Oleksander Fursevych

Oleksander Fursevych
Ukrainian & Russian technical translator/interpreter 

IDENTITY
Mr. Oleksander Fursevych
54B, Prospekt Peremohy, Apt.107
61202 Kharkiv, Ukraine
Phone/Fax-modem: +380 572 362435
E-mail: krebon@kharkov.ua

KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Over twenty years' experience in technical translations including operation and maintenance manuals, promotional materials, research papers, business documents, etc., as well as newsletters and business reviews. Translations in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering, oil and gas industry, telecommunications, electronics and computers, government, finance, banking, social sciences, economy, mass media.

Extensive experience in consecutive and simultaneous interpreting working with local and foreign companies and organizations. Simultaneous interpreting at international conferences and conventions.
Ukrainian is a mother tongue and Russian is as good as the second native language.

EXPERIENCE
1997 - present Freelance translator and interpreter (Clients in this period included international consulting companies, Swiss technical assistance program for Ukraine's banking sector, various TACIS projects, international law firm, translation agencies, and other organizations)
1994 - 1997 Translator and interpreter, Research Triangle Institute, Kyiv
1993 - 1996 Translator, Interfax-Ukraine News Agency
1992 - 1993 Translator, Kharkov-Novosti Information Agency
1990 - 1992 English and Polish translator and interpreter, Soviet-U.S. Joint Venture "Progress"
1982 - 1993 Sworn Translator of the Kharkiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1982 - 1990 Technical translator, Kharkiv Electric Appliances Factory
1978 - 1981 Interpreter and tour guide, Inturbureau Travel Agency, Kyiv

EDUCATION
1971 - 1976 The Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, Teacher of English and German
Training courses and workshops under the auspices of the former USSR Union of Technical Translators
Associate member of the American Translators Association

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
Custom-built Quiet PC desktop, Siemens laptop, fax-modem, scanner, printer, Windows 98SE, MS Office, SDLX, other software required for translation work, various online dictionaries

• SDLX Translation Suite
• Windows 98SE, MS Office, SDLX, other software required for translation work, various online dictionaries