Vilen Komissarov

Professor Vilen Naumovich Komissarov () (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.
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Komissarov has over ninety publications, including books.