Translations

I have some 20 years experience of translating and interpreting technical, legal, professional, literary and personal material from Russian/Hebrew into English. I am a certified member of the Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia (STIBC), and an official supplier of translation services to the Federal Gov’t.

Currently I work on a freelance basis. Some of the work I have done to date:

  • Regularly translate and certify drivers licenses, certificates, legal, technical and personal material for STIBC and private individuals.
  • Court interpretation
  • Interpreters and Translators Network of Canada
  • Translate legal, technical, and other material
  • Official representative of the Tyumen Region (Russian Federation) in Alberta
  • Translated business proposals and plans, and interpreted business discussions and meetings (Russian-English)
  • Jerusalem Post daily newspaper
  • Translated articles, editorials, stories, etc. (Russian/Hebrew-English)
  • Jerusalem Institute of Studies of East European Jewry
  • Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Translated archive material, studies, reports, etc.
  • Rubin Music Academy
  • Translated curricula, musicology studies, monthly newsletter.
  • The Jerusalem Journalists Pool
  • Interpreted for foreign reporters and journalists.
  • Books and Poetry
    Return: The Spiritual Odyssey of a Soviet Scientist by Herman Branover, Jerusalem 1998.
    All About Stress by I. Lein, Jerusalem 1997.
    Caged by E. Keis-Kuna, Jerusalem 1994.
    Saga of Brezhnev’s Diamonds by L. Gendlin, Jerusalem 1990.
    Poems by various Israeli and Russian poets.

Rates

General text - $0.10 - 0.16 per word
Technical text - varies depending on the degree of difficulty
Standard document (certified), such as driving license or
marriage certificate - $40
There may be a discount for larger quantities of material
Interpretation - $40 - $50 an hour