Linguist

1. General characteristics of the profession

Specialist linguist.

2. Official duties

Linguistics is closely related to many related sciences. This can be easily seen by reading the list of subjects studied. The main areas - practical courses of foreign languages ​​(at least two, and sometimes more), the practice of translation, the history of Russia - it is easy to trace the connection with the translation business. Considerable attention is paid to philosophy, the basis of economic theories, the fundamentals of law - and how can it be without this, because when considering a court case about insulting honor and dignity, one cannot do without linguistic expertise. To better learn the features of the language of a particular country, students study linguistic and spatial studies. And in order to navigate modern information technologies, future linguists attend computer science lessons, learn the basics of programming, probability theory and mathematical statistics, the fundamentals of fundamental and applied mathematics, become familiar with databases and automated translation systems. And, of course, political science, religious studies, sociology, fundamentals of ecology and psychology are included in the list of disciplines. To withstand the competition of numerous translators and the same fellow linguists, the linguist must be fully educated and know his business well. But a qualified specialist will be welcome everywhere.

3. Qualification requirements

Higher philological education.