Major Conference Interpreting Assignments: APEC, Heads of State Kevin Rudd, John Howard, Vladimir Putin, Russian and Australian Cabinet Ministers and Dignitaries, Governor General of Australia, Ambassadors.

Qualifications

Professional Activities 1984 to present: professional Russian translator and interpreter. Member, NAATI Examination Panel in Russian. Lecturer in interpreting and translation. Writer, consultant, radio and TV broadcaster. Professional Qualifications: member, International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC); National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) Level 5 translator (Senior Advanced). Academic Qualifications: Visiting Fellow, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, Department of Government, 1993-94. University of Western Sydney, Graduate Diploma in Social Communication, 1980-82. Diploma in Engineering Design, Russia, 1956-60.

Interpreting Assignments

Russian into English and English into Russian Translations

• Translating most subjects, including legal, technical, scientific translations, trade agreements, specifications, CAD drawings, diplomas, certificates, correspondence and faxes, E-mail, etc.

• Voice-over corporate videotapes, movies and presentations.

• Interpreting at live seminars, conferences,Olympics and training sessions.

• Designing and translating WebPages in English and Russian.

Russian Translation Subjects

• Correspondence, diplomas, birth certificates, work books, divorce papers, ID, passport, police record, immigration documents

• Science (including biology, ecology, medicine, Arctic and Antarctic studies, nuclear reactors and atomic energy, space exploration, astronomy and biophysics, etc)

• Trade union and corporate meetings, congresses and conferences.

• Mining and surveying. Safety in mines.

• Land reform, cartography, land titles and property rights. Real estate.

• CAD drawings and PowerPoint presentations

• Farming, meat and livestock.

• Satellite technology, computers and communications, Internet and related technologies.

• Trade, export, import, cargo, customs regulations.

• Olympic games and other sports activities.

• Economics, banking, investments, tenders, trade shows and exhibitions.

• Trade and economic forums and seminars.

• Political exchanges, diplomacy, government.

• Crime, corruption, drugs trafficking, law enforcement.

• Media, culture, music, literature, sport.

 

Related Professional Activities

Broadcasting: Contributor to ABC Radio National and SBS Radio. Writing: Contributor to The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald and other major Australian and Russian language publications. Consulting: Senior Consultant, CIS and Eastern Europe, Conflict Resolution Network

 

Past Employment History

Australian and South East Asian representative, Infomedia Corporation, Palo Alto, California, USA. Advanced computer-based teleconferencing systems. Supplier of services to government departments and multinational corporations.

Science writer and broadcaster, Radio Liberty, Munich, West Germany. Author of a weekly Science and Society series. Head of Olympic coverage team during the Munich Olympics in 1972.

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), London. Announcer, scriptwriter, translator.

Computer Skills

Adobe Photoshop Quark Express Adobe Illustrator CAD Microsoft Office (all applications)  InDesign Illustrator

 

 

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