PROFESSIONAL RESUME DAVID W. MITCHELL 96 Corona Way Carmel Highlands CA 93923-9617 dave@webjacks.com (408) 624-1689 {{{More biography covering non-translation work can be found in in Marquis' Who's Who in the Media and Communications, 1st Edition}}} Highly capable technical/scientific translator, now semiretired and interested primarily in work of current importance. Literate, responsive, diligent in research. 35+ million words in print. EXPERIENCE: As full-time professional translator/editor of Russian scientific publications: Spectrum Translation/Allerton Press New York, N. Y. 1959-present Duties: Contract translator (see PUBLICATIONS). Editor of translations from numerous languages in fields ranging from botany to quantum physics Responsibilities: Cover-to-cover translation of high-level scientific journals. Revision and upgrading of substandard translations from European and Asian languages Russian Business Consultants El Cerrito CA 1997-present Duties: Contract translator, working in nuclear engineering, industrial standards, construction, joint venture industrial projects, demilitarization, and a variety of other fields Russian Language Services Denver CO 1996-present Duties: Contract translator and editor, specializing in medicine, industrial standards, nuclear/chemical threat reduction, etc. Plenum Publishing Company New York, N. Y. 1961//1994 Duties: Contract translator (see PUBLICATIONS) Responsibilities: Cover-to-cover and panel translation of high-level scientific journals (see PUBLICATIONS) Skills: Superior research and writing skills yielding high-quality translation published virtually without editing. Served as general utility translator, often handling materials for which no capable translators were available. As consultant in scientific/computational design heuristics: JD Technics Waldport OR 1984-1996 Duties: heuristic design engineering, mechanical design, CAD Responsibilities: conceptual solution of knotty multivariate design problems Northwest Technologies Waldport OR 1983-1984 Duties: design of machine translation models As journalist, editor, publisher Oregon Coast Rural Information Service Cooperative Waldport OR 1993-1997 Founder and Executive Emeritus Co-Editor/Publisher Talus and Scree (an international literary journal) The Far Cry (an electronic periodical of news and opinion) Webmaster and lead web designer PUBLICATIONS TRANSLATED PUBLICATIONS: Totalling 35+ million words, with individual titles sometimes appearing sporadically over several decades For Spectrum Translation/Allerton Press Numerous books in the Air Force FTC translation program, ranging from Skryabin's 'Trematodes' to monographs on motor oil formulation, radiation dosimetry, and gravimetry. A variety of translations under the US JPRS and FIBS programs dealing with the medical and biological sciences. Cover-to-cover journal translations, including: Ukrainian Chemistry Journal Ukrainian Biochemistry Journal Soviet Agricultural Sciences Siberian Chemistry Journal Mendeleev Chemistry Journal Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin Soviet Coke and Chemistry Soviet Petrochemistry Problems of Desert Development Soviet Mathematics (Izv. VUZ) Moscow University Mathematics Bulletin Cytology and Genetics Soviet Immunology Soviet Virology Soviet Biotechnology Soviet Oceanography Optoelectronics For Plenum Publishing: Cover-to-cover and panel journal translations, including: Soviet Atomic Energy Biochemistry Soviet Journal of Marine Biology Soviet Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine Soviet Journal of Ecology Soviet Electrochemistry Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves Soviet Journal of Glass Physics and Chemistry Soviet Physics - Semiconductors Soviet Journal of Low Temperature Physics Soviet Plant Physiology Soviet Materials Science Soviet Genetics Hydrotechnical Construction Journal of Engineering Physics Measurement Techniques Fluid Dynamics Inorganic Materials Biology Bulletin Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Division of Chemical Sciences Chemical and Petroleum Machine Building Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils Chemistry of Natural Compounds High Energy Chemistry Kinetics and Catalysis Colloid Journal Cosmic Research Soviet Physics - Crystallography Metal Science and Heat Treatment Microbiology Molecular Biology Refractories Soviet Journal of Developmental Biology Soviet Power Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics Instruments and Experimental Techniques Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology Soviet Radiochemistry Glass and Ceramics Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering High Temperature Water Resources Protection of Metals Industrial Laboratory Journal of Analytic Chemistry Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology Journal of General Chemistry Journal of Organic Chemistry Journal of Applied Chemistry Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics Journal of Applied Spectroscopy Journal of Structural Chemistry Soviet Physics - Technical Physics EDUCATION: Haverford College, Haverford PA 1958-1961