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Опыт работы

Free-lance interpreter, translator, consultant, tutor

с 11.2019 по наст. время (4 года 5 месяцев)
Self-employed, Kyiv (translation, language teaching)

Staff Translator from/into English/Ukrainian

с 11.2017 по 10.2019 (1 год 11 месяцев)
Staff translator for a USA IT company, Kyiv (intergovernmental cooperation, IT, healthcare, logistics, security)

Improving IT American English language for special purposes skills, on-the-job training

Instructor of English, German

с 11.2016 по наст. время (7 лет 5 месяцев)
American instructor of English, German, Киев (English tutor, translator, editor, corporate English instructor, culture consultant)

tutoring clients in English and German

Translator, editor from Ukr, Ru. into English newsline

с 01.2015 по наст. время (9 лет 3 месяца)
state-run Ukrinform news agency, Kiev (online news)

American translator, editor from Ukr, Ru. into English news headlines and analysis. Linguistic consultant.

Tutor of English

с 09.2014 по наст. время (9 лет 7 месяцев)
self-employed (foreign language teaching)

Private English language teaching and consulting in Kiev.

Customer-service representative in call center

с 12.2013 по 05.2014 (5 месяцев)
Maximus, Inc, California, USA (Hotel and restaurant industry)

Assisted customers with questions regarding Obamacare health insurance types,prices, updates, etc.

English instructor

с 02.2013 по 09.2013 (7 месяцев)
english forever (Education and science)

Образование

Old Dominion University

English, Norfolk, Va, USA
Высшее, с 2008 по 2009 (1 год 4 месяца)

Знание языков

• Немецкий — продвинутый
• Английский — продвинутый
• Украинский — свободно
• Русский — свободно
• Польский — средний

Дополнительная информация

Taras Levchuk


skype: taras.levchuk

e-mail: [открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация»)



Studies at Folsom Lake Community College, Calif., USA

Graduate student in Applied Linguistics- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

Equivalent of Bachelor of Arts degree.
European and American studies with concentration on Linguistics and Liberal Arts at Kiev State Linguistic University
Major: English and German languages
Fields of study within my major: Business English, English language literatures, International organizations and their structures, history and culture of English-speaking countries
Practical tasks integrated in the studies: Assistance in translation to English speaking professionals (journalists, scientists) who wrote about the political, economic, ecological situation in Ukraine for international public
Graduation: Diploma of Specialist. Translator from English/German into Ukrainian/Russian languages.

Secondary school #296, Kyiv
Participated and received diplomas in local school competitions in chemistry, Russian and Ukrainian literatures and languages and geography, Kyiv 1989-1991
Awarded the silver medal for successful matriculation, 92







Medical Interpreter at Language World Services in Sacramento, Calif., USA

Graduate Assistant at Old Dominion University’s Dean of Arts and Letters College. Graduate Assistant (Dept of English).


Various jobs at Arby’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, Pizza Hut, Starbucks.


Technical translator mostly from /into German at the brewery Obolon in Kiev, Ukraine. Business trips in Ukraine on the production sites, construction sites, etc.

Hotel Royal Sunrise Makady, Red Sea province, Egypt
Guest relation at front desk, translator. Assisted guests, checked their satisfaction, performed room checks., etc

Free-lance interpreter, translator

Sales manager at Can-Pack Ukraine, Polish-American beverage can plant.

Working with major breweries in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
Preparing analytical sale reports, participating in exhibitions on beverage packaging.
Selling scrap aluminum, issuing shipment orders, planning production, checking client debts, composing contracts, logistics of goods from Can Pack Poland.

Free-lance interpreter for BBC special correspondent Ben Brown during the Orange Revolution.


German, English Translator for MYWEBFIT Ukraine company

Sales manager of German daughter company in Ukraine MYWEBFIT Ukraine (furniture sales representation and IT)


Office-manager, translator,
sales manager assistant in domestic and international operations department at Ukrainian Capital Exchange, Ltd, Kyiv, Ukraine

•Assistance in import operations of oil products from Russia, conclusion of sales contracts with US partners.
•Communication with Italian manufacturers of furniture, assistance in conclusion of contracts between companies for importing furniture into Ukraine.
•Communication with Italian suppliers of ice-cream into Ukraine. Tracing shipment of Goods to the destination.
•Conduct negotiations with US and Western European companies in exporting non-ferrous metals (Titanium scrap, Ferrotitanium, Aluminium) from Ukraine, fix the profitable prices on the basis of international metal market quotations. Follow up the deliveries of goods to customers, customer support, issue of invoices and all related documentation on foreign export operations.
•Maintain office operations, translate correspondence, type all legal documents for local courts.
•Conduct negotiations with foreign partners, assist in sales of goods.
Foreign Travel record:
USA- 1996, 2005, 2007-2012
Hungary-2000, 2003
Slovakia -2000.
Germany -2002 – business trip, training; 2003
Poland – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012
Egypt, Canada, Sweden, Norway, France.

Interpreter in Ukraine 1994 - 1996
For Southern Baptist Convention, USA


1992- Silver Medalist, secondary school #296, Kiev
1992- Сеrtificate of Junior Achievement, Inc. in economics
1995- 7th place in Ukrainian University English language contest, 2nd place in comprehension of English subcontest.
Passed TOEFL and GRE exams.

Languages: fluently- Ukrainian, Russian, English and German
Computer: МS Office, WORD, Internet, USA and Ukraine driving license