Translator & interpreter 
with over 15 years of experience.
Expert web designer.

WORK EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE TRANSLATOR,
INTERPRETER AND WEB DESIGNER
1998 - Present
Yerevan, Armenia

Translate and interpret
for companies and government agencies 
in Armenia, Russia, France, USA, Canada and elsewhere
See Translator's Resume
Initiate and manage
a team of freelance interpreters and translators
Visit the site of Trialogue Translators House
Design websites
See recent sites
See one of the Flash enhanced sites
Design and maintain multilingual complicated web projects 
See "Webnet", the first Armenian online catalogue
Author, design and maintain web projects
See "I Look 4 You" (Armenian database of lost people)
See "HiJet" Armenian Link Guide
Offer Website localization services
See one of the recently accomplished sites
Provide professional technical support
at request of different companies, namely
develop corporate profiles, presentations,
create reports, conduct market analyses,
locate partners and clients,
maintain correspondence
with foreign companies and individuals,
create corporate stationary and organize advertising activity
See some of the logos created in recent years
Compile an Armenian-English dictionary
Maintain a hotline of technical assistance for translators.

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IMPORT MANAGER
Biayna, Ltd.
(Exclusive distributor of
“Fruit of the Loom”, "Tyco/Matchbox”,
“Promo Stars”, “Ravensburger” in Russian and CIS,
and “Lego” in Armenia)
1994 - 1998
Moscow, Russia

Developed projects, conducted market analyses,
located and contacted western partners,
conducted daily correspondence with foreign partners,
supervised customer relations and advertising activity,
designed stationary, developed and launched company’s Web site,
translated and interpreted.

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PART-TIME INDEPENDENT TRANSLATOR
& IMPORT MANAGER
FOR FIVE COMPANIES
"ABVGDeyka", "Nalti" and "KIM", Russia,
"ASSA" and "Intertour", Armenia
1994 - 1998
Moscow, Russia

Maintained daily correspondence
and business relationship with up to 20 partners
in English, Russian, Armenian and French,
by faxes, E-mails, letters, phone conversations and meetings.
Tasks included negotiations, processing and placing orders,
invoicing, maintaining accounts, producing reports,
market analyses, etc.

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PROJECT MANAGER
Armenian Technology Group
(US based NGO)
1994
Yerevan, Armenia

Developed technical assistance projects,
negotiated with the Armenian government on behalf of ATG,
supervised the work of the office staff,
developed the budget of ATG,
supervised the course of ATG projects,
located and recruited agronomists and monitors in the regions,
developed programs for American specialists visiting Armenia,
translated and interpreted.

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OFFICE MANAGER
Armenian / American Extension Project
(United States Department of Agriculture)
1982 - 1994
Yerevan, Armenia

Supervised work of the office staff,
developed the budget of the enterprise,
developed programs for American agronomists visiting Armenia,
located and recruited interpreters and drivers,
arranged travel documentation,
 translated and interpreted.

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Previous positions include:

CHIEF SPECIALIST
Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia
1991 - 1992
Yerevan, Armenia

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
Armenian Medical University
1990 - 1991
Yerevan, Armenia

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Department of Mass Media
1985 - 1990
Yerevan, Armenia

FREELANCE INTERPRETER / TRANSLATOR
Armenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1985 - 1994
Yerevan, Armenia

EDUCATION

MASTER OF ARTS
MAJOR IN LINGUISTICS (ENGLISH AND FRENCH)
1980 - 1985
Yerevan State Teachers Training Institute of
Russian and Foreign Languages
Graduation Thesis: "Grammatical Category of Mood
in English and Armenian"
See the Diploma

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COURSE IN AMERICAN ENGLISH PHONETICS
1991
American University of Armenia
See the Certificate

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INTENSIVE ENGLISH COURSE
1992
Funded by the European Community under
the TACIS Program Eurocentre Brighton
Great Britain
English Proficiency Test, Level 9
See the Certificate

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ADVANCED COMPUTER COURSES
1992
(Windows, MS Word, CorelDraw, Word Perfect)
ERGO TED & TERRACOM Ltd.
See the Certificate

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COCHRANE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
1993
Field studied: Agricultural Extension
Oklahoma, Utah, Kentucky, Washington, D.C.
United States of America
See Certificate

SKILLS

LANGUAGES
Fluent in Armenian, Russian, English and French

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SOFTWARE
Expert user of MS Word, MS Excel,
MS Front Page, Corel Draw, Corel Photo-Paint;
Advanced user of Macromedia Flash 4, Adobe PageMaker, 
QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator;
Experienced in using Internet and E-mail

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TYPING SPEED
350 Characters per minute in English, French,
Russian and Armenian

AWARDS

FIRST PLACE
at the Students Scientific Conference
dedicated to the 50th Anniversary
of Yerevan State Teachers Training Institute
of Russian and Foreign Languages
1985
See Certificate of Honor

PUBLICATIONS &
MAJOR TRANSLATION PROJECTS

Scripts of 32 one-hour-long episodes
of TV game "Memorina"
aired on the second Russian TV channel RTR
from January through December 1997
(translation from Russian into English)
Moscow, Russia, 1997

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Translated from English into Russian
the rules for 8 educational games
of German company Ravensburger GmbH (300+ pages).
The Russian versions were put
on production in 1998
See the translation of one game

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Ellen G. White, “The Story of Redemption"
(translation from English into Armenian)
Published in Zaoski, Russia, 1997
See the online version of the book
See excerpts from translation

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Ellen G. White, “The Lion on the Loose"
(translation from English into Armenian)
Published in Yerevan, 1995

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Ellen G. White, “Steps to Christ"
(translation from English into Armenian)
Published in Yerevan, 1993
See the online version of the book

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Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia
“The Current State of Agriculture in Armenia”
(translation from Armenian into English)
Published in Yerevan, 1992

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Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia
Facts and Figures - 1992
(translation from Armenian into English)
Published in Yerevan, 1992

REFERENCES

- Leon Garoyan, President, Management Research Associates
- Roy Bogle, Senior Extension Adviser, AAEP Director
- Monte Bell, Armenian Technology Group