asya sokirko

Source languages: English, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Russian, Ukrainian.

Target languages: English (American), Russian.

Specialization: law, business, finance.

Services: translation, proofreading, editing.

Memberships: Sveriges Facköversättarförening (SFÖ – Swedish Association of Translators)

Large collection of software tools, general and specialized dictionaries, Trados.

01/2002 - present - full-time freelance translator. My assignments include contracts, litigation materials, legislative materials, annual reports, corporate records, insurance documents, business correspondence, as well as semi-technical, scientific and general texts.

Full-time experience includes:

1998-2001 - Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY, USA. Translator and paralegal in the Corporate Finance Department. Translate contracts, documents related to stock market, financial and accounting documentation, business correspondence, newspaper articles.

1997-1998 - LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York, NY, USA and Moscow, Russia. Translator in the International Practice Department. Translate contracts, legislative and regulatory documents, accounting materials, business correspondence; proofread and edit same; co-ordinate large translation projects. Interpret at negotiations. Transcribe audiotapes.

1994-1995 - Dialog International, Fort Lee, NJ, USA. Translator/Administrative Assistant.

Translate contracts, business correspondence, technical documentation (construction, food processing).

Freelance experience includes:

Pepsi Cola - prepare the Russian version of the accounting system and training materials for accountants.

Edit book on mechanical engineering "Limit Analysis of Solids and Structures". Published by CRC Press Inc., 1996.

Please follow these links for samples of my literary translations from English and German.

Education:

1993 - Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. Courses in General Linguistics.

1986-1991 - Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia. MSc in Applied Mathematics.

Personal: 35 years old, married, one child, native of Russia, citizen of the United States.

Hobbies: music, history, skiing.