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A multi-skilled, reliable & talented translator with proven ability to translate written documents from a source language to a target language. A quick learner who can absorb new ideas & can communicate clearly & effectively with people from all social & professional backgrounds. Well mannered, articulate & fully aware of diversity & multicultural issues. Flexible in the ability to adapt to challenges when they arise & at the same time remaining aware of professional roles & boundaries. Would like to work as a translator for a successful and ambitious company that offers great opportunities for career development and progression.

Have a Master's Degree in English Philology and teaching foreign languages. Used to live in the USA for 3 years. Work as a teacher of English and French.

Fluent in French and advanced in English, I have been working as a personnal assistant since 2011 in Switzerland, France and Russia. I have experience in translating contracts, website texts, presentations and analytical reports (marketing and market researches). Motivated, organized and attentive to details, I always check my work before I send it to a client of a collegue.

Born in Czechoslovakia, then moved to Russian Federation. Studied biology in Lobachevsky State University in Nizhniy Novgorod. Worked as a teacher of information and communication technology in high school for two years, then worked as a web software engineer. Run an own web development studio. I was the technical director of the First Nizhniy Novgorod Internet Television for 5 years. Worked as a software developer and test engineer of the DSS (decision support system) for the oil and gas industry. Was in charge of the DSS testing department. Worked as a project manager on launching the Xerox EasyTranslator Service in partnership with ABBYY LS. Freelance translator since 2014, Primary State Registration Number of the Sole Proprietor 316527500077979. Clients TED (http://www.ted.com), Flarus (http://www.flarus.ru), Shevtsoff Company (http://shevtsoff.org), BGText (http://bgtext.com), Sfera Studios (http://sferastudios.com), Civilization IV: A New Dawn (http://anewdawn.sourceforge.net), ABC Translation (http://abc-translations.ru), Motaword (http://motaword.com), Unbabel (http://unbabel.com), Lingual Consultancy Services (https://lingualconsultancy.com), ABBYY LS (http://abbyy-ls.com), AG Translation (http://agtc.ru) Education - Diploma in English Language and Literature (Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online, http://alison.com); - Crafting an Effective Writer (Coursera, http://coursera.org); - Academic and Business Writing (BerkeleyX, http://edx.org); - College Writing 2.1x, 2.2x, 2.3x (BerkeleyX, http://edx.org); - English Grammar and Style (Write101x, Univercity of Queensland, http://edx.org);

Experimental Linguistics student, currently based in Aix-en-Provence (France). Spheres of interest: machine learning, natural language processing, cognitive science, foreign languages (English, French, Spanish).

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I work professionally with different types of texts and constantly upgrading my translation skills.

I have been doing translations since 2006. I'm also running a translation agency, however that's a separate business, and you can be sure that all translations at smartcat are done by me personally. I am a certified translator, conference interpreter, engineer and Candidate of technical sciences (kandidat nauk). My language-related hobbies include etymology and comparative linguistics. * Yes, I do speak several languages. * No, I am not fluent enought in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Polish, Azerbaijani or Arabic to translate TO these languages, but I do understand them enough to translate FROM them.

I have a big experience of translating, analysis, reviewing of medical articles, especially in the field of otorhinolaryngology. I am author and co-author of more than 10 publications in Russian and foreign journals. During some years I have been participating in the edition of Russian Rhinology journal, namely I've been overseeing the translation of English abstracts in Russian. I have lived in France for some years in my childhood, and after that I continued to learn French, so I speak French fluently. Now I am tutor in French for children and adults.

Native speaker of Russian, BS and MS in Environmental Protection and Ecology including one year of residency in Portugal in the framework of Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Program. MS in clay science (University of Poitiers, France). Participant and organizer of several University English Conferences, English Clubs and Summer Camps guided by American volunteers. Significant collection of specialized articles and reference books; in-depth knowledge of environmental and geotechnical terminology. Excellent communication and project management skills while working with translation agencies.

Languages English (fluent) experience in: Oil & Gas Shipbuilding Business Ecology Administration Marketing Logistics French (fluent) experience in: Banking Shipbuilding Business Insurance Construction Administration Italian (advanced level) experience in: Banking Shipbuilding Car industry Construction Administration Spanish (basic knowledge) PC Skills OS: Windows/Linux Microsoft Office decent user Internet browsers/ E-mail CAT-tools: Deja Vu X, SDL, Trados 7, Multiterm, Omega T Typing 180-200 symbols per minute (Cyrillic / Latin) Skills in local office computer net mounting and maintenance Personal features Responsibility, ability to take quick and rational decisions, quick learning ability and adaptation to new working conditions and colleagues, readiness and eagerness to work on deadlines and under pressure and to go to business trips, A communicative, attentive and persevering person, experienced in constructive cooperation with the expatriates. Hobbies: Housing Accomplishment, Community Theater, Amateur Astronomy, Radio Communications and Meteorology