Qualifications

Résumé available upon request.

Certification

I am ATA certified to translate Russian to English.

Education

Photo of me in my graduation gown

M.A. in Translation, Kent State University, 2016
B.A. in Linguistics and Languages, Swarthmore College, 2013
Semester abroad at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg State University, 2011
Member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Sigma Iota

Languages

Native fluency in English and Russian (A-languages), working proficiency in French (B-language)

Russian

I have been told that it is impossible to have two native languages. However, I am one of several counterexamples to this rule. Russian was my first language, and was diligently maintained - by both my parents’ efforts and my own - throughout my life in the United States. I was brought to the United States at the age of 4, when I was still capable of acquiring English natively. Since I have been more exposed to English in my academic and professional life, my writing in English flows more naturally, but I have never had trouble understanding any Russian text or writing competently in Russian.

In-country experience: I have visited my family in Russia numerous times throughout my life, including the semester abroad mentioned above. My family is also active in the Russian community in Philadelphia.

French

I have been learning French since second grade, and continued to take courses in French during my undergraduate studies. In-country experience: I visited Paris in 2006, Toulouse in 2008, and Lyon and Grenoble in 2015.

Additional Languages

I have also studied Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, German, and Japanese, to various degrees of proficiency. While I can give explanations of their linguistic structures, my knowledge of these languages is not usually sufficient for a translation matching the standard of quality to which I hold myself for my main language directions.