UKRAINIAN    RUSSIAN    ENGLISH    FRENCH

Education

Diploma in Romance and Germanic Languages (MA level)
Kyiv National University   Department of Translation    Kyiv    Ukraine    1973 - 1978
Areas of expertise: Applied Linguistics (Translation & Interpreting) and Language Teaching
Thesis: On Translation of the Polysemantic Verb To Get    Supervisor: Professor Oleg Semenets


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Special Courses
• Justice Institute of BC Private Security Program    Vancouver, Canada    1999
• BCHLA's Generic Methodology Training for Heritage Language Teachers    Vancouver, Canada    1998
• BI Software Seminars and Workshops held by Cognos Inc.    Vancouver, Canada    1998
• Customs Advanced Training Course    Ukraine    1985-87

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Professional Memberships

STIBC - Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia
BCHLA - British Columbia Heritage Languages Association
ACTR - American Council of Teachers of Russian

Experience

Language Teacher

Vancouver, Canada

• Ukrainian (beginners', intermediate, advanced) - Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian School
• Ukrainian tutoring - private lessons

Kyiv, Ukraine

• Wrote Ukrainian and edited Russian version of the Good News English Course - a teach-yourself Bible-based course published by the Good News Publications, London, UK
• English for undergraduates, Department of Architecture, State Institute of Civil Engineering
• Business English (beginners') for stuff of Ministry of Food Industry
• English for children (preschool), language co-operative school Logos
• Interpreted lectures and lab studies, UNIDO International Internship, Paton Electric Welding Institute

TRANSLATOR

International Development Research Centre, IDRC-OCEEI Kyiv Office, Ukraine

• translated, reviewed, proofread drafts, project proposals, scientific and technical documents for various CIDA  projects in Ukraine
• EMDU Project (water conservation, environmental protection, GIS, sustainable development)

DC Limited International Distributor Co., Kyiv, Ukraine

• technical writing, editing of user manuals for local customers
• general translations and interpretations (contracts, commercial documentation, etc.)
• international public relations (contacting foreign manufacturers, arranging negotiations, more)

Logos Language Co-operative School, Kyiv, Ukraine

• management, English instruction, translation services

Also translated for:

Ministry for Environmental Protection, Ukraine
State Committee for Water Resources, Ukraine
Dialog International Inc. US-Ukraine business support services co.
National Research Institute of Sci Tech Information, Ukraine
Ukraine National Chamber of Commerce
Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA
World Health Organization, WHO
World Bank, EBRD, IMF, more

Writer (non-fiction)
 

• With a story Living on the Edge won the 1998-1999 Anna Pidruchney Award for New Writers from the Grant MacEwan Community College Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Write for the BC Ukrainian Community Newsletter Contact (in English and Ukrainian)
• Write for Ukrainian quarterlies Architecture&Prestige and Academia (in Russian and Ukrainian)
- covered events at du Maurier International Jazz Festival Vancouver-98
- accredited with the World Biennale of Architecture-96, Venice, Italy
• Wrote two books for children (in Russian) for Molod Publishers, Kyiv, Ukraine
 
Interests - Projects
 
• Prepare a course of modern Ukrainian for English-speaking learners
• Compile glossaries of Ukrainian abbreviations, sci-tech-biz terms, borrowings
• Develop a modern Ukrainian correspondence course (with audio/video component)
• Pursue an academic career, work on my Ph.D. with North American Universities
• Improve writing skills and write a true book about life in Ukraine before and after Chornobyl
• Master software localization technique and publishing software

Vancouver BC Canada mailto:vvd@language.proz.com