The system of translator’s career guidance

The article deals with the problem of translator’s professional identity under the conditions of a post-industrial society and presents the system of career guidance in the field of translation training. It describes the experience of career guidance work through the example of the Department of Foreign Languages, Linguistics and Translation at the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Perm National Research Polytechnic University». The author lays emphasis on the need for the continuous career guidance that should not only involve school students, but also university students, alumni of translation faculties and departments, as well as teachers of translation and representatives of translation companies. The research illustrates specific features of the career guidance activities organized at the Department of Foreign Languages at the three levels of translation education: 1) pre-university level, as part of the project for assistance, consultancy and academic integration of high school students and teachers of foreign languages; 2) university level, as the integrative component of the «Translation and Translation Studies» academic profile syllabus; 3) postgraduate level, as a strategy for a successful personal and professional growth for teachers and students. The paper presents sample tasks and their fulfillment patterns, included in the training process and extracurricular activities. In conclusion the author highlights the importance of developing the career-guidance systems that provide lifelong professional involvement based on the development of the universal vocational competency.