Vladimir Lyukaykin

Language pairs:
English=>Russian

Education:
1979 - 1984 Institute of Foreign Languages. Specialized in English and German
Work experience:
1984 - 1986 Army service. Military Translator.
1986 - 1988 Translator and Information Analyst at the Department of Scientific and Technological Information of the Institute of Electronics
1988 - now Freelance English-Russian interpreter/translator. Subjects: programming, web-site localization, GIS, GPS, environment, oil and gas, civil and industrial engineering, CAD, agriculture, mass media and etc.

Customers I interpreted for and did some paperwork too:
• Lavalin International (Canadian Oil and Gas Company)
• International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau, Slimbridge, UK
• Wetlands International, Utrecht, Netherlands
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
• International Biotest Foundation, Moscow
• IUCN
• EURONATUR, European Natural Heritage Fund, Germany
• Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre (MARC), King’s College London, University of London
• Chevron (US Oil and Gas Company)
• Bechtel (UK Engineering Consultants)
• IBM, Hamburg, Germany
• Lapertas Fisheries Ltd., Paphos, Cyprus
• Western Canadian Agricultural Development Company, Ltd.
• Sinclair Roche & Temperley (UK legal advisors, auditing company)
• Rijkswaterstaat, (Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management), Netherlands
• Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority, Romania
• Interpacket.com – website localization
• World Television, UK
• TACIS, Caspian Environment Programme, Russia
• Universal News, Inc., New York, US
• TVE International, Earth Report, BBC World, UK
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Publications:
• “A Strategy and Action Plan to conserve the wetlands of the Lower Volga”, M. Finlayson, V.Lukaikin. IWRB, UK, 1992
• “Research for Sustainable Development of the Volga Delta in View of the Caspian Sea Level Rise”, H.J.Winkels, T.A. Polman-Gorlova, V.Lukaikin. RWS, Netherlands, 1996
• “Flora of the Volga Delta”, G.A.Losev, L.Jans, V.N.Pilipenko, V.A.Lukaikin. RIZA, Netherlands, 1998
• “Ecological Education and Training in Third Millennium”, L.Chuikova, V.Nazaryan, V.Lukaikin. Delta Ciama Delta, Ferrara, Italy, 1999
• “Beluga Blues”, Television for Environment International, Earth Report, BBC World, UK, 2001

Computer knowledge:
DOS, Windows, Microsoft Office, ArcView, ArcInfo, MapInfo, AutoCAD, dBase, FoxPro, Macromedia software, Adobe software, etc.

CAT tools:
Trados 7.0, DejaVu X, Passolo

References:
Upon request

• Déjà Vu
• TRADOS
• Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2003, ArcView, ArcInfo, MapInfo, AutoCAD, dBase, FoxPro, Help&Manual, Macromedia software, Adobe software, Deja Vu X, Trados 7.0.