I am professional translator / interpreter, editor, proofreader. Native Russian and Belarusian speaker. Certified Russian and Belarusian linguist. Web developer - "speak" HTML, PHP, MySQL etc.

Creator and owner of the specialized site for expats and visitors to Belarus EXPAT.by.

Working languages : Russian, English, Belarusian.

18 years experience of translator's / interpreter's work for various international bodies such as World Vision International, Campus Crusade for Christ, United Bible Societies, The Soros Foundation, OSCE/ODIHR, UN, foreign embassies in Minsk, communication and IT companies (Qualcomm, Huawei, Intel, Cisco, Samsung, Philips, France Telecom / Orange), science research centers (Max Planck Institute, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)).

I have combination of practical knowledge in different general and technical fields (construction, electronics, science etc.) and linguistics.

My first education was in construction (carpentry technical school), second - in electronics (Radio College), third - in linguistics (Belarusian State University in Minsk (Philology Department) + Central Michigan University (USA) (Department of English Language and Literature), Master of Arts.

Long list of translated books, manuals, presentations, articles, software and webpage localizations.

I have experience of film and TV news (CNN international) translation and editing.

I was presenting Belarus at the "Audio-visual communication and language transfers" International Forum in Strasbourg, which was organized by the Council of Europe. Made a report "Film translations in Belarus and former Soviet Union". This report was published in the "Translatio - Nouvelles De La Fit-Fit Newsletter", nouvelle serie XIV (1995) - No's 3-4, Paris, pp308-311. (1995)

My previous job as hired hand was for the business weekly newspaper in Belarus "Belmarket" (belmarket.by) in Minsk as science editor writing and editing texts on different (mainly science and technology) topics as well as translating from English. I had regular page Hi-Tech.


Currently working for my own business (EXPAT.by) as the leader of the project. I do translations as part of my daily work as well as take part in external projects when subject is interesting and mainly to keep my translation skills in shape.


Ready to do a short (100-150 words) test translation.

Method of payment: Bank transfer, PayPal or Moneybookers.com.

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