Roaming around in a free market requires professionalism, courage, and wits. 

Choosing people to work and partner with is a never ending learning curve. Especially in the interpretation business, which can be lucrative for some and meager for others. Seduction to cheat...

Preparation is a key element of a successful meeting where translation is needed. After all, an interpreter is there to make sure that both sides understand each other well. 

Yet often clients overlook breifing an interpreter, considering it an unimportant detail. They...

The field of translation from one language to another includes many nuances. It is not merely limited to knowledge of both English and Russian languages, which in itself may be quite overwhelming.The English language is the most widely spoken language all over the worl...

Translating in industrial settings is complicated not only becuse of technical language. It is also an atmosphere of a plant/factory that contributes to the overall work. I have recently translated during an industrial trial conducted at Binani Cement Plant in Dubai. N...

Going to work this morning, I happened to get at the head of the metro train. Looking ahead at the futuristic Dubai landscape, I was thinking about translation assignments I have done since I moved here in 2011. There were plenty: very different clients, conferences, t...

The previous year 2014 was very fruitful in terms of assignments and projects.

I did conference Russian-English-Russian interpreting for Gazprom, International Association of Prosecutors, Federation Internationale de l’Automobile in Qatar. There were other assignment...

Is there such thing as an ideal interpreter?

I think it must be a robot not yet inveneted with a superior knowledge of several languages and all possible areas of science, technology, literature, business, you name it. He never gets tired, has an excellent sence of hum...