Olga Grynko

PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Theory and Practice of Translation

Associate Professor in Translation Studies with extensive experience in translator and interpreter training. Research interests include theory and practice of translation and interpreting, cognitive linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Translator and interpreter (EN–UA) with over 15 years of experience.

CAREER

2024 – present: Head of the Department of Theory and Practice of Translation
2014 – present: Associate Professor, Department of Theory and Practice of Translation

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

PhD in Germanic Languages, 2014; academic title of Associate Professor
MA in Translation and Interpreting (with Honours), Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, 2005

EU-FUNDED PROJECTS

European Parliament (DG LINC) projects: Master's Degree Programme in Conference Interpreting, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University
Semesters I–II 2023–2024; Semester I 2024–2025 (Manager for Academic Activities)
Semesters I–II 2024–2025; Semester I 2025–2026 (Coordinator)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Winter School for Interpreting Trainers, Centre for Anglophone and Cross-Cultural Communication, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (online, 19–23 January 2026)
Webinar "From CAT Tools to ChatGPT: How Digital Technologies Are Changing Translator Training", V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (October 2025)
Course "Machine Translation Post-Editing: Tools and Techniques", SI Linguists (Certificate No. 79383-0008, September 2025)
Study visit to the Institute of Translation Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (November 2025)
International training "Bridging Realms: A Week-long Training for Trainers on Integrating Online and Onsite Methods in Interpreter Education", Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia (June 2025)
Study visit to the Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden (May 2025)
Study visit for translation trainers to the European Parliament (DG LINC), Brussels, Belgium (April 2023)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Grynko, O., & Rayevska, I. (2025). Localization of English Advertising Slogans in Modern Translation Discourse. Folium, (7), 89–93. DOI: 10.32782/folium/2025.7.13 (Category B)
Bezpalova, K. V., & Grynko, O. S. (2025). English Compound Adjectives as a Translation Challenge: Ukrainian Context. Slobozhanskyi naukovyi visnyk. Philology, Issue 11, 7–11. DOI: 10.32782/philspu/2025.11.1 (Category B)
Grynko, O., & Rayevska, I. (2024). On the Problem of Rendering English Phraseological Units in Ukrainian Film Translation. Aktualni pytannia inozemnoi filolohii, No. 21, 17–24. (Category B) URL: http://journals.vnu.volyn.ua/index.php/philology/article/view/2173/2046
Rayevska, I. V., & Grynko, O. S. (2024). Tradition and Innovation in Translating English Proper Names into Ukrainian on the Example of Modern English Prose. Scientific Herald of the International Humanitarian University. Philology, No. 69, 200–203. (Category B) URL: http://www.vestnik-philology.mgu.od.ua/archive/v69/part_1/45.pdf

TEACHING MATERIALS

Matuzkova, O. P., Grynko, O. S., & Chernova, Yu. A. (2024). Translation Practice: English into Ukrainian: Study Guide. Odesa: Bukaiev Vadym Viktorovych, 117 p. URL: https://onu.edu.ua/pub/bank/userfiles/files/rgf/theory_practice_translate/MetodichniVidania/praktyka_perekladu_z_angliiskoi_movy_metod-_posibnyk.pdf
Matuzkova, O. P., Grynko, O. S., & Negru, A. P. (2021). Professional Translation from Ukrainian into English: Study Guide for the Course "Translation Practice". Odesa: Bukaiev Vadym Viktorovych, 160 p. URL: http://dspace.onu.edu.ua:8080/handle/123456789/30352
Matuzkova, O. P., Grynko, O. S., & Horbatiuk, N. O. (2020). Strategies and Analysis in Interpreting and Translation: Study Guide. Odesa: Bukaiev Vadym Viktorovych, 67 p. URL: http://dspace.onu.edu.ua:8080/bitstream/123456789/28579/1/horbatiuk_strategii.pdf

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

Interpreter and translator with over 15 years of experience. Selected assignments:

Meetings of Odesa city and regional leadership with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, President of the European Council Charles Michel and Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal
Visit of UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Stanley Tucci
Simulated negotiation sessions on Ukraine's accession to the EU
Technical meetings of the National Bank of Ukraine with the European Central Bank and EU national central banks
NATO exercises; Interpol (Darknet, OSINT) and WHO trainings; OSCE/ODIHR mission
EU integration events: EU4IP, TAIEX, EU4Environment, EU4Data and Water, Mayors4EconomicGrowth
Subtitling of the President of Ukraine's speech at the presentation of Odesa's EXPO 2030 bid
Scripts for feature and documentary series (Film.ua); grant documentation for the recovery of Ukrainian communities