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VIKTOR CHUPYRA
English<>Russian<>Ukrainian Free-lance Translator
Translating, interpreting,  editing, software review.
           Kosmonavtov Street 152, 43, Mykolaiv, 54031 Ukraine
          Tel./Fax:8-10-38-0512-555200 
          E-mail: mailto:kritick@front.ru
        
Certified Translator (English<>Russian<>Ukrainian)
Fields: business,computing, literature, religion, history,art,software, hardware, computer games.

Blago, Ltd. Mykolaiv, Ukraine, full time translator and interpreter.Translated letters,  articles, memos, minutes, and various technical documents from and to English and Russian. Interpreted for the company management and staff at meetings, training and presentations.
Provided assistance for the expatriate (mainly American and Austrian) colleagues in communication. 2001- 2003.

Legenda, Ltd. Mykolaiv, Ukraine, part time translator and editor. Translated sci-fi,fantasy novels, daily news, interviews and software reviews from English to Russian. 1997-2001.

Education

* Graduate of Mykolaiv State Pedagogical University  1996-2001.
MA in Linguistics (English and Ukrainian). 
* Advanced Computer Course at "Comtech", Mykolaiv, Ukraine. 1998. Graduate of High School of Professional Translation named by Shchevchenko, Odessa, Ukraine. 2001-2003.

Expertise

* Native languages is Russian and Ukrainian. 
* Fluent in Russian, Ukrainian and English. 
* Literary and highly technical translations into English need slight stylistic editing. 
* Typing speed: 350 characters per minute in English, Ukrainian and Russian. 
* Expert user of MS Word, Adobe Page Maker, MS Excel, MS Front Page, Corel Draw. 

Min rates(per word):
English > Russian    $0.03  USD  
English > Ukrainian  $0.04  USD  
Russian > English    $0.04  USD  
Russian<>Ukrainian   $0.04  USD
Ukrainian >English   $0.05  USD  

HONORS AND AWARDS:
Took second place in the Mykolaiv City Olympiad in English in 1998,1999 and 2001!


 Hardware and Software
Hardware: PC Packard Bell; AMD Athlon 1,8 XP; HDD - 80 GB UDMA; RAM - 512 MB,  CD Recorder; Sound card.
* Modem 56 kbps V.90 Data Fax, 12-hour access to Internet. 
Printer: HP LJ 1100A, Res: 600x600 dpi; 2 MB RAM; A4.

Software: Windows 98 Pro, Windows NT, Windows XP.  MS Word 2002,  Adobe PageMaker 6.5,  Dreamweaver, MS Excel 2002, MS Front Page 2002, Corel Draw 10, MS Internet Explorer 5.5, Netscape Navigator 4,7, Total Assistant, Lingvo 6.0, MS Outlook Express 2002, WinZip 8.0, Norton Antivirus (updated weekly).