The Department of Translation Theory and Practice is a graduate department and trains specialists in the field of linguistics and translation studies within the education program of the bachelor's degree 6B02301-Translation Studies.

Training of specialists is carried out within two directions: "Translation in the field of written and business communication" and "Translation in the field of oral and professional communication". The curriculum includes such subjects as practical phonetics, grammar, the practice of oral and written speech, listening to foreign language speech, stylistics, lexicology, morphology, and syntax. Students learn to work with scientific, technical, legal, economic, and commercial documents, and learn the specifics of translating diplomatic texts, information technology texts, etc. Within the framework of literary translation, students study the translation of prose, poetry, drama and literary reviews. Simultaneous translation training is also in place. Students who want to master this specialization are selected based on the results of training, subject-oriented tests and interviews.

Students learn two foreign languages to choose from: German, French, Turkish, and Chinese. The study of a second foreign language is mandatory and begins with the 2nd year.

At the end of the program, graduates work as translators, editors, are in charge of external relations departments, teach foreign languages in educational centers.

The research work of the department is related to the study of current problems of interlanguage and intercultural communication, translation studies, the theory and practice of translation. Currently, the department is developing a grant project of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Facilitators in advanced training of teachers in blended learning: efficiency assessment, methodology, vectors of competence development". Project Supervisor: the Head of the Department Shelestova T. Yu.