L. Ilynska
Riga Technical University
Latvia

1 Kalku Str., Riga, LV-1048

Professor Larisa Ilynska is the Head of the Institute of Applied Linguistics of Riga Technical University (RTU) since 1999. After receiving a PhD from the University of Saint-Petersburg in 1979, she joined RTU as an assistant professor. She has authored over fifty publications, including four resource books for students majoring in various scientific technical domains. Her research interests lie in semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, translation of scientific technical texts. She is the Head of the scientific committee of the scientific conference “Meaning in Translation: Illusion of Precision”. She is an honorary member of the Latvian Association of Interpreters and Translators.

M. Platonova
Riga Technical University
Latvia

1 Kalku Str., Riga, LV-1048 

Marina Platonova is an associate professor of Contrastive and Comparative Linguistics at the Institute of Applied Linguistics and the Dean of the Faculty of E-Learning Technologies and Humanities at Riga Technical University (RTU). She has obtained a PhD from the University of Latvia in 2011. She is the author of more than 30 publications. Her research interests lie in the fields of translatology, contrastive linguistics, semantics, pragmatics, terminology and text linguistics. She has been the member of the European Society for Translation Studies since 2007. She is also included into the list of experts in the field of translator training and is the member of the Board of European Master’s in Translation Network. She is an honorary member of the Latvian Association of Interpreters and Translators.

T. Smirnova
Riga Technical University
Latvia

1 Kalku Str., Riga, LV-1048 

Tatjana Smirnova is an assistant professor specializing in linguistics and translation at the Institute of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of E-Learning Technologies and Humanities at Riga Technical University (RTU). She is the head of Methodological Commission of the Institute of Applied Linguistics, a member of the working group on the advancement of institutional research capacity of Riga Technical University. She is the author of more than 20 publications. Her research interests lie in linguistic iconicity, semantics, pragmatics, and terminology.