YURI BELOV

Quebec City, Canada. Full contact details

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Education

Sept. 1994 - Sept. 1995

Graduate School of Business Administration, International University of Moscow. Transcript. GPA: 83/100

1989 - 1994

Moscow State Linguistic University. Degree in translation (BA equivalent). English (major) and Swedish studies. GPA: 4.3/5.0. Reserve officer training (military translator)
Courses:

April - July 2003

French and integration into Quebec society. Université Laval, Québec City

Sept. - Dec. 2000

Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language, Pushkin Institute of the Russian Language, Moscow

July - August 1994

International Swedish Summer Course. Swedish Institute - Valla Folkhögskola; Linköping (Sweden)
Work Experience

May 2001 - Dec. 2002

Freelance Translator (Russia). Translation and interpretation for clients in Sweden, Russia, etc.

Mar. 1999 - Aug. 2000

Sociotherapist, Föreningen Staffansgården, Delsbo (Sweden). Working and living in a community for mentally handicapped, accompanied them during trips in Sweden and Italy

Nov. 1996 - Sept. 1998

Translator, Procter & Gamble, Novomoskovsk Plant (Tula Region, Russia). Translation and office work for the Product Supply (detergent making, enzyme hygiene) and Finance departments

1995 - 1996

Purchasing Manager, Moscow Country Club (Moscow Region, Russia).
Overseeing all F&B and certain non-food purchases, inventory control, occasionally translating. Managing four employees. In the absence of the department head carrying out his duties

1994 - 1995

Translator, part-time. Radonezhski Foundation, Moscow. Translating investment projects and correspondence, interpreting negotiations, arranging visa support. A business trip to Germany
Special skills
languages: native Russian, fluent English and Swedish, intermediate French

translation: written (RU, EN, SW, FR > RU, EN) and oral (RU <> EN)

computer: good working knowledge of IBM PC, Windows 3.x/98, Word, Excel, e-mail/Internet applications; experience with Access, PowerPoint, PhotoShop, HTML, CAT tools

Memberships
member of The Swedish Association of Professional Translators;
member of Greenpeace Russia

Personal
permanent resident of Canada, citizen of Russia;
willing to learn new skills, able to travel and work overtime; diligent and reliable;
interests: languages, humanities, computer, keeping fit

References
available upon request

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