Education and qualification growth 

2002 – Uzhhorod national university (Uzhhorod, Ukraine), study field: Slovak language and literature;

2007 – scientific degree of candidate of sciences (PhD.), study field 10.02.03. – slavic languages (O. Potebnya Institute of Linguistics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, topic of the dissertation: Category of gender of nouns in Slovak language);

2015 – Certification College of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine granted the scientific and pedagogical title of associate professor in Slovak philology

 

Employment  

2006 – 2009 assistant professor on Department of Slovak philology of Uzhhorod national university (Uzhhorod, Ukraine);

2009 – 2016 Associate Professor on Department of Slovak philology of Uzhhorod national university (Uzhhorod, Ukraine);

2013 – 2016 Slovak language lecturer at LIK language school (Uzhhorod, Ukraine);

2019 – 2021 assistant professor on Institute of Central European studies on Faculty of Arts of University of Presov;

2021 – up to now Associate Professor on Institute of Central European studies Faculty of Arts of University of Presov;  

 

International mobility and courses  

2000 – 2001 – partial study (two semesters), Department of slovak language and literature, Faculty of Arts of University of Presov;

2003 – Language-professional course for foreign teachers of Slovak, Methodological Center of Matej Bel University for Slovaks living abroad

2007 – Advanced Slovak language course within XLIII. year of the summer school of Slovak language and culture Studia Academica Slovaca, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava;

2012 – scholarship research stay within the National Scholarship Program, SAIA n.o. Institute of Slovak Studies, General Linguistics and Mass Media Studies Faculty of Arts University of Presov;

2015 – scholarship (lecture) stay within the National Scholarship Program, SAIA n.o. Department of Central European Studies of the Institute of Ukrainian Studies and Central European Studies Faculty of Arts University of Presov;

2011, 2016 – scientific internships within the framework of a bilateral agreement between Uzhhorod National University and the University of Presov in Presov, Institute of Slovak Studies,  General Linguistics and Mass Media Studies Faculty of Arts University of Presov.

 

Areas of scientific research

Slovak-Ukrainian contrastive linguistics (morphology, lexicology, lexicography terminology), translation and interpreting (Slovak, Ukrainian), Slovak as a foreign language. 

 

Taught courses

Language practice with a native speaker (Slovak), Language skills (Slovak), Artistic translation (Slovak-Ukrainian).

 

Participation on research projects

VEGA: Transformation and transposition of anthroponymic categories in Slavic languages

KEGA: Slovak as a second Language online (with a primary focus on Ukrainian students

 

Important research outputs

Madyar, O., Slivkova, I.: Translation in the Central European cultural context: textbook with exercises for Ukrainian students [print]. 1st ed. - Presov: Faculty of Arts, 2021. 222 p.

Madyar, O.: Category of gender of nouns in Slavic languages (contrastive view on the problem) /monograph /Olha Madyar. – Uzhhorod: RIK-U, 2021. 196 p.

Madyar. O.: The onymic lexems from the field of culture of Slovakia as a tlanslation problem [print]. In: Ukrainian language and culture in artistic and professional translation in Central Europe [print]: collection of papers from the international scientific seminar, which took place on 21 November 2019 at the Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Presov / Jarmila Kredátusová, Zoriana Hilecka, Natalia Petrica. - Presov: Faculty of Arts, 2020. p. 64-78.

Madyar, O.: Between the Carpathians and the Tatras 32 [print]: poetry by Ilona Meisaros in Slovak translations of Olha Madyar. 1st ed. - Uzhhorod: Publishing House "RIK-U", 2019. 58 p.

Kasha, P., Madyar, O.: Slovak culture in mutual relations and contacts (introduction to the study). 1st ed. – Presov: Faculty of Arts, University of Presov, 2016. 188 p.

Madyar, O.: Grammatical adaptation of nouns of foreign origin in Slovak and Ukrainian: category of the gender. In: Comparative researches of slavic languages and literatures: memorabilia of Leonid Bullachovsky. Vol 5. Kiev: The Library of an Ukrainian, 2006. p. 58 - 71.    

Likhtei, Т., Madyar, О.: Theory and practice of translation: Handbook for students of Slovak studies. Uzhhorod: Lira 2008, 120 p.  

Madyar, O.: Individual aspects of the translation of Slovak medical terminology into Ukrainian. In: From text to translation VIII. Ed. A. Ďuricová. Prague: Association of interpreters and translators 2013, p. 50 – 62.

Madyar, O.: Modern Slovak literary language. Phonetics and phonology. Study and methodological manual for students of the Slovak department. Uzhhorod: Publisher house Breza, 2015, 54 p.

Madyar, O.: On the problem of Ukrainian-Slovak interference (based on student works). In: Trends in the development of Ukrainian vocabulary and grammar. ІІ. Editors: I. Kononenko, I. Mytnik, S. Romanyuk. Warsaw - Ivano-Frankivsk 2015, p. 188 - 198.