Vilen Komissarov

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 ), Head of the Department of Translation Theory, History and Criticism at Moscow State Linguistic University, he 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.

Komissarov Vilen Naumovitch
Personal details
BornAugust 23, 1924
Yalta, USSR
DiedJune 8, 2005
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian

Selected bibliography

Komissarov has over ninety publications, including books.

  • A Word on Translation (1973)
  • Linguistics of Translation (1980)
  • Theory of Translation (1990)
  • Theoretical Basic of Methods of Translator Training (1997)
  • General Theory of Translation (1999)


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