “MAYHEM” business game. Author and host: Aleksandr Pertischev
☕ 16:30 Coffee break
17:00 The future of corporate translation: CAT and AI in the ever-changing world. Nadezhda Fokinа, 1C INTERNATIONAL	17:00 Public organizations: UTR, NTL, TTA etc; goals, target audience, similarities and differences, support, becoming a member, current tasks, challenges and achievements. Participants: Olga Ivanova, UTP President, Vadim Vetrichenko, NLT President, Nikolay Duplensky, NLT, Emma Kairova, TTA	17:00 Hobby clubs as a means of supporting corporate culture when working remotely. Polina Konstantinova, Translit; 17:20 From chaos to order: introducing grades, KPI and non-financial motivation to a translation office. Natalia Climova, Yaroslavl Translation Service; 17:40 Foreign and domestic clients: how we work. Yulia Suslova, legalizuem.ru
18:00 Free time 20:00 Gala dinner
Sunday, 17 August
Technologies	The Art of Translation +	Translation Business
10:30 Prospects of using LLM’s in-house. Yulia Yepifantseva, PROMT 11:00 Predicting post-editing distance in AGT: from practical use to scientific justification. Mikhail Ghilin, MISIS 11:30 Using LLM’s in the CB document translation. Aleksandr Tsemakhman, senior consultant for the Research and Forecasting Department, Central Bank of Russia	10:30 AI and the translator in arts: is the mentor-mentee relationship possible? Tatyana Shvets, MGIMO 11:00 “Last day on the Titanic”, or artificial vs natural intelligence. How the GPT era affects our job. How agencies and translators overcome crises and uneasy times. Andrey Lesokhin, Mark Bernardini, Aleksandr Shein, Alexey Shesterikov, Vadim Vetrichenko, Aleksandra Matrusova, Grigory Shirvanyants, Darya Klimenko, Elvira Ganeyeva, Kamel Ben Rejeb. Moderator: Bulat Danilov	10:30 Time management and gadgets. Yelena Legoshina, freelancer 11:00 Lone field player? Peculiarities of translating for a football team. Natalia Kolchugina, Lokomotiv FC 11:30 Office and business trip side of translation. Yulia Volkova, OKBM Afrikantov AO
☕ 12:00 Coffee break
12:30 The X-Files: What do localizers hide when masking personal data? Yekaterina Vikhlyaeva, SM Lab 13:00 AI in oil & gas: real successes and failures of neural networks and my path to a profession where GPT won’t succeed. Viktoria Tolstik, LinguaOil 13:30 AI and translation: Peculiarities of technical translation to Russian and Spanish in remote work and education in Spain. Natalia Shestakova, UCLM	12:30 CATovasiya: Key functions and main reasons to use the domestic TMS/САТ solutions. In one place and non-stop. Participants: firstCAT, plaia.ru/Translation Platform, PROMT, 1С; Moderator: Mikhail Gilin.	12:30 “Translation Upgrade” Secrets of longevity in the profession. Interactive master-class + personal recommendations. Наталья Благинина, БУАРОН, Анна Резниченко, БИЛИНГВА ТЕХ
☕ 14:00 Coffee break
14:30 Localization 2.0: ChatGPT and Google Gemini as the new game changers. Ksenia Gorelova	14:30 Quid pro quo and making pigs fly. Round-table discussion with translators about what they think their clients want vs what the clients actually want. A discussion about guiding your client towards creating a working environment for a translator. Andrey Lesokhin, Grigory Khuaustov, Mark Bernardini, Samer Seifan, Aleksandra Matrusova, Yekaterina Vikhlyaeva, Kirill Eltsov. Moderator: Bulat Danilov	14:30 Quiz & lecture for newcomers and professionals alike: Test your legal translation skills. Yelena Buzhinskaya
15:15 Plenary Closing 16:30 Departure of the participants