Vilen Komissarov
Komissarov Vilen Naumovitch | |
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| Born | August 23, 1924 Yalta, USSR |
| Died | June 8, 2005 (aged 80) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
Professor Vilen Naumovich Komissarov (Russian: Комиссаров, Вилен Наумович) (August 23, 1924 – June 8, 2005) has gained recognition in Russia and beyond its borders as an authority on translation theory and methods of translator training (in Russian: Perevodovediniye - ПЕРЕВОДОВЕДЕНИЕ ). He was also Head of the Department of Translation Theory, History and Criticism at Moscow State Linguistic University, and has a record of half a century of research and teaching in this field, as well as of practical work as a conference interpreter and translator.