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Sotiros Endryu Musalimas was awarded the title of NEFU Honorary Professor

  • 30 November 2018
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Sotiros Endryu Musalimas was awarded the title of NEFU Honorary Professor

Professor Sotiros Endryu Musalimas was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of North-Eastern Federal University. NEFU Scientific Council recognized him for his contribution to the development of science and education. 

NEFU interim rector Evgenia Mikhailova thanked Sotiros Endryu Musalimas for active scientific and pedagogical activity “Professor Sotiros Endryu Musalimas contributed to the cooperation between scientists, teachers, universities not only from two countries of Russia and Great Britain, but also from a number of other countries. Since the 1990s, he has been actively conducting education in Yakutia. He made a significant contribution to the cultural and educational life of the republic. One of the main projects of Professor Musalimas is the translation of the works of the writer Suorun Omollon”, she noted. 

The head of the translation department at NEFU Institute of Foreign Philology and Regional Studies, Alina Nakhodkina, added that Professor Musalimas made a significant contribution to the cultural and educational life of Yakutia. He was engaged in fruitful and selfless educational activities for many years. We are very happy and proud that we have such a wonderful person. He sets us a great example both in terms of teaching, and in terms of personal development”, said Alina Nakhodkina. 

She noted that the professor is conducting a special course on the translation into English of the works of writer Dmitry Sivtsev-Suorun Omollon. “This is a big project that he has been doing since 2016. As part of the project, the professor organizes an annual expedition of students “In the footsteps of Suorun Omollon” to the village Cherkekh, Tattinsky District. This allows students to be introduced to the creative heritage of Yakut writers - Nikolay Neustroyev, Platon Oyunsky and Dmitry Sivtsev-Suorun Omollon. This is done to let students get acquainted with the cultural environment and to be engaged in the realities of the translation text”, she said. 

Sotiros Endryu Musalimas - Ph.D., Oxford University, Professor of the Department of Translation of NEFU IFPRS. Author of six monographs, more than 90 scientific articles. Teaches disciplines in undergraduate and graduate programs: “Translation Editing”, “Practical Course of Verbal Communication Culture”, Academic Writing”, “Text Analysis”.

Author: Viktoria SUNTKHAVONG, NEFU Newsroom

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