Language Work
Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1993
M.A. Russian & Spansh Linguistics
Pushkin Institute, Moscow, Russia (USSR) 1990
(Государственный Институт Русского Языка им. А.С.Пушкина)
Russian Language & Culture
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1991
B.A. Russian, Spansh & French Languages
Experience
• Co-owner of Indy Translations, LLC since 1997 with my partner Kelly Hocker. I work in all aspects of the language portion of the company.
• 30+ years of experience in translation and interpretation
• Quality assurance of Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian translations
• French / Spanish / Portuguese / Italian / Russian / German / Dutch > English translator
• Canadian French
speaker knowledgeable about Quebec provincial law on language, signage and packaging
• Spanish < > English consecutive interpreter
• Spanish < > English simultaneous interpreter for select venues
• Proficiency in most major desktop publishing and subtitling programs
Area of Specialization
• Legal: Contracts, Real Estate, Leases, LGBTQ matters, Diversity & Inclusion
• Business/Finance: Financial Statements, Prospectus, Insurance
• Medicine: Drug Trials, Informed Consent, HIPAA, ADA, Medical Reports, Pharmaceutical
• Marketing/Advertising: Product packaging, slogans, branding
• Home Improvement: Tools, Products, Construction
• Agriculture: Farming, Pesticides, Plants, Palm trees
Voiceovers
• Voice on numerous corporate videos
• Narrator on "Portuguese for Dummies"
Other Languages
Beyond the languages in which I translate or interpret, I have a voracious love of language learning. I have studied or am studying most of the Romance and Germanic languages with an interest in comparative grammar and phonology, as well as some Slavic languages. As such, I have reading abilities in many languages I cannot speak, such as Ukrainian, Catalan, Galician and Romanian.