Career / Experience

Education

2010 – 2011 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Portuguese language), level B2

2007 – 2008 University of Westminster – Modern Languages (Portuguese language), level A1

2005-2006 Moscow Diplomatic Academy – Greek language, level A2

1998-2003 Samara State University (Russia), MA, philological faculty, specialty “English and German language and literature”, honours degree


Translation and localisation experience

Freelance translator since 2003

Areas of specialization and projects

IT - localisation of ERP systems and translation of related documentation (SAP R/3, NetWeaver, Hyperion, Kvasy, FLEXCUBE)

e-commerce - e-commerce platform for software publisher and affiliates (Digital River, share-it!)

Finance - financial statements, balance sheets, prospectuses, semi-annual and annual reports, tenders, online financial tools (Reuters Wealth Manager)

Engineering - user manuals, service descriptions, equipment maintenance documentation, drawings

Oil and gas - company profiles, tender documentation, specifications

Legal - contracts, letters of attorney, charters, statutes, trade register statements, EU law, apostille, personal documents

Marketing - e-mail campaigns, press releases, tourism related materials, surveys



In-house positions

03.2007 - 05.2007 Goldman Sachs (Moscow office) translator of investment banking documentation

11.2003 -12.2004 Neotech translation company (Moscow), senior in-house translator - IT projects
• Translating and proofreading the software documentation from/into English and German
• Localizing the leading European company’s software from German
• Managing a team of 5 translators
• Maintaining translation memories and glossaries


05.2003 – 11.2003 Janus translation company (Moscow), in-house translator - IT projects
• Translating and proofreading the software documentation from/into English and German
• Localizing the leading European company’s software from German


Project management experience

Neotech translation company (Moscow)
RR Donnelley (London)

• Managing financial translations for a variety of blue-chip companies
• Communicating with customers and vendors on a daily basis
• Budgeting the costs of projects
• Maintaining translation memories and glossaries
• Editing, proofreading, quality control and administrative duties

Skills

Languages Russian (native), English, German, Portuguese, Greek
Computing MS Office, Internet applications, CAT tools (Trados, Wordfast)
Driving Driving license of category B




References available upon request