I am a native Russian translator from English living in Samara, Russia – one of the six largest Russian cities on the Volga River.
I have a university diploma in linguistics (2001, with Honors) and have been a full-time freelancer since 2005.
I specilize in the following fields:
Hospitality/Tourism/Travel
Advertising/Marketing/Market research
Transcreation
Business/Commerce/Sales*
Recent translation projects include (but are not limited to)hotel descriptions, luxury goods promotion materials, marketing surveys, website contents of hotel chains, high-end restaurant menus, etc.
I also work as a consecutive interpreter at negotiations, trainings, etc.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
3 years’ experience as Sales and Marketing Manager in hospitality (Marriott Hotel)
1.5 years’ experience as Administrations Manager at an advertising agency
Hence my knowledge and love of such areas assales & marketing, hospitality & tourism, advertising & PR.
OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Music & figure-skating: these are my two life-long passions which I am very familiar with. Some of my figure-skating translations are available online
Pediatric oncology: for over a year now I have been working with the AdVita charity fund that helps children with cancer, so though I do not have a degree in medicine I have created a rather substantial glossary and acquired knowledge of the issue which is getting deeper every day
ACHIEVEMENTS
Winner of 6th Translation Contest (Ru>En) and 9th Translation Contest (De>Ru) organized by Proz.com
Participant of the Young Writers Forum-2010 in Moscow, Russia(seminars in the translation of literary prose)
CAT TOOLS
Atril Deja Vu X, MemoQ, SDL Trados 2007, SDLX
OTHER LANGUAGE PAIRS
Russian to English, German to Russian, French to Russian
