POLINA SKIBINSKAYA
Toronto, ON●ph: 416-901-0055●

Russian > English Translator, Interpreter, Editor

Published Author of English Fiction & Non-fiction in North America

  • Translation & Proofreading in
    both Russian to English and English to Russian.
  • Consecutive Interpretation
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  • Editing
  • Subtitling
  • Back Translation
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  • Copywriting
  • Resume Optimization
  • Ghostwriting & Co-writing

Professional Experience

Freelance translator
Areas: Medical, Technical, Legal, I.T., Business,Marketing, Social Sciences and LiteraryFiction.

Company: Triballiance Language Solutions (Toronto)
  • Work as Translation and Linguistic Director.
  • Serve as Senior Translation Project Manager.
  • Supervise teams of translators, editors, and proofreaders.
  • Managed multiple global client accounts, including HP, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, and The History Channel, among others.
  • Edit and proofread all outgoing English, Russian, & Ukrainian materials.
/ 2004 – present
Clients: Telelingua, Brussels, Belgium (various pharmaceutical companies),
Valentin Bragin, M.D. Ph.D., New York, New York, USA,
and others.
  • Translated over one million pages ofmedical trial data and popular medicine & wellness self-help articles from Russian to English.
/ 2004 – present
Clients: DaimlerChrysler, Germany,
AutoVAZ – Lada, Russia,
Bazis-A Corporation, Kazakhstan,
CMS-Forex, USA,
and others.
  • Translated about 500,000 pages oftechnical, I.T., legal, and marketing documentation from Russian to English, including user guides, promotional materials, and contracts.
/ 2004 – present
Clients: Vasily Golovachev, Best-Selling Author,
Knight of Science Fiction, Moscow, Russia,
Sergei Yakimov, Author, Kiev, Ukraine,
Evgeny Konstantinov, Author, Moscow, Russia,
Rasul Bayram, Author, Palm Coast, Florida,
Alexander Jivetin, Ph.D. – New York, New York, USA,
and others.
  • Translated over 500,000 pages of fiction (novels & short stories) and nonfiction (articles, popular science & Social Sciences books) from Russian to English for future publication in North America.
/ 1996– present

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Client: Life Untangled Publishing - International
  • Developed and edited a series of guide books on Canadian immigration, How To Move To Canada.
/ 2005 – 2007
Client: Globe Institute of Technology & ASA Institute (New York)
  • Served as ESL instructor, teaching up to 30 adult students.
  • Developed a conversational English course for adult recent immigrants.
  • Taught the course in an interactive, highly hands-on setting.
/ 1996 – 2000
Client: Marqlar International Traders (for YMCA – Toronto)
  • Conducted intensive, hands-on English-language marketing, business research and strategy presentations in self-employment education programs.
  • Trained over 140 new business owners.
/ 2004
Client: The Dissident Magazine – Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Edited English-language fiction and nonfiction submissions by authors from around the world.
  • Translated short story Old Isergil by Maxim Gorki from Russian to English for publication in one of the issues.
/ 1994 – 1997

Education & Training

CityUniversity of New York (CUNY) at BrooklynCollege, 1996 / BA: Magna Cum Laude
Public School #117,Ukraine, 1991 / High School Diploma: Silver Medal
Software used: / Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, FrontPage, Outlook, PowerPoint), ABBY Lingvo, Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat, Corel PSP.

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Professional and personal references available upon request.

Please visit my website to see samples of my work.

POLINA SKIBINSKAYA

Toronto, ON●ph: 416-901-0055 ●