Russian to English

Arabic to English

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A DV cleared native English speaker with 7 years’ experience in UK government as a Russian and Arabic translator and linguist team leader, I have operated under extreme time pressures whilst maintaining high standards of accuracy and professional integrity and delivering to senior governmental customers.

Certified Member of the UK Chartered Institute of Linguists (IoL)

Member of the New York Circle of Translators

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012 Freelance translator. Recent jobs have included:

• Legal correspondence

• Business tenancy agreement

• Identity documents

• Media: documentary film script

2012 Volunteer translator for Rights in Russia (UK Human Rights NGO); EHRAC (European Human Rights Advocacy Centre); Firefly (US Children’s Charity)

2004 – 2012 UK Government, Russian and Arabic to English translator, analyst, linguist team leader

2002 – 2003 English teacher in Russian universities in Krasnoyarsk and St Petersburg

1999 Administrator and English Teacher at Istituto Euroscuola, English-language school in Padua, Italy

Additional experience in local government, business, retail, and entertainment sectors.

EDUCATION

BA Russian and Politics, Durham University (First-Class Honours) - included a year abroad in Russia

Introduction to Interpreting course, University of Bradford