Professional skills

· 20+ years of translating and interpreting

· 20 years in Journalism and Publishing Business

· Effective IT skills to include Microsoft Office products and experience of graphics and web design, TRADOS and S-Tagger;

· Effective written and presentational skills;

· Effective organizational skills gained in a complex working environment;

Achievements: Fast learner, easily grasping new technologies and ideas, always searching for the best solution.

Language skills

· Russian, Ukrianian - mother tongues

· Polish, German - fair

Education

· Diploma (equivalent to MA) in Modern Languages (Theory and Practice of Translation), Kiev State University, Ukraine (1979-1984)

· Post-graduate studies (research fellowship) in comparative literature at Central-European University, Prague, Czech Republic (1991-1992)

Work Experience

1995-2007

Freelance interpretation and translation for various government and non-government organisations including Foreign Office, Parliament, DTI, leading law companies (Baker MacKenzie, Nicholson Graham Jones, Clifford Chance and banks JP Morgan, Merill Lynch, Credit Suisse.

Interpretation and consultancy for BP Amoco concerning their activities in Ukraine. Working with senior managers of British Petroleum and high officials of Ukrainian Government.

Official Russian interpreter with the Ministry of Defence.

Web Developer (3 days per week), Volunteering England 5/2005-5/2006

Development and support of the Volunteering England Web projects. Currently working on Content Management System for a new Volunteering On-Line Magazine (PHP, MySQL, APACHE), links can be provided on request.

2001-2005 School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University

College London, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC2 7HU

COCOREES Technical Project Officer

Support and development of the web project dealing with East European media databases - COCOREES-CoFoR - www.cocorees.ac.uk

PAST EMPLOYMENT:

1997-2005 EastLaw Ltd., 51 Hale Drive, London, NW7 3EL

Position Web Project Manager

(maintaining Ukrainian legislation database, researching and translation of Ukrainian and Russian legislation) - www.eastlaw.co.uk, www.medreslaw.com

1997-2004 BBC World Service (casual work appr. 5 days a month)

Position Producer

Producing radio programmes to be broadcast to Ukraine - news and current affairs, daily and weekly Ukrainian economy reviews, interviews with leading Ukrainian politicians, government officials and business people

1995-1997 BBC World Service

Position Producer

Responsibilities: producing radio programmes to be broadcast to Ukraine - news and current affairs, daily and weekly Ukrainian economy reviews, interviews with leading Ukrainian politicians, government officials and business people.

1993-1995 Free-lance translator

working for various government and non-government organisations (publishers, World Bank, Chamber of Commerce, radio), Kiev, Ukraine

1992-1993 SVENAS Publishers

Senior Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Russian edition of ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE, Kiev, Ukraine

1990-1992 MOLOD Publishers

Senior Editor, Kiev, Ukraine

1989-1990 VESELKA Publishers,

Editor, Kiev, Ukraine

1987-1989 Soviet embassy in Ethiopia.

Personal assistant and interpreter to the Advisor to the Commander of the Ethiopian Navy. Responsibilities: translation and interpretation, controlling logistics supply for the Ethiopian Navy. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

1984-1987 VESELKA Children's Literature Publishers,

International Public Relations Manager