Member since Sep '08

Working languages:
Russian to English

Ethan Bien
Translation, editing & subtitling.

United States
Local time: 01:02 EST (GMT-5)

Native in: English Native in English
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Working exclusively Russian to English, with a particular fondness for screenplays, subtitling, and journalism. Academic film studies papers welcome.
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Services Subtitling, Editing/proofreading, Translation, MT post-editing
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Specializes in:
Cinema, Film, TV, DramaJournalism
Poetry & LiteratureGeneral / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Advertising / Public Relations

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KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 12, Questions answered: 21, Questions asked: 120
Payment methods accepted Wire transfer, Check, Money order, PayPal, PayPal, Venmo, Tinkoff
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Translation education Other - IRYA Institute, Moscow
Experience Years of experience: 12. Registered at ProZ.com: Aug 2008. Became a member: Sep 2008.
Credentials Russian to English (Russian Federation: IRYA Institute, verified)
Russian (SPbGU)
Russian (Vassar)
Memberships Vassar College Russian Majors' Committee
Software Aegisub, Belle Nuit Subtitler, memoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Subtitle Editor, Wordfast
CV/Resume CV available upon request.
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Bio

Native English speaker offering subtitling, translation, editing, and ghost-writing.


Screenplays and academic cinema studies papers welcomed enthusiastically.

Literary translation:
"Preemptive Revenge," by Elizaveta Mikhailichenko and Yury Nesis. 80,800 words.

Subtitling:
"Smeshariki. The Beginning," for St. Petersburg Animation Studio.
"Krokodil," subtitles in verse for a film based on Dostoevsky's poem. Film won three prizes at VGIK's 2011 film festival.
“Quadraturan,” "Listen, the snow's melting," and other shorts by Moscow animators, 2010.
"I Love You," a full-length film that screened at Rotterdam. Subtitled at Mosfilm, 2010.

Other projects:
Materials for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forums (WEF), Television scripts, video game scripts, interview transcripts, journalism, marketing materials, and tourism and PR materials.

Education, certificates: Fulbright Fellow at VGIK in Moscow. Professional course on English-Russian translation of journalism, comics, literature, and film at IRYA Institute in Moscow.
TRK-III Certification in Russian (professional), SPbGU, 2008.
TRK-II Certification in Russian, SPbGU, 2008.
B.A. cum laude, Russian Studies, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, class of 2004, writing my thesis on necrorealism.
Yale/SPbGU Summer Russian Intensive Courses, 2003.

Other experience:
Russian-English Interpreter, Jewish Convalescent Home in Baltimore, MD.
Deck hand on salmon fishing vessels, Bristol Bay, Alaska. 

Based in Maine, Mexico City, and, sometimes, Moscow.

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Feb 13



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