Dmitry Petrov (translator)

Dmitry Yuryevich Petrov
Дмитрий Юрьевич Петров
Dmitry Petrov in 2018
Born16 July 1958 (1958-07-16) (age 67)
Alma materMoscow State Linguistic University
OccupationsLanguage teacher, language teaching methodologist, course author, interpreter and translator
Employer(s)Moscow State Linguistic University, Dimitry Petrov's Innovative Communication Linguistics Center, Russia-K TV channel
Known forPolyglot-16 language teaching TV show; being multilingual

Dmitry Yuryevich Petrov (Russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Петров; born 16 July 1958 in Novomoskovsk, Tula Region) is a Russian polyglot, simultaneous interpreter, lecturer, broadcaster, and teacher. He is a host of the reality show Polyglot on the TV channel Russia-K. Finished Translation School of Moscow State Linguistics University where he teaches, as of 2016, at the Department of Translation Studies and English Translation Practice. Since 2012 has his multilingual language school called Dmitry Petrov's Innovative Communication Linguistics Center that works using his 16 academic hour method Polyglot 16, implemented in eponymous course books and mobile applications.