Professional summary
A highly qualified dedicated English<->Russian<->Ukrainian translator and teacher. Native Russian and Ukrainian speaker. Vast translation and teaching experience (over 5 years).
Majoring at legal translation (business contracts, agreements, court decrees, acceptance forms). Also specialize in:
• General translation (CV, news articles, personal correspondence);
• Technical and IT translation (specifications, manuals, Joomla templates);
• Personal documents (passports, birth/marriage certificates, educational docs, personal statements);
• App and website localization.
Professionally conveying the most precise sense and forms in translations. Situationally oriented to suit the required quality for a particular translation.
Rational approach to problem solving leads to reliability and fast solutions to language and IT-related tasks. Ability to find solutions and then explain procedures in a practical and user friendly way means that responsibilities and tasks can be solved quickly and efficiently.
My strong personal qualities are: professionalism, work ethic, adaptability, flexibility, positive attitude, accuracy, attention, analytical aptitude, calmness, cooperativeness.
I would like to work as a remote translator, localizer, creative or technical writer (language specialist) in a company that offers great opportunities for career development and progression.
Core competencies and skills
High quality translation (general, IT, legal) and localization skills
Providing and maintaining correspondence with support teams
Experience in dealing with user-related IT problems and solutions
Technical competencies and skills
PC software: MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint; Adobe Photoshop; FormatFactory
Supplementary CAT & other tools for the project (Memsource; Trados; Trello etc.)
Online software: social networks, mail services, converter tools etc.
Technical and legal writing (FAQ, Terms of Service in English)
Broad knowledge of the Windows and Android operating systems
Minor experience in app testing, web design, business cards design, wiki, html\css, website development and webmastering
Employment history
MyLifeOrganized – Translator and localizer, technical writer
(2016-present)
Translation (mainly IT-related articles, project documentation)
Localization (German app UI localization)
Technical writing (app feature descriptions for blog and social media, use case articles; drafting project documentation in English, i.e. Beginner’s Guide, Terms of Service etc.)
Monitoring and reporting on the performance of tasks and the project as a whole, collecting and analyzing statistical data
App testing before release
Translator (IT) – Direct Line Development (Philadelphia, USA)
(September 2015 – 2016)
Selected from among 34 applicants. Working in a busy remote office environment, Management and IT translations team.
Duties
Providing written translations and proofreading for top-notch IT and fitness blogs
Remotely employed correspondence specialist
(March 2012 – present)
Duties
Providing correspondence translation and management for private artists dealing with online support on foreign art websites or via e-mail
Helping with website management, creating visiting cards, posting photos of paintings, creating personal accounts
Freelance translator, localizer, private teacher, copywriter and interpreter
(2013 – present)
Legal translation, IT translation in collaboration with the IT companies of Enaza and Playkey) and localization (English and German), scientific and high-tech articles translation
Technical writing – drafting project documentation in English (FAQ, Terms of Service etc.)
Resolving PC issues (user-related tasks, website management, webmasteting, system errors, fixes)
Private and university teacher of the English and German languages
Skype interpreting, songs lyrics creation, copywriting for blogs
Higher Education
Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
(2011 – 2015)
BA in English and German Linguistics (level of English – B2-C1)
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
(2015 – 2017)
MA in English and German Linguistics with double specialization: teacher and translator (level of English – C1-C2)
The course in Legal Translation
Certification and courses
SDL plc
SDL Trados Studio 2014 - Getting Started. License No. 332313
(2016)
Razbakov – Frontend Web Development
Frontend: HTML and CSS
(2015)
Zinaida Lykianova Course
Photoshop Master
(2014)