Vadim is an Independent Localization Specialist with diverse industry experience spanning over 15 years, and rare expertise combining extensive Technical Background, and Natural Affinity for Languages.

As a Telecom student he took an extensive 2-year English course from British Council, and was awarded with Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English upon its completion in 2002. Shortly after he took part in a country-wide English Contest, and aced the regional stage, reaching the national finals. These credentials helped to kick off his career as a professional technical translator a few months later in 2003.

He officially joined Localization crowd as a Subject Matter Expert, and Technical Reviewer a few months after graduating in 2005.

For the next 5 years Vadim occupied wide variety of positions (translator, editor, language lead, project manager, LQA, localization engineer, and others), often wearing more than one hat at a time, and acquiring truly diverse experience in process. Eventually he faced a choice between hands-off position in mid-senior management, and hands-on self-employed career. He chose the latter without hesitation.

Extensive technical background combined with natural affinity for languages allows him to specialize, and excel in industry's most challenging areas, such as Transcreation/Technical Marketing, and Specialty Software Localization.

CREDENTIALS

Master in Telecommunications, Cambridge: English Advanced Certificate, member of American Translators Association.

SPECIALTIES

Language pair: English to Russian

Transcreation, and adaptation of highly visible customer-facing marketing content mainly from Telecommunications, and Information Technology domains. Localization of Specialty Business and Industrial software, Mobile Apps and Games, AAA Games for consoles and PC. Team Vetting, Process Development, Consulting, etc.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Microsoft, EMC, VMware, NetApp, IBM, Citrix, Microfocus (HP owned SAP competitor), Skype, Paypal, Cisco, Nortel, Sun, Avaya, Juniper, Nokia, Motorola, Nikon, Canon, HP

EXPERIENCE

• Freelance Localization Specialist

October 2003 - Present
Independent Localization Professional providing wide range of services: Translation, Transcreation, Software Localization, Proofing/Editing, Testing and LQA, Project Management, Language Lead and Localization Engineer tasks.

• Localization Project Manager / Language Lead at International Translation and Informatics Ltd

December 2005 - August 2009
- Analysis of linguistic requirements and strategy for customer localization projects.
- Support in quoting, pricing, and scheduling.
- Creation and maintaining of glossaries, translation memories and style guides.
- Assuring quality of finalized product by ongoing review, support and feedback to translators,  editors, and QA specialists.
- Acting as chief liaison in interface with client terminologists, reviewers, and localization support staff.
- Collaborating with other language leads in resolving issues that affect all project languages.
- Production work (e.g. translation, editing, QA).

• Technical Translator/Editor at BYNTS Translation Agency

August 2005 - December 2005
Technical Review, Translation, and Sign-off, acting as company SME for projects in Telecommunication, and Information Technology areas.

EDUCATION

Murmanskij Gosudarstvennyj Tehniceskij Universitet
Master, Telecommunications, 2000 - 2005
Passed exam for Cambidge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) in 2003