I have a linguistic and engineering background and excellent knowledge of my native language, Russian. Today, I work as a freelance translator and interpreter, this job opens doors into other fields and disciplines satisfying my curiosity. As engineer I can in addition solve linguistic tasks which require technical knowledge.

I have worked in the language business for more than 16 years, and my experience includes:
• translation: service and maintenance manuals, articles, brochures, web sides translation, presentations, patents, court documents
• consecutive interpreting: court interpreting, commercial negotiations, seminars, medical consulting, interviews, cultural exchanges, interpreter assistance during exhibitions, telephone interpreting
• language instruction
• consulting services.

Working languages pairs: French < - > Russian, Danish < - > Russian, Danish < - > French, English > Russian.

Graduated from Roskilde University (Denmark).
In Russia, I studied engineering subjects taught in French and later worked and studied in French speaking countries during 1992, 1997-1998 and 2005-2007.

Areas of expertise:
• scientific and technical: electrical measurement instruments and systems; flow meters; electronics; geology; safety, health and working environment; different techniques used to purify polluted water; food quality; medical equipment
• agriculture: Danish and EU’s legislation in the field of agricultural buildings, intensive animal farming and protection of the environment; organic farming; agriculture buildings and equipment; intensive pig farming and environmental considerations
• penal or civil matters : interpreting in civil or criminal court proceedings (arraignments, divorce or separation, visitations, trials, preliminary hearings); translation of foreign requests for assistance in penal matters, reports and other documents
• legal: statutory documents; contracts; documents (passports, driving licences, birth and marriage certificates, permission for child travelling abroad with one parent); insurances
• medicine: interpreting between patients and physicians in hospitals, clinics and nursing homes; translation of patient’s medical histories
• Africa and Arabic countries: religion, cultural and economic relations between Denmark and countries in this region)
• Danish culture and history
• Web sites

Recent projects dealt with:
• interpreting during meeting between Russian customers and Claire A/S (Danish < - > Russian)
• interpreting during Copenhagen International Fashion Fair for Belarusian customers (Danish < - > Russian)
• translation of patient’s medical history for a psychiatric clinic at Copenhagen (French > Danish).