Working languages:
Russian to English
English (monolingual)
Deborah Hoffman
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Native in: English 
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Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling
Expertise
Specializes in:
Business/Commerce (general)History
InsuranceLaw: Contract(s)
Law: Patents, Trademarks, CopyrightLaw (general)
Poetry & LiteratureReal Estate
Law: Taxation & Customs

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 594, Questions answered: 411, Questions asked: 984
Translation education Master's degree - Kent State University
Experience Years of experience: 19. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2002.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials Russian to English (Kent State University)
Russian to English (Indiana University)
Memberships American Literary Translators Associatio
Software Catalyst, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Passolo, Powerpoint, Trados Studio, Wordfast
CV/Resume CV available upon request
Bio
Education:
M.A. in Russian Translation, Kent State University
B.A. and Russian Diploma (Ninth Level), Indiana University
Semester Diploma, Thorez Institute, Moscow

Book-length translations:
The Littlest Enemies, Slavica 2009
Children of the Gulag (narratives), Yale University Press 2010
Byzantine Missionaries, Institut français d'études byzantines (forthcoming)

Other:
NEA Translation Grant, 2011
ALTA Fellow, 2007
PEN Translation Grant, 2005

Selected Reference Library:
Andrianov, S.N. Anglo-russkii iuridicheskii slovar'
Babkin, A.M. Slovar' inoiazychnykh vyrazhenii i slov
Benson, Morton. Russian-English Dictionary of Verbal Collocations
Borras, F.M. Russian Syntax
Butler, William E. Russian-English Legal Dictionary
Butler, William E. Russian Legal Texts
Felitsyna, V.P. Russkie poslovitsy, pogovorki i krylatye vyrazheniia
Gvozdev, A.N. Sovremennyi russkii literaturnyi iazyk
Kallekhem, L.I. Khimiko-politekhnicheskii slovar'
Komandin, G.A. Anglo-russkii iuridicheskii slovar'
Kruglov, Iu.G. Russkie narodnye zagadki, poslovitsy, pogovorki
Kuz'min, Iu.A. Kratkii anglo-russkii tekhnicheskii slovar'
Kuznetsov, V.V. Russko-angliiskii slovar' nauchno-tekhnicheskoi leksiki
Lopatin, V.V. Orfograficheskii slovar' russkogo iazyka
Mednikova, E.M. Anglo-russkii slovar' glagol'nykh slovosochetanii
Mokienko, V.M. Tolkovyi slovar' iazyka Sovdepii
Saunders, Robert Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation
Shakhnazarova, V.S. Anglo-russkii diplomaticheskii slovar'
Shlyakov, Vladimir. Russian Slang and Colloquial Expressions
Vernadsky, George. Dictionary of Russian Historical Terms
Vitek, Alexander J. Russian-English Idiom Dictionary

CV and rates available upon request
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Total pts earned: 604
PRO-level pts: 594

Top languages (PRO)
Russian to English407
English to Russian155
English32
Top general fields (PRO)
Law/Patents172
Art/Literary114
Other104
Bus/Financial81
Medical36
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Top specific fields (PRO)
Law (general)103
Law: Contract(s)80
Poetry & Literature44
Finance (general)26
Construction / Civil Engineering23
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters23
Insurance20
Pts in 34 more flds >

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Keywords: agreement, business, certificate, code, complaint, contract, corporate, insurance, coverage, creative non-fiction. See more.agreement, business, certificate, code, complaint, contract, corporate, insurance, coverage, creative non-fiction, deposition, human rights, immigration, law, lawsuit, legal, literature, litigation, memoirs, negotiation, pleadings, prose, regulation, securities, statute, testimony, treaty. See less.


Profile last updated
Jun 24, 2019



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