Конкурс перевода художественных текстов как инструмент обучения в процессе подготовки переводчика-специалиста

The article deals with the analysis of the problem of the efficiency of training the translators' students in the sphere of the fiction translation based on the students' works of the contest of the written translation. There are identified the typical translation mistakes. The authors underline the significance of the critical approach in the consideration of the translation mistakes and the comprehension of the reasons of their origin as the basis for the improvement of the process of training of future specialists. There are differentiated the revealed mistakes with the consideration of the violation of the semantic and language aspects, it allows to define the basic vectors of students' training both to the participation in the contests of the professional skills and the work with the literary text at the translation classes.