written Russian translation, editing, proofreading and DTP
Pavel Protopopov
Certified Russian translator
Native language: Russian
Language pairs
English > Russian, French > Russian, Russian >
English
Years of experience: since 1974
Subject areas:
- natural sciences: physics, chemistry, biology
- engineering and technology
- oil and gas production (sample)
- chemical engineering (sample)
- biotechnology (sample)
- metallurgy and metal processing
- automobile production, repair and
maintenance
- computer and information technologies
- computer software
- electronics and radio (sample)
- mining
- electric welding, coatings of welding
rods
- textiles production and finishing
- food industry
- tourism and travel (sample)
- webpages (sample)
ecology
Equipment available
PC with Pentium200, color scanner, laser printer HP4L, modem USR Sportster 33600, fax
EFax110
Curriculum Vitae
Personal
Details
- Name: Pavel Protopopov
- Nationality: Russian
- Date of birth: 23.08.46
- Address: 22-14 Lenina prospekt, Volgograd 400066, Russia
- Telephone: 7-844-2362834
- Fax: 1-413-502-6808 (US number), 7-844-2362834
(Russian number)
- E-mail address: pprv@mailru.com
- Alternative e-mail address: pavel_first@email.com
Education
- 1963 - 1968 Volgograd Polytechnic Institute: chemical technology
- 1968 - 1971 Volgograd Polytechnic Institute: doctorate course in chemical
engineering, PH. D. in chemical engineering
- 1972 - 1974 UNESCO Experts School at the Volgograd Pedagogical Institute:
foreign languages
- 1976 Moscow Textile Institute: Advanced courses in textile engineering
- 1977 - 1978 Volgograd University of Pedagogical Skill: teaching English
- 1980 Moscow Textile Institute: Advanced courses in cybernetics
- 1982 - 1983 Volgograd University of Social Sciences: courses in social
sciences
- 1986 Volgograd Polytechnic Institute: courses in computer software
and
programming
- 1987 All-Union High School of touring guides-interpreters
Certification
1975, Volgograd Pedagogical Institute, Foreign Languages Dept., certificate
No. 222 of 9.07.75
Work history
- 1971 - 1972 junior research worker at the Volgograd Polytechnic
Institute
- 1973 - 1975 senior research worker at the Volgograd Polytechnic
Institute
- 1976 - 1990 associated professor at the Volgograd Polytechnic
Institute
- 1991 -1992 vice-dean on the international relations at the
Volgograd Polytechnic Institute
- 1992 till now: Altair Russian Translation Bureau, director
Translation capacity
- English > Russian 3500 words/day
- French > Russian, Spanish > Russian 1000 words/day
- Russian >
English 1500 words/day
Translation experience
All time since 1974 - part-time translator (often not payed work) at
the Volgograd Polytechnic Institute. Translation from English to Russian and
from Russian to English in all the fields of activities of the Institute
(scientific and technical articles, reviews, annual reports, patents and
correspondence).
1992 - 1994 a touring guide-interpreter for the Orion Tours Inc -
guiding Russian tours for British, American and Australian bicycle tourists
1992 - 2000 translations at the Altair Bureau mainly for Volgograd
located companies and organizations
Other skills
Extensive knowledge and usage of :
Microsoft Word, Excel, Works, Adobe PageMaker and
PhotoShop, CorelDraw, Russian and English spelling and grammar checkers;
FrontPage 2000, Dreamweaver 3.0, HomeSite 4.5 for web design and
localization;
machine-assisted translation software: ProMT98, ABBYY Lingvo 6.5.
References
Available upon request
main page
sample translations
Altair Russian Translation Bureau