Dr. Andrei Gerasimov

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Dr. ANDREI GERASIMOV

Translator from English into Russian
Ph.D. (thesis in radar technology)

MEMBERSHIPS:
the Union of Translators of Russia, the Association of Moscow Writers, the American Translators Association (USA), the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (UK).

AREAS OF SPECIALISATION:
legal, agreements, contracts, articles of association, automotive industry, cars and trucks, motor boats, yachts, motorcycles, photo- and video cameras, advertising, corporate communications, press-releases, marketing brochures and surveys, video scripts, electronics, telecommunications, localization of software and websites, e-commerce, e-learning courses, business, media, owner’s and service manuals, construction equipment, agricultural machines, life sciences, health care programs, medical equipment, patient outcomes, QoL questionnaires.

EDUCATION:
M.Sc. Physics from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (LMSU), majored in Biological Physics (1980). In the LMSU, besides physics, I studied biology, physiology, physical chemistry, biological chemistry, statistical methods in biology.
9-month externship in the Institute of Molecular Biology (Moscow).
5-month externship in the Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (Moscow).
Post-graduate courses at the Scientific Research Institute of Radio Engineering, 1982-1986, Ph.D. (thesis in data processing in radar systems).
Scientific translation courses at the Moscow State University, 1979-1980.
Literary translation courses from the Writers Association of the USSR, 1980-1982.
Courses in DTP (QuarkXPRESS 4.04), 1999.
Courses in conversational American English language, 1999.
Courses in "C" programming language, 2000.
Courses in digital photography, 2000.

EXPERIENCE:
From 1999 to the present I have translated technical, medical, business and other documents (more than 500 thousand words annually) for direct clients and translation agencies from Europe and USA. I also completed many software and website localisation projects.
E.g., in 2013-2015 I completed 615 translation jobs for 57 customers from 15 countries, total source word count – 1 738 327.

Some of my clients:
Direct clients: Health Research Associates, Inc., Volvo Cars Russia, Honda Motor Rus, Ford Motor Company, UNESCO, Philips, Ericsson, Siemens Business Services, Thermalec Pool & Spa Products, APH Group, Leggett & Platt Eastern Europe, Husqvarna Russia, Leo Burnett Moscow, National Staff Training Fund, RTDS, Babylon LTD., Leolux. Clients – translation agencies: Lionbridge; from USA – CPLI, The Lexiteria, ASET International Services Corp., SpokenHere, Multilingual Group Inc., JLS, Multilingual Solutions; from UK – Andiamo, The Languages for Business Centre, Surrey Translation Bureau, ABC Translations, Adelphi Translations, Roundpeg Research, AIT Marketing Associates LTD, Linguaset, David Kerr Translations; from Belgium: GIB Consult, Blonde, Cross Language, Ycomm, ETN, ITP-Europe, Blue Lines, Birotech, Bureau Lefebvre scrl; from Germany – MT-Sprachenservice, LC Übersetzungsbüro, from Sweden – Originalar’n, CBG Konsult AB, Exacta, Lionbridge Sweden, from Finland – Mester, Ooria Translations; from Spain – FiTranslation and more (see numerous references below).

1989-1999:
Freelance translation of literary works of N.Lewis, I.Shaw, D.H.Chase, M.Spillaine, H.Robbins, J.Susann, J.Collins, S.Howatch, V.Holt, H.Denker, W.Woolfolk, M.Ford, S.Rann, J.Finder, L.Hightower, J.Sandford, T.Hoag, K.Martin, Fabio, M.Hix, R.Rogers, J.Woolfolk, W.Woolfolk, P&J Vaughan, T.Cabot, J.Elbert, J.Irving. These translations were published by dozens of major Russian and CIS publishers, such as Terra, AST Ltd., Eksmo, Raduga, Progress, Izvestia, Pravda, Pressa, Olma-press, Centrpolygraph, Russich, Interbook, Intergraphservice, Interdigest etc. Total number of translated books (fiction and popular science) – 56, total number of editions – over 150, total print-run – over 10 million copies.

1980-1989:
Engineering and scientific research work at the Scientific Research Institute of Radio Engineering (Moscow).

REFERENCES from:
IBM, Philips, Ericsson, Volvo, Ford, Husqvarna, UNESCO, Honda, Health Research Associates, Inc., Lionbridge; British translation companies: Adelphi Translations, Andiamo, Roundpeg Research, AIT Marketing Associates LTD, Linguaset; Belgian translation companies: GIB Consult, Blonde, Cross Language, Ycomm, ETN, ITP-Europe, Blue Lines; USA translation companies: SpokenHere, Multilingual Group, CPLI, The Lexiteria, ASET International Services Corp; top Russian publishers – "Terra", "AST Ltd.", "Eksmo", American authors – Joanna Woolfolk, P&J Vaughans, Tracy Cabot.

HARDWARE:
HP Pavilion i7/8Gb/2TB/17”, HP Probook i7/8Gb/750Gb/13.3”, HP Photosmart C4683

SOFTWARE:
Windows 7, MS Office 2010, Adobe Acrobat XI Pro, Adobe Indesign CC, SDL TRADOS 2007, SDL Trados Studio 2014, SDL Passolo 2011, SDLX, Back2zip, Kasperskii AV software