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Kyiv, Ukraine
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

ELINA GULNAZAROVA
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Senior Medical Translator • LQA Specialist •
Medical Localization

PROFILE
Medical Translator/Editor and LQA Specialist with 20+ years of experience supporting the full lifecycle of
pharmaceutical and medical products through translation, localization and linguistic quality assurance. Expertise
covers clinical trials, regulatory affairs, pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotechnology, medical devices and scientific
publications. Proven experience in designing LQA methodologies, quality frameworks and review workflows,
developing terminology resources and integrating AI-assisted and data-driven approaches into quality assurance.

HARD SKILLS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LQA Specialist
Translation Technology
MK:translations
SmartCAT • Crowdin • Trados •
February 2025 - Present (full-time)
memoQ • Smartling •
Leads linguistic quality assurance across multiple language pairs and diverse
LQA & Quality content types, including medical translation, localization and marketing materials
for international clients such as Samsung and SkyUp, as well as iGaming projects.
LQA • Translation Review •
Authored the company's internal SOP for LQA volume-calculation methodology
Terminology Management • Style and word-count rules. Develops project-specific glossaries and style guides,
Guides & SOP Development evaluates translator candidates using a structured three-tier scoring framework,
and contributes to continuous improvement of LQA processes and quality
Project & workflow standards.

Protemos • Jira • MS 365 •
Med/Pharma Translator/Editor
AI & Data
Effectiff (Translation and Localization Services)
ChatGPT • Claude • Power BI •
November 2021 - Present
Python • MySQL •
Translation, editing, and PEMT of medical and pharma documents, incl.
pharmaceutical manufacturing, trial conduction, clinical medicine,
LANGUAGES biotechnology; human and veterinary regulatory affairs records, QC/QA.
Major Customers: Sanofi, Novartis, Merck, Abbott, GSK, Novo Nordisk, Johnson &
Russian ● ● ● ● ● Native Johnson, Amgen, Gilead, Beckman Coulter, PHILIPS Healthcare, etc.

Ukrainian ● ● ● ● ● Native
English ● ● ● ● ○
Med/Pharma Translator/Editor
Slovak ● ● ○ ○ ○
Spanish ● ● ○ ○ ○ AWATERA (formerly known as ABBYY LS)
September 2014 - November 2021

EXPERTISE Translation, proofreading, PEMT of document packages related to clinical trials,
drug production, licensing, marketing authorization, guidelines, pharma
Clinical Trials manufacturing, papers in medical journals, proceedings of scientific
conferences and expert meetings.
Regulatory Affairs
Major Customers: Roche, Sanofi, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Bausch & Lomb,
Pharmaceutical Industry AstraZeneca, Covidien, Thompson, Bio-Rad Laboratories, etc.
Medical Devices
Biotechnology
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Medical Localization

Kyiv, Ukraine
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

ELINA GULNAZAROVA
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) (UA)
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) (SK)

[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Senior Medical Translator • LQA Specialist •
Medical Localization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
Med/Pharma Translator
The Central European
TransLink Translation Agency
University (Kyiv, Ukraine) January 2015 - December 2021
Philology Dept. — MA (Hons.),
Translation, proofreading, editing of medical and pharma documents, incl.
English Language & World
clinical trial records, lab/manufacturing equipment, compliance, scientific
Literature
literature.
1998 – 2003 Major Customers: Abbott Laboratories, Sanofi, Novartis, GSK, Teva, Novo Nordisk,
Krka, Farmak, YURiA-PHARM, etc.
DAN.IT Worldwide EdTech
Training Centre
Medical Translator
Data Analytics / Business
Intelligence MSD Ukraine, Regulatory Affairs Department
2023 – 2024 November 2013 - May 2015 (full-time)

Translation of regulatory affairs documents, guidelines, SOPs, business
documentation. Contribution to preparation of regulatory submissions, ASMFs,
TRAININGS trial master file documents, incl. QC records.

— Online training in GCP by MSD (2014) Med/Pharma Translator
— Updated Certification in GCP 2024 by Cratia Ltd. (Outsourcing Services of Regulatory Affairs)
NIDA Clinical Trials Network September 2010 - May 2015
Regulatory affairs documents, clinical trial documents, research articles, medical

CERTIFICATION records, SmPCs, PSURs, DMFs, local labels, etc.
Major Customers: Roche, GSK, Bayer AG, AstraZeneca, 3M, Novartis, Sanofi, Baxter,
Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic.
— Master’s Degree in the English
Language and World Literature, 2003 Academic Translator
— Certificate in Good Clinical Practice, MEDIX Publishers, Specialized Medical Media
NIDA CTN, 2024 September 2009 - July 2019
— Certificate in Data Analytics / Business Translation of publications in medical journals:
Intelligence, 2024 Ліки України/Medicines of Ukraine
Мистецтво лікування/Art of Treatment, and
Medix.Anti-Aging

Scientific Translator
SOCPC Max-Well, Dept. for Science & Education, Translation Dept .
April 2007 - May 2009 (full-time)
Research papers, field-specific scientific & medical literature (cardiology,
oncology, and biotechnology). Compilation of ASMFs, marketing authorization
submissions.

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