Дар'я

Darya Blyednova

Translator

Contact

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Skills

• Fluent in Ukrainian, English, and russian
• Skilled in independent research, academic writing, and oral presentations
• Expert organizational & multi-tasking skills
• Quick and adaptive learner
• Excellent interpersonal and public communication skills
• Attention to detail, stress resistance, ability to work under pressure

Translator and researcher, passionate about social justice, human rights, and all things culture.

Above all, motivated and dedicated to help preserve Ukrainian sovereignty and authenticity, especially through the areas of art and culture, education, and human rights advocacy.

Work History

2022-03 – 2023-02

Ukrainian to English Translator
Duolingo, Inc., remote.
• Helped design course curriculum for an English-for-Ukrainian-speakers course, using Duolingo's course design and CEFR principles
• Developed lesson content and structure for the course
• Helped develop rules and conventions for UK-EN translations
• Translated curriculum content and ensured learning productivity
• Managed curriculum content on Duolingo's web and phone applications
• Regularly engaged with users via reports, responded to and explained mistakes they make while learning, analyzed user behavior and updated our database, if needed
• Regularly organized and maintained our local translation database/vocabulary, ensuring correct lexeme translations.

2022-07 –
2023-01

Social Media & Communications Manager
Ukrainian Women Veterans’ Movement, NGO, Kyiv
• Managed NGO’s social media pages daily
• Created unique text & audiovisual content for NGO’s social media, incl. educational & advocacy content
• Created & executed content plans weekly
• Communicate dwith donors, partners, and new volunteers
• Assisted with internal communication within NGO, ensure collaboration between various work areas of NGO
• Provided English translation and communication, when necessary.

2022-07 –
2022-10

Social Media & Communications Manager
Takflix, Ukrainian cinema streaming service, Kyiv
• Managed company’s social media pages (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter), including text & audiovisual content adapted for each platform
• Created & executed content plans weekly
• Engaged with users on company’s social media pages
• Wrote & sent out press releases weekly as well as company’s newsletters biweekly.

2021-02 – 2022-07

Russian to English Translator
Duolingo, Inc., remote
• Translated curriculum content of the English learning course for Russian speakers, producing all acceptable translations of the given curriculum to ensure course productivity and user satisfaction
• Helped develop rules and conventions for RU-EN translations
• Regularly organize dand maintain edour local translation database/vocabulary, ensuring correct lexeme translations
• Provided insight into cultural nuances of RU-EN translations regarding dialects and varying language practices (Russian usage in Ukraine, learned versus native usage, e.g.)
• Managed curriculum content on Duolingo's web and phone applications
• Regularly engaged with users via reports, respond edto and explain edmistakes they make while learning, analyzed user behavior and updated our database, if needed.

2019-08 - 2021-06

Resource Library Assistant
Clark University, Worcester, MA
• Organized and led a special project on archiving the library's 16mm film collection: manually checked and repaired each film reel; catalogued the collection; projected film for screenings; encouraged and promoted wider usage of the collection
• Managed and updated the online catalogue of the library's resources of digital files, VHS tapes, books, discs, journals, slides, 16mm film, etc.
• Assisted and welcomed visitors, students, professors, and teaching assistants
• Developed and prepared media displays for classes; offered tech supports, if needed.

2019-08 - 2021-06

Multimedia Lab Proctor
Clark University

2020-08 - 2020-12

Peer Learning Assistant
Clark University, Worcester, MA
For a course titled “Sex in the 90s” within the Media, Culture and the Arts department.
• Mentored first-year students and modelled academic excellence; directed the students to any on- and off-campus resources necessary
• Held weekly office hours and assisted the students with any questions about the class, college experience, or academic success
• Prepared and led presentations and discussions on course materials
• Regularly led small-group discussions during class time, encouraged participation and contribution of the students
• Served as a liaison between the instructor and the students, maintained clear and consistent communication with the instructor and a fellow peer learning assistant to ensure the maintenance of class standards
• Guided the students through the processes and nuances of academic research, structure of academic writing, referencing, formatting, source analysis, and oral presentation.

Volunteer work

2022-03 –
2022-05

Ukrainian Volunteer Service
• Monitored UVS’s hotline chat bot & consulted civilians on evacuation and transportation options as well as logistics of humanitarian aid delivery
• Compiled lists of useful resources and verified organizations for civilians and volunteers looking for aid
• Helped organize civilian evacuations from de-occupied towns in the Kyiv region.

2022-03 –
Current

RAZOM for Ukraine
• On-and-off volunteered at RAZOM’s warehouse, helping pack IFAKs and medic backpacks to be shipped to Ukraine’s frontlines
• Assisted RAZOM’s Co-President with various secretary tasks: communicated with donors & other board members; organized documentation and reports; researched donors & partner organizations; etc.
• In April and May, participated in brainstorming sessions on ways to rescue civilians and defenders from Azovstal; discussed various protest ideas, collaborations with government representatives and cultural figures, political campaigns
• Currently participating in various informational campaigns from RAZOM, spreading information about the war, contacting international politicians, etc.

2022-04 –
2022-07

War evidence documentation, curated by the Ministry of Culture and Informational Policy of Ukraine
• Researching and documenting visual and audiovisual evidence for the war crimes committed by russians in Ukraine, organizing them in categories, providing descriptions and English translations
• Daily monitoring various news outlets and official sources for new evidence
• Communicating with witnesses & documenting their stories.

Education

2017-08 - 2021-06

Bachelor of Arts in Screen Studies and Women's and Gender Studies
Clark University
Graduated with Summa Cum Laude or Highest Honors | 2021

3.95/4.0 GPA

Honors thesis: Streaming Criply: Disabled Representation, Crip Spectatorship, and Crip Affect on Netflix
Relevant coursework: Intro to Theory, History and Analysis of Media; Text, the World, and the Critic; Intro to Screenwriting and Digital Filmmaking; Capstone in Queer and Transgender Media; Seminar in Feminist Theory; Film Genre; History of International Cinema (Until 1960) and the U.S. Cinema (Post-1960); Queer Literature; Analytic Reasoning; Disability in East Asia & Beyond; Gender and the Environment; National Cinema; Film Theory; Gender and Film

Accomplishments

Member of Phi Betta Kappa Society, oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the U.S. | 2021

Honoree of 1st Major Highest Honors for excellence in preparation and defense of independent academic research | 2021

Awarded Hazel Hughes Award for academic excellence in the field of Women's and
Gender Studies | 2021

Awarded Simpkins Award for high academic ability in the field of Screen Studies | 2020

Dean's List, First Honors at Clark University for eight semesters in a row | 2017-2021

Awarded Traina Scholarship | 2017-2021

Awarded 1st place (2016) and 2nd place (2017) at the All-Ukrainian defense of scientific research of members of the Ukrainian Junior Academy of Science (national level). Presented independent research on digital russian-language literature, digital culture and new media, and poetics of synesthetic or tactile literature | 2016, 2017

Awarded Presidential Stipend for achievements at the All-Ukrainian defense of scientific research | 2016, 2017
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