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"Language, Learning, and Translation Today: A Student's Perspective"

01 December 2025

The Belarusian State University of Foreign Languages (BSUFL) hosted the 1st International Student Conference "Language, Education, Translation Today: A Student's Perspective," bringing together over 200 undergraduate, graduate, and master's students, as well as young researchers from various universities of Russia, neighboring countries, and beyond. Students from the Institute of Foreign Languages of PetrSU presented papers at the conference.

Participants had the opportunity to share their research findings in a variety of areas: linguistics, literary studies, intercultural communication, translation studies, cultural linguistics, regional linguistics, and more.

Students from the Institute of Foreign Languages of PetrSU also presented their research, conducted under the supervision of S.R. Nedbaylik, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of German and French Languages.

For example, fourth-year student Alina Spoyalova presented a paper entitled "On the Historical Preconditions for the Formation of the Epigrammatic Style in European Literature." Anna Gotchieva (group 142) presented "On the Peculiarities of Poetic Style in 19th-Century French Literature"; Polina Vodeygo (group 142) shared a presentation on "The Problems of Translating Non-Equivalent Vocabulary"; Daria Kalabanova (group 142) introduced the audience to her project on "The Formation of Argot Vocabulary in Modern French"; and Daria Morina (group 142) presented a paper on "The Stylistic Differentiation of Modern French."

All presentations by PetrSU students were received with great interest by the audience and were followed by a lively discussion.

Here are some of the comments from conference participants:

Anna Gotchieva, fourth-year student from the Institute of Foreign Languages of PetrSU:

“The conference program was very comprehensive. Representatives from five countries participated. The organizers handled technical issues very effectively: no problems arose during the forum, and all issues were resolved quickly and efficiently on site. I'm glad I presented successfully and answered all the audience's questions. Overall, we had a very productive time in our section, and most importantly, we learned a lot from the other students' presentations.

Polina Vodeygo, fourth-year student from the Institute of Foreign Languages of PetrSU:

“The student conference was very informative and interesting. I learned a lot about various languages, such as Chinese, Serbian, Arabic, and others, as well as the importance of military translation studies as a separate field of study. Our presentations were quite relevant and informative. We received a whole lot of positive emotions.

We congratulate the students on their successful participation in the international conference and look forward to continued collaboration!