Software and Apps Localization - since 2008

**Poker Translation and Web-Site Localization**

Texas Hold’em FL/NL/PL, SnG and MTT, Seven Card Stud, Omaha, Ruzz, Draw Poker - as a poker player myself I know the game very well and can provide high quality poker translation.

Recent Projects:
Full Tilt Poker Academy and Full Tilt Poker (translation, localization - since December 2009 till present)
Arcaneo Metron Software Translation and Localization
Park Tower Casino Web-Site Translation
Two Worlds II (translation)
5S, Six Sigma
Clinical Research Projects
Halo Video Game for Microsoft Ireland
Sports Betting Web-Site
MSN Celebrity
Shopify
Tailorbet
Cvent

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics (Translator/Interpreter, English language) and Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. My native language is Russian.
I'm also an ILSAT Certified EN-RU Interpreter.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

2003: South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
- Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering;
- Bachelor's Degree in English Language
2007: The Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
- Translator’s Performance Efficiency Enhancement by Means of Using CAT-Tools, Certificate
2007: North-West Academy of Public Administration, Union of Translators of Russia, Saint-Petersburg Branch
- Translator’s Professional Development: “Translation Skills. Scientific and Technical Documentation Translation”, Certificate
2008: Etablissement d’enseignement non-étatique, Académie de Linguistique “Unité de civilizations mondiales”, Chelyabinsk, Russia
- Les cours de français (Niveau Basique), Certificat
Dec 2012: Project Management with Honours, Certificate, Humber College, Toronto, Canada

Workshops:
- “Not Lost in Translation: Interpretation and Other Drivers for Health Equity”, November 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada
- “Present and Future of Interpretation. Community Interpreting”, June 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada
- "Ethical Boundaries of an Interpreter; What Are the Roles and Responsibilities of Interpreters and Agencies", July 2011, Toronto, Canada
- "Interpreter Conditions of Employment", July 2011, Toronto, Canada
- ILSAT
- “What’s missed when the interpreter is dismissed”, May 2013, Toronto, ON, Canada


- May 2008 - till present Freelance Localization Project Coordinator/Manager, English- Russian Translator/Interpreter,
Editor and Proofreader (court, legal, medical, etc. interpretation and translation - Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (http://www.irb-cisr.gc.), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Immigration Interpreters Association, City of Toronto and other Canadian and world-wide companies and agencies)




Employment History
November 2008 - Feb 2014 - North York General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Multicultural Services Dept., Interpreter

January 2011 - March 2011 Arcaneo Inc., Toronto, Canada
Arcaneo Metron Software Translation and Localization (Enterprise Meetings Management solution) (http://www.arcaneo.com)

August 2004 – May 2008 Emerson Process Management division (Metran Industrial Group), Chelyabinsk, Russia (www.metran.ru) (www.emersonprocess.ru)
Position: In-house Translator/Interpreter and Project Coordinator/Manager

June 2003 – June 2004 Chelyabinsk Electrode Plant, JSC, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Position: Translator

Feb 2003 – May 2003 Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, JSC
(http://chtz-uraltrac.com/,
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Position: Intern