Professional English-Russian translator and editor

YELENA PESTEREVA

Tel.: +79169714893 (mobile), +74953977149 (home), e-mail: pestereva3@gmail.com

PhD (Economics), member of the Union of Translators of Russia, professional English-Russian translator and editor specializing in law (contracts) and finance, ProZ.com Certified PRO freelancer. I am currently all-time KudoZ leader in Law (Contracts), Business/Commerce, Finance (General), Economics, Investment/Securities and Real Estate, i.e. I am topping ProZ lists of English-Russian translators specializing in these fields.

LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE: Russian (native), English, some French

LOCATION: Moscow

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE: Law (Contracts), Finance, Business/Commerce, Economics, Investment/Securities, Management, Marketing/Market Research, Real Estate, Human Resources

EDUCATION:

Lomonosov Moscow State University, economic department, Master's degree cum laude

Lomonosov Moscow State University, PhD program, PhD degree

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Full-time freelancer since 2003. Previously in-house translator and editor, head of a unit of a research institute, lecturer of a college, head of a bank's department.

EXPERIENCE IN TRANSLATING FOR LARGE CORPORATIONS

Crédit Suisse, ABN AMRO, Citibank, JP Morgan, BNP Paribas (Suisse), Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG, Barclays Capital, ING Bank N.V., The Bank of New York Mellon, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Google, Canon, American Express, Bloomberg, Kraft Foods, Naftogaz, Neftegazprombank, NEC, Aeroflot – Russian Airlines, Russian Agency for Home Mortgage Lending, Renaissance-Capital, Machinoimport, TNK-BP, Eldorado and many others.

TRANSLATED MATERIALS INCLUDE:

About 30 books on economics and finance (most of which may be found at http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/1425402/?type=308#308), financial statements, bylaws, articles of association, company brochures and profiles, investment proposals, offering memoranda, resolutions and minutes of boards of directors, top managers CVs, auditor opinions, quite a number of facility agreements, guarantee deeds, partnership agreements, service provision contracts, conditions of sale, distribution agreements, as well as market reviews, articles on economics, finance and HR etc.

EDITED MATERIALS INCLUDE:

English-Russian Financial and Economic Dictionary by V. Korolkevich (Moscow, FBK-Press, 2003, 318 p.), several books on economics in Russian and numerous articles in "Business Week-Russia", "Economy and Life" and some industry editions.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE: MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Fine Reader, Adobe Acrobat, SDL Trados 7, Multitran, Multilex, ABBY Lingvo

COMPUTER HARDWARE: Two PCs and a laptop, constant internet connection, two Internet service providers, a laser printer and a scanner

OUTPUT: 2500 words per day without Trados and much more with Trados

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Andriessen, Daniel, Tissen, Rene, Weightless Wealth (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2004, 293 p.)

2. Atrill, Peter & McLaney, Eddie, Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2006, 503 p.)

3. Barnett, William, Samuelson, Paul, Inside the Economist’s Mind: The History of Modern Economic Thought, as Explained by Those Who Produced It (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2009, 490 p., 2 chapters)

4. Barrow, Paul, Best-Laid Business Plans (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2006, 282 p.)

5. Cohen, John, The Heart of Change Field Guide (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2006, 303 p.)

6. DePamphilis, Donald, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2007, 960 p.)

7. Fraser-Sampson, Guy, Private Equity as an Asset Class (not yet out)

8. Gianetto Karen, Wheeler Anne, Knowledge Management Toolkit (Moscow: Dobraya Kniga, 2006, 191 p.)

9. Glass, Lillian, I Know What You're Thinking (Moscow: AST, 2003, 253 p.)

10. Gallan, Rebecca, Wright, Charlotte, International Petroleum Accounting (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2006, 688 p., 4 chapters)

11. Harrison, Mark, The Empowered Investor (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2004, 293 p.)

12. Harvard Business Review on Measuring Corporate Performance (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2006, 218 p.)

13. Harvard Business Review on Mergers and Acquisitions (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2007, 194 p.)

14. Harvard Business Review on Strategies for Growth (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2008, 213 p.)

15. Hayre, Lakhbir (editor), Salomon Smith Barney Guide to Mortgage-Backed and Asset-backed Securities (15 chapters, Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2007, 482 p.)

16. Hubbard, Douglas, How to Measure Anything (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2009, 320 p.)

17. Kanban and Just-in-time at Toyota (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2008, 218 p.)

18. Leaders Talk Leadership: Top Executives Speak Their Minds (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2006, 320 p.)

19. Medina, John, Brain Rules, not yet out

20. Natenberg S., Options Volatility and Pricing (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2007, 544 p.)

21. Nobel P., International Financial Law and Standards (3 chapters, Moscow: WoltersKluwer, 2007, 1152 p.)

22. Pickford James (ed.), Mastering Investments (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2006, 445 p.)

23. Rampersad, Hubert, Managing Personal and Organizational Change with Total Quality Management (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2005, 246 p.)

24. Rampersad, Hubert Personal Balanced Scorecard (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2005, 164 p.)

25. Van der Wielen, Lex and others, International Cash Management (Moscow: Olymp-Business, 2009, 448 p.)

26. Womack, James, Jones, Daniel, Lean Solutions (Moscow: Alpina Business Books, 2006, 264 p.)