James F. Joeriman

Russian & Ukrainian > English Translator, Consultant, School Director

17 Kavaleridze Street Apt 162, Lviv, Ukraine +380966085620

ProfileRussian and Ukrainian-to-English Translator with 6 Years Professional Experience, Co-Owner/Director, ABC English, Lviv, Ukraine

SpecializationsLegal, Finance, Contracts, Business, Government & Public Policy

Education M.A. Russian & Eastern European Area Studies August 2012

M.P.A, Public Administration August 2012

Indiana University, Russian and Eastern European Institute/School of

Public and Environmental Affairs

Certificate of Proficiency in Ukrainian

Summer Abroad - Ivan Franko National University of L’viv,

L’viv, Ukraine Summer 2011

B.A. in Russian December 2002

B.S. in Psychology

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Study Abroad at Moscow State University, Russia Summer 2002

Experience Intern, Parliamentary Development Project November 2011 – January 2012

Parliamentary Development Project II, Kiev, Ukraine

Developed and edited report on survey of Peoples’ Deputies

 Translated instructional materials from Ukrainian to English

Worked with interns on translation tests

Freelance Russian-to-English Translator March 2003 - present

Recent Clients:

TranslatePlus, London, England February – October 2011

Legal, Financial, and general business correspondence.

MasterWord Services, Inc.,Houston, TX January 2008 - present

Translator/editor, working primarily contracts, purchase orders, business correspondence, bid requests, and project proposals - for end clients in the oil and natural gas industry.

Russian Introductory Course Instructor June 2005 – October 2006

University of Florida Reitz Union Leisure Course Program

Taught and prepared course materials and exercises for introductory Russian leisure course.

ProjectRussian Translator March – June, August – September 2003 Dept. of Aquatic Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL

Translated Russian texts into English

 Provided spot translations during meetings

Provided assistance with Russian-language references and online resources to determine geographical coordinates for localities of interest within the RF and NIS countries.

Russian Interpreter July 2003

ELINAR Broiler/Cochran Fellowship Program, UF, Gainesville, FL

Interpreted during lectures, social functions, and field demonstrations for Russian attendee of commercial poultry science program hosted at the University of Florida.

Relevant Coursework

Law and Public Affairs – Fall 2009

Public Management Economics – Fall 2010

 5th Year Russian – Fall 2008/Spring2009

6th year equivalent Russian – Summer 2010

Public Finance & Budgeting– Fall 2010

Ukrainian for Russian Speakers – Fall 2010/Spring 2011

Advanced Ukrainian – Summer 2011, L’viv, Ukraine

SoftwareMicrosoftOffice 2010

SDL TRADOS 2009

Adobe X Professional

Adobe Photoshop

Language SkillsNative English

 Near-native fluency in Russian (Advanced Superior OPI score)

 Advanced Ukrainian

 Basic Czech/German/French