Background
I graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1985 (Engineering – Aircraft Engines) and from Moscow Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers in 1991 (Economic and Management – International Air Transport).
In 1986 – 1993 I worked as an engineer and a researcher in the aerospace industry.
In 1993 – 2004 I worked as a manager/advisor in aerospace and defense, mining, timber industries and in investment banking (industry privatization and anti-crisis management).
My basic foreign language is English (I studied it at school/institutes and special courses since 1970). I also managed to learn French, German, Polish and Hungarian on my own (to certain extent) – I like to read an original book rather than a translated one, as well I wish to understand what is going around when I travel abroad.
Translating experience
I worked as a freelance translator in 1981 – 1990 (engineering, technology and miscellaneous documents - from English/French/German/Polish/Hungarian into Russian). In 2005 I had to begin to work as a telecommuter and fell back upon my former translating experience. My major projects (50,000 – 250,000 words (No-Match) each) are listed below. I am a user of Trados 7.1, SDL Trados 2007 and SDL Trados Studio 2021.
Complete sets of operation/maintenance/repair manuals and parts catalogs on the following machines:
· Cummins diesel engines
· Pratt & Whitney gas turbine power plants
· Komatsu dozers, excavators and off-road trucks
· Hyundai and Kia cars, buses and multi-purpose trucks
· Toyota industrial equipment
· Schlumberger logging equipment and tools
· Lukoil offshore oil field development project reports and drawings
· Facility agreements with gas and oil producers
· Cisco IT marketing reports and presentations
When translating a document from English into Russian, I look at it as its user rather than a translator. I have enough industrial experience that enables me to understand everything I am translating. I do not work with documents related to issues I am not experienced with as an engineer or a manager. | 
