Biography
Christina M., MA
Born in Almaty, lived in Russia, currently in USA.
Philosophy: To teach through culture and ethics; to interpret with the best language means.
Aim: Career promotion
Education
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY
MOSCOW ISTITUTE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
2017-2020
Diploma paper: “False memories...”
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY
UNIC, MOSCOW
2011-2014
Online degree
Course paper: “Stress coping resources”
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MASTER’S OF ARTS IN PHILOLOGY
BELGOROD STATE UNIVERSITY, BELGOROD
2011-2013
Graduated with summa cum laude
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BACHELOR OF ARTS IN TRANSLATION PROFICIENCY AND LANGUAGE ARTS
KAZAKH-AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, ALMATY
2004-2008
Graduated with summa cum laude
- Student’s scientific conferences:
“Written mistakes made by students learning English as a second language”, 1st place, 2007. The project included 3 stages: about 60 students wrote an essay; their works were checked, corrected and analyzed; the mistakes and their corrections were classified, rendered and presented.
“ Literary analysis and translation of R.Kipling’s poem “If””, 1st place, 2007.
Languages
• Russian – mother tongue
• English – fluent
• Spanish – Advanced
• Arabic – Intermediate
• Kazakh – Intermediate
• Latin – Intermediate
• Hebrew – Upper-Intermediate
Skills
Confident PC user
Perfect personal skills
Individual approach
Profound knowledge
Management skills
Experience
- Independant ESL teacher, Spanish and Arabic teacher
Private school since 2006
Courses orientation include: medicine, accountancy, socialization, banking, IT, science and culture
- ESL TEACHER, ELEPHANT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LAB.
2011 – present
Online teaching of English & Spanish languages. Webinars and presentation. Basic and professional courses, e.g. Business, Medical, Technical, IT and accountancy English.
- ESL TEACHER, EXPRESS LINGVOCENTER
2012 – Present
English language teacher. Basic and professional courses.
- INTERPRETER/TRANSLATOR, TRAFFIC SIGNS FACTORY
2004 – 2008
Written Eng.<->Rus. translation of documentation on physical & chemical traffic signs characteristics and automobile related industry. Assisted during official meetings & negotiations. Translated several technical magazines during the employment.
Alongside with the official employment free-lance job is performed since 2004.
- TRANSLATION:
- Medical University Plastic surgery textbook translation: “Midface and neck aesthetic plastic surgery”, Chapters 3-4 (107 pages) by Giovanni Botti (2013).
- Business psychology book translation: “10 min guide to negotiations” by Neil Shister, 164 pages (2004);
- Other translations related to the fields of law, business, medicine, psychology, biology, physiology and arts.
- Other experience
WEB-SITE ADMINISTRATION:
www.med7ya.ru - Content responsible administration including public pages, polls and articles editing
www.lang-fair.ru - Complete administration.
Publications
BS thesis: “Translator’s false friends in technical interpretation of the text”
MA thesis: “Steve Jobs’ speech linguistic analysis”
Article: “Interlingual correspondences”
Courses & Certificates
- MEDICAL INTERPRETER (CERTIFIED ONLINE COURSE)
CULTURE ADVANTAGE, USA
2013
- ONLINE COURSES PRESENTED BY COURSERA.COM
2011 - present
- The social context of mental health and illness, by University of Toronto;
- Clinical problem solving, by university of California San Francisco;
- Introduction to human physiology, by Duke University;
- Medical neuroscience, by Duke University;
- Know thyself, by University of Virginia;
- Synapses, Neurons and Brains, by Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
- Genes and the Human Condition, by University of Maryland
- MODERN HEBREW COURSE
HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, ROTHBERG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, JERUSALEM
2012-2013
- COPYRIGHT
- GENDER PSYCHOLOGY
UNIC, MOSCOW,
2011