Welcome to my profile! I am an English & Spanish to Russian translator and consecutive interpreter with 10+ years of professional experience in technical translation. Since 1997 I have been working in a close collaboration with experts in a variety of specialist fields, such as shipbuilding and petroleum industries, whose expertise and knowledge contributed a lot to my professional development.

♦ My major areas of expertise are

~ Naval Construction/Marine Engineering
~ Civil&Environmental Engineering
~ Oil&Gas (Upstream/Offshore)
~ Mechanical Engineering/Machines&Tools
~ Hydraulics
~ Nuclear Power Plants
~ Mining
and any texts of general nature

♦ My professional career started in 1996, and since then it has grown to include

~ over 5 years (2005 - present) working as a translator/interpreter for a large engineering company providing services to ship and offshore construction contractors
~ over 5 years working for a pipeline surveying and engineering company
~ over years translating for multiple shipbuilding and offshore projects
~ interpreting at shipyards and construction sites
~ interpreting at specialized exhibitions and conferences in and out of Russia (IMDS, Euronaval, Defexpo)
~ volonteer translation and interpreting for sports industry & ecology/sustainable living projects

♦ educational background

~ a Master's degree in Engineering
~ a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics

♦ and

~ a strong dedication to learning
~ an intuitive understanding of the inner logic of the text
~ a well developed ability to attend to the smallest detail
~ an innate curiosity for how things work and what they are made of :)

My rates are negotiable. Please feel free to contact me for further details and/or a detailed CV.

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