Julia Usanova
E-mail
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Skype yu1iaus
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Time GMT+4 (Moscow time)
Date of birth May, 30 1983
Native language Russian
Languages English > Russian
Min. rates: translation $0.07 per source word, $20 per hour
editing/proofreading $0.04 per source word
discounts on the basis of word count and TM are possible
Average translation speed: 2000-7000 words per day depending on a text and task difficulty
After more than 8 years of work I have adopted best translation, glossary research and editing practices and quality assurance technologies. In my work I pay close attention to terminology consistency and fidelity as well as stylistic competence of the translation.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Graduated from Saratov State University in 2005.
Diploma in English Philology
Diploma cum laude in Translation
2012 – 2014 Saratov State University, Department of Nano- and Bio-medical Technologies
WORK EXPERIENCE
July 2005-August 2005 – translator/interpreter at BGP Geophysics Russia Ltd (http://www.bgp.com.cn/), a 3D seismic surveying project in Rovnoye, Saratov Region. I have started my career with the post of a supervisor’s translator and interpreter in an international project. My functions were interpreting of any field and office activity of the project supervisor and translation of routine reports.
August 2005-Septemper 2005 – translator at BGP Geophysics Russia Ltd Saratov office. After the end of the field works in Rovnoye I was invited to continue working in the Saratov office and translate the final documentation and reports. All the original and translated documentation was prepared for companies and government archives.
October 2005-September 2009 – translator at English Into Russian translation bureau (www.englishintorussian.com). I took part in a wide variety of projects of all sizes as a translator, editor, proofreader and/or project manager.
September 2009 – January 2013 – independent freelance translator
January 2013 – nowadays – translator at RTB LLC
Over the years of experience I have worked out the following sequence of operations with a project:
1. Source text estimation and field research (text purpose, function and target reader determination)
2. Rendering into subject matter and style of the source text
3. Translating (using authoritative dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks and other reference materials as well as periodicals in Russian, paper and electronic ones, browsing for web-pages dedicated to the subject of research)
4. Revision
5. Glossary and terminology consistency check
6. Links, names, numbers, fonts, pictures, headlines, tags verification
7. Spelling and grammar checks
8. Final editing, style and formatting check
Specialization: surveying, positioning systems, information technologies, spatial visualization, computer software and hardware, consumer electronics, home appliances, medicine, medical equipment, tourism, sociology, games.
AREAS OF SPECIALISATION
Technical translation (user manuals, installation, commissioning and repair manuals, software help systems, release notes, training courses, software localization, medical equipment, etc.)
Marketing and PR (hotel web-sites, website articles about museums, tourist routes, gas station network, PC and mobile games press-releases and in-game texts, etc.)
SOFTWARE
Operating system Microsoft Windows XP
Office package Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
Software Trados 7.5.6 Freelance (Workbench, TagEditor, WinAlign)
SDLX, Version 7.x Freelance
Adobe Acrobat 8.0
ABBY FineReader 9.0
Wordfast Classic 5
***I am willing to do a short translation test free of charge.
ABOUT ME
I have been working as a translator for 8 years now, 3 years as an in-house translator and 5 years as a full-time outsourcer. Skills development and international quality expectations correspondence were the main motivating force both in BGP-Geophysical and especially in EnglishIntoRussian.com. Now, when I accumulated great and very useful experience and knowledgebase, I feel the need to pass my attainments to others and bring up another generation of first-rate professionals in my own English-Russian translation business with in-house translators. So far I am working alone to build up some start-up capital, looking for potential translators and dedicated editors, developing particularized auxiliary software and working procedures. My goal is to create a dynamically developing crew of professionals who work with pleasure and deliver the best result possible.
Besides translation I enjoy electronic music, especially drum’n’bass. As an active member and press representative of Saratov Drum’n’Bass Community (akvadrum.com) I take part in arranging and promoting dnb events in Saratov and Volga Region, which includes collaboration with local radio and TV shows, press and Internet and social networks projects. My interpreting skills come in handy during parties with foreign DJs such as Aphrodite (UK), Counterstrike (SA), Teebee (NO), Cooh (BG), Kano (UK).
During 2007-2008 I took part in tournament series of Sports Poker Saratov Region Federation, once winning the Last Woman Standing title. I also took a post of croupier on a voluntary basis since October 2008 till July 2009.
