BLAGODARNA OLENA

Associate professor of the Department of English language, Karazin Kharkiv National University

Academic background:

2004 –MA with honors, School of foreign languages, Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine)

2014–Postgraduate degree with honors in Specialized Translation (Leuven Catholic University, Belgium)

Thesis defended:

2009 - PhD (diploma of candidate of sciences, Karazin Kharkiv National University) Research topic: Instantiation of WORK concept in modern British and American fiction discourse.

Scientific supervisor: full professor, Dr. Alla Martyniuk

2018 - PhD with International Distinction (Autonomous University of Barcelona). Research topic: Enhancement of Post-editing Performance: Introducing Machine Translation Post Editing in Translator Training. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/666847

Scientific supervisor: PhD, Dr. Maria Pilar Sánchez-Gijón

Professional career

2005 – 2013: lecturer / senior lecturer, Department of English philology, School of foreign languages, Karazin Kharkiv National University

2007-2008: holder of Swiss Confederation Scholarship for young researchers; internship under supervision of Dr Louis de Saussure at Neuchâtel University, department of linguistics and discourse analysis

2020 – 30.09.2022: associate professor, Department of English language, School of foreign languages, Karazin Kharkiv National University.

since 01.10.2022 - till now: associate professor, Department of Foreign languages for professional purposes, School of foreign languages, Karazin Kharkiv National University.

Research scope:

CLIL, inclusive learning, cognitive linguistics, digital communication, CAT-tools, machine translation and post-editing

Courses taught:

English for Philology students: generic and specialized courses.

Continuing education:

- Erasmus+ Program project: CLIL Methodology (Moodle). - 30 hours (1 ECTS credit). 2023.

- Narva College XXVI Pedagogical Conference: Lugemisoskuse jõud LAK-õppes (The Power of Reading Skills in Literacy Education)/ SVNC.TK.402 – 8 hours (0.25 ECTS). 2025.

- Erasmus+ Program project: Artificial Intelligence as a tool for enhancing evidence-informed Foreign Language Learning - 25 hours (1 ECTS credit). 2026.

Research papers:

1.Acquisition of Post-editing Competence: Training Proposal and its Outcomes / Fit-for-Market Translator and Interpreter Training in a Digital Age. Vernon Press: Series in Language and Linguistics – 2020.

2.Reflections on MTPE Challenges: Students’ Perspective / CIUTI2020 Conference @ISIT “Artificial Intelligence & Intercultural Intelligence: actions and interactions in translation, interpreting and target contexts” – 2020.

3.Productivity focused CAT-tools functionalities / XI International scientific conference: Actual problems of translation studies and translation teaching methodology. Karazin Kharkiv National University. – 2021.

4.Using pedagogical translation for teaching foreign languages / XXII International scientific conference: Karazin Readings. Karazin Kharkiv National University. – 2023.

5.Catering for learning diversity through an inclusive learning approach / V International conference: Technology, instruments and strategies of scientific research. Kyiv. SBN: 978-617-8126-13-1 – 2023.

6.Terminological dimension of pedagogical translation / XVII International Conference: Methodological and psychological issues of teaching foreign languages: reaching for school and university integration. Karazin Kharkiv National University. – 2025.

7.Impact of digital context on language learners’ motivation / XVlII International Conference: “Methodological and psychological issues of teaching foreign languages: reaching for school and university integration”. Karazin Kharkiv National University. – 2026.

Contact Information:

E-mail: engldpt@karazin.ua

Telephone number: (057) 707-53-50

Address: room 10-10, 4 Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, 61022