Working languages:
English to Russian
English to Ukrainian

Serge Vazhnenko
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Ukraine
Local time: 04:44 EET (GMT+2)

Native in: Russian Native in Russian, Ukrainian Native in Ukrainian
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Bio
Name: Sergey V. Vazhnenko
Date of Birth: October 7, 1957
Contact Details

E-mail: [email protected]


Summary
- 16 years of translation experience
- Freelance translator since 1996
- Higher linguistic education

Language combination

English > Russian > Ukrainian. Russian is mother tongue.

Specific areas

Operation manuals for professional/home appliances; computer games; automotive industry; international policy and economic relations; business (commerce, compiling of import/export contracts); legal, marketing, advertising and market research, tourism, general health care; motion picture subtitles (translation, editing and proofreading); computer games; art/literary; journalism, general articles, etc.

Work experience

1991-1993 Deputy Director on foreign relations with HELIOS CENTER company Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine.
Responsibilities: establishing contacts with foreign companies, sequential translation of business talks and preparation of contracts.

1993-1996 Deputy Director on foreign relations with RAYCO JOINT VENTURE Corp., Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine.
Responsibilities: establishing contacts with foreign companies, preliminary talks and preparation of contracts, compiling of import/export contracts, business correspondence. On agreement with Zaporizhzhya OBLENERGO I participated (as an interpreter) in energy saving investigations of some Ukrainian enterprises (Zaporizhzhya, Dnepropetrovsk, Ternopol and Vinnitsa regions) for HAGLER BAILLY, CONSULTING INC. Within USAID project (Project Coordinator Alexander Petrov).

Information, translation and proofreading services rendered since 1996:

Zaporizhzhya Metal Structure Plant Joint Stock Company
- analytical survey on Mediterranean market; translations

SLAVUTICH brewery, Zaporizhzhya
- translation of technological manuals;

Silicon Hills Publishing and Multimedia House, USA
- translations of general articles and children’s literature;

Sophia publishers, Kyiv
- translation of books on metaphysics, Yoga, psychology, Feng Shui, self-help and inspirational texts, psychic development and health care (10 books translated and published)

WORDBANK Ltd. London (since 2008)

- translation, editing and proofreading of documents and materials regarding IT, computer games, motor-car industry, home appliances, tourism, business, marketing, journalism etc.

MERRILL BRINK INTERNATIONAL (since 2010)

- translation, editing and proofreading of legal documents

References are available upon request

Education

1980-1984 Foreign Languages Dept. of Zaporozhye State Teachers Training College.
Main subjects were performed in English except other languages.
Speciality: English and German languages.

Skills

Computer (Windows XP, MS Office 2007); MS Office 2007; machine translation tools: SDL Trados, PROMPT; Other programs Adobe Acrobat, ABBYY Finereader; Communication: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.

Equipment
Computer: Athlon 64 x2 3800+
Scanner Mustek 1248UB
Unlimited Internet access

Daily translation output:

2,500 source words.


For more details please see my CV.

In case if any additional information required, do not hesitate to contact me by phone, Skype or e-mail.
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Total pts earned: 133
PRO-level pts: 121


Top languages (PRO)
English to Russian84
Russian to English31
German to Russian4
Ukrainian to English2
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering35
Bus/Financial28
Other20
Law/Patents14
Art/Literary12
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Top specific fields (PRO)
Law (general)8
Manufacturing4
Management4
Petroleum Eng/Sci4
Human Resources4
Medical: Health Care4
Psychology4
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Nov 5



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