Summary:
Translation of legal, business, technical and other texts from English into Russian and from Russian into English.
Skills & Experience:
Over 25 years. Never late and never have had a problem with a client.
Resume:
Education
The John Marshall Law School, Chicago,
Illinois
Master of Laws in Intellectual
Property, 1992
Central Patent School, Moscow,
Russia
Patent Engineer, June 1987
Graduation thesis: “Translation of
Japanese patent documents into Russian”
Krivoy Rog Mining
Institute, Ukraine
MS in Mechanical Engineering, cum laude, June 1976
Major: Machinery,
design and manufacturing engineering
Registration
Registered to practice before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office in patent cases.
certification
American Translators Association, one of only four translators in the
country certified in both English to Russian and Russian to English.
Experience
1990 - Present
Freelance Translator, Chapel Hill, NC;
Chicago, IL;
Aurora, CO
Translate and edit for translation agencies and corporate
customers from and into Russian and Ukrainian.
Specialization: legal, business, technical.
1979 – 1989
Center for Translations of the USSR and
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of the Ukrainian Republic
Technical Translator and Editor, part-time
Translated and edited all kinds of technical and scientific
literature from Japanese and English to Russian. Major fields: mechanics, manufacturing engineering, physics,
chemistry, metallurgy, materials science, patents.
1985 – 1989
Research Institute for Building Materials, Kiev,
Ukraine
Patent Engineer
Prepared and prosecuted patent applications and amendments
before the Patent Office, conducted novelty and infringement searches, drafted
patentability and infringement opinions, translated patents and other technical
documents.
1976 – 1985
Works of Automatic Multispindle Lathes, Kiev,
Ukraine
Production Engineer, Design Engineer
Supervised manufacturing of machine parts on metal-cutting
machines, designed measuring and metal-cutting tools, machine-tool fixtures,
other industrial equipment.
Memberships
American Translators Association
(ATA)