RESUME

Yuri Robtsev

Objectives:
English - Russian and Russian - English translation,
proofreading, editing, website/software localization,
technical writing, copy-writing, QA software testing, computer games localization, etc.

Education:
1983 - 1988 MA degree in Russian & English Linguistics and Philology. State university, Leningrad, Russia
1989 - 1991 MS degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Polytechnic University, Leningrad, Russia.

Languages:
Mother tongue - Russian.
Active language pairs: English - Russian, Russian - English

Areas of specialization:
science, engineering, technology, website and software localization, 
telecommunications, IT, SEO, software, hardware, construction, business, finance, law, insurance, marketing, PR, advertising, international salesmanship, 
environmental protection, medicine, travel, fiction, arts, sports, entertainment, private correspondence (scanned or faxed handwritten texts) etc.

Professional experience:
2002 - 2005 senior translator, state unitary enterprise "Krasnaya zarya"
St. Petersburg, Russia. Duties: project management, editors and translators supervision, participation in English - Russian, Russian - English translation,
editing, proofreading of the most important enterprise documentation and contracts.

1995 - 2001 senior translator of the technical translation department, state unitary enterprise "Leninets", St. Petersburg, Russia.

1990 - 1995 freelance En - Ru, Ru - En translator /
editor / proofreader on miscellaneous subjects.

Translation Tools:
Trados, Wordfast, Transit, LINGVO-10, Polyglossum, Socrat PRO, CAT-2008 Pro, 400 electronic dictionaries on 300 areas of human activity.

Fee Rate:
Desirable fee rate: not less than 270 rubles per 1800 characters
(with white spaces included) of the text in Russian.
Feel free to offer your affordable rate for my consideration.

Preferred methods of payment:
a) e-payment over the following Internet payment systems:
money.yandex.ru, www.webmoney.ru, www.e-gold.com, www.moneybookers.com
b) bank wiring to my account in Sberbank of the Russian Federation
c) payment over Western Union global payment system
d) payment over Anelik system

Other:
Purchase Order submission is a desirable condition.
Please consider possibility of partial up front payment (optional).
Please consider possibility of by-piece payment for ongoing projects.

References:
Available upon request

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