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Address: 3517 Hardwood Terrace,
Spring Grove, Pennsylvania 17362,
United States
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Phone: 443-803-9348, Cell Phone: 443-803-9348 Joined: Tuesday, May 08, 2007, last update Thursday, December 29, 2011  Preferred E-mail of Olga Miller: send a message
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Preferred currency: USD
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Min. rate
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| English > Russian | 0.10 USD | 30.00 USD | | Russian > English | 0.10 USD | 30.00 USD |
Language locales: English – United Kingdom, English – United States
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Editing, Interpreting, Localization, Proofreading, Teaching, Terminology Research, Transcription, Translation
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literature, children's books, theology, Christianity, general - letters, correspondence, emails, medicine general, law general, marketing, health care, teaching, education, pedagogy, cooking, birth/death/marriage certificates, diplomas, licenses, contracts, psychology, management, insuarance general, history, culture, cinema, museums, tourism, guide books
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Advertising, Art, Banking and Financial, Bible and Biblical Studies, Business Administration and Management, Business General, Business Marketing, Child Care, Computer and Information Sciences, Culinary Arts, Design and Applied Arts, Ecology, Economics, Education, Environmental Science, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Film and Cinema Studies, Finance, Fire Protection, Genealogy/Family History Research, General, Geography, Health, History, Hospitality, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Internet, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law and Legal, Linguistics, Literature, Medicine — Medical Technology, Medicine — Nursing, Medicine — Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene, Medicine — Pharmacology, Medicine — Public Health Education and Promotion, Medicine — Social Psychology, Medicine (General), Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Military Technologies, Music, Music History and Literature, Oil and Gas Engineering, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Religion and Religious Studies, Sociology, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, Theatre, Theology and Theological Studies, Tourism and Travel, Transportation, Women Studies
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CURRICULUM VITAE
CONTACT INFORMATION
Name: Olga Miller
3517 Hardwood Terrace
Spring Grove, PA, 17362
USA
(+1) 717 739 5767 (home)
(+1) 443 803 9348 (mobile)
Skype ID: olla_miller
MSN: miller.olga@hotmail.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
TRANSLATING/INTERPRETING
Native language: Russian
Language pairs: English-Russian; Russian-English (native-level proficiency in written and spoken English)
1993 – present time Freelance translator and editor; linguist/language expert; educator;
2008 – present time Certified LTI/ACTFL OPI language tester and expert for ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages);
In the years 1996-2006 I worked as a translator/interpreter (part-time/temporary basis) alongside my teaching at the university for:
- British Council (UK), SCOTVEC (Scotland), and Omsk Ministry of Education (1996-1998) as chief translator/interpreter for Vocational Qualification Training Project;
- Health Ministry of Norway and Omsk Ministry of Health Care (1998) as interpreter/translator at the conference Health Care and Legislation (held in Omsk);
- Insurance Company ASKO (Omsk) in 1999 as translator/interpreter for the company’s re-structuring scheme/project;
- British Council (UK) and Omsk State University (2003-2004) as material translator/editor (and participant) for RESPONSE Teacher Training/Development Project;
- Rusanton Ltd. (Omsk) in 2004-2005 as translator (partnership agreement and contracts) for Rusanton-Volvo joint project;
- Rusinvest consulting company (Omsk) in 2004-2006 as translator (partnership agreements, contracts, banking and accounting documentation, presentation material for international conferences), and as interpreter (negotiations, phone calls, press-conferences)
- KMB Small Credit Bank (Omsk subsidiary) in 2005-2006 as translator (financial reports, banking transactions documentation, contracts)
- 2006 – present time: working as a freelance translator/interpreter. (List of references and key translation projects for the last 12 months, as well as samples of translations, are available upon request).
LANGUAGE TEACHING
2008 – present time Certified LTI/ACTFL OPI language tester and expert for ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages);
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Employer
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Location
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Position
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From/To
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Omsk State University
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Omsk, Russian
Federation
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Senior Teacher (English)
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09/1999-12/2006
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Omsk Teacher Training
University
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Omsk, Russian
Federation
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Teacher (English)
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09/1996-08/1999
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Additional:
In the years 1998-2006 I was also employed (part-time basis) as English teacher/tutor by:
- Omsk International Cultural Centre (1998-2000) as ESP teacher (intensive language courses);
- Rusinvest consulting company (Omsk) in 2004-2006 as English teacher/tutor for the company’s management staff;
- KMB Small Credit Bank (Omsk subsidiary) in 2005-2006 as English teacher/tutor for the bank’s management staff;
- Law Enforcement and Security Agency (Omsk) in 2005-2006 as English teacher/tutor for the agency’s chief managers;
EDUCATION
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School/University
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Location
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Degree
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From/To
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Secondary and High School
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Omsk, Russian
Federation
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High School Certificate of Completion
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09/1986-06/1996
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Omsk Teacher Training University
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Omsk, Russian
Federation
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Diploma
(cum laude)
MA (Linguistics)
MA (Education)
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09/1996-05/1999
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ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Certificate of Completion from College of St Mark and John (Plymouth, England) – Course Design, Materials Writing and Trainer Development (2002);
- Certificate of Completion from St Petersburg Institute of Foreign Languages (Russia) – ESP Teaching Methodology (2003);
- Trainer Certificate (Adv) from British Council (UK) – Materials Development and Course Delivery in ESP (2004);
- Certificate of Completion (complimentary vocational education) from St Petersburg Institute of Foreign Languages (Russia) – Translation/Interpretation Teaching and Educational Management (2005);
- Certificate of Completion from Omsk Dostoevsky University – Translator/Interpreter Training and Development Course (2005)
- OPI training with ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) – May-June, 2008
- TLE training with Avant Assessment – June-July, 2008
- OPIc training with ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) – May, 2010
INTERESTS
Traveling
Reading
History
Psychology
Music
Please view my self-promotion pages for the history of the projects I have worked on in the last several months (January 2009 - present time). Thank you!
Software |
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- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- MultiTrans
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word (and all of Miscrosoft Office)
Accreditations |
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1) MA in Education and Linguistics from Omsk Teacher Training University (Russia)
2) St Petersburg Institute of Foreign Languages (Russia)
3) ACTFL (American Councils on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), USA
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