Andrew STEFANOVSKY

English to Russian Translator, Member of ATA

40 East 39 Street

Bayonne, NJ07002

ph./fax: 201-339-1758cell: 201-709-8822

E-mail:

OBJECTIVE:

Freelance English to Russian translation assignments for companies and individual clients, requiring excellentskills in project completion under tight dead-lines,reliable quality assurance and good communication

PROFILE AND EDUCATION:

  • Native speaker of Russian, proficiency in office software and internet research
  • BA in English, MoscowState Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia
  • Two-year post-graduate course in Russian>English translation and editing in English (certificate), Advanced School of Translation, Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS AND AFFILIATIONS:

UN Headquarters, Contract Verbatim Reporter (English>Russian translation)

Associate Member, American Translators Association

TRANSLATION WORK 2002 -PRESENT

Specializations: International developments and politics, UN activities, economics,legal and marketing documents,proofreading/editing of English>Russianand Russian>English translations, summarization of English language documents.

  • International developments, politics and UN activities: Conference Documents of the UN General Assembly and Security Council
  • Legaland business: Contracts, By-laws,Resolutions, Minutes etc. corporate documents,official documents such as birth, marriage and divorce certificates, diplomas and school transcripts
  • Marketing and market research: market research surveys, advertizing materials
  • Technical: Business Plan for an MVNO to launch operations in the Ukraine
  • Arts and humanities: Russian>English translation/re-writing/digesting for Russian-language media (Davidzon Weekly English Digest)

PREVIOUS RELATED EXPERIENCE

1994-2002:Law Office of Raytburg & Fierro, P.C., Russian>English

Brooklyn, NYtranslator/paralegal (immigration; legal and business documents)

1990-1993M.C. Mor Carmi, Ltd., EnglishRussian translator/editor(business)

Tel-Aviv, Israel

1990-1993English>Russian translations/digesting for Russian-language

Tel-Aviv, Israelmedia

1990-1991:Intex, Ltd., EnglishRussian translator/editor (business, advertizing)

Tel-Aviv, Israel

1975-1989:Novosti Press Agency Publishing House; positions ranging from Moscow, Russiajunior editor/proof reader to senior editor (supervision of English-language advertising in Novosti publications; Russian>English business and legal translation; style editing in English)

COMPUTER SKILLS AND EQUIPMENT

  • Proficient in Windows computer systems and word processing; internet research
  • HP Pavilion A1619H Pentium 4 PC w/ daily back-ups, Lexmark X5150 Color Printer/Fax/Copier/Scanner, Verizon DSL High Speed Internet w/ Maximised Bandwidth

EXTRA-PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Reading, writing, travelling, camping.

Fluent in written and spoken English, native speaker of Russian, some basic knowledge

of spoken Hebrew