I have been studying English for 7 years now. I have been living in the United States since 2007. I earned my Bachelors Degree in Psychology minoring in sociology from Duquesne University in 2012. I am currently working on my masters degree in sociology at Boston College. Primarily, my main subject areas include psychology and sociology.
I have previously done translations from English to Azerbaijani/Russian/Turkish and vice-versa. My recent translation work has been translation of an audio interview file into English. I have also done translations of movie scripts and other materials upon request by the agencies in the past.
I finished my studies at Aegean University Radio-television-cinema in 1997. I work in tourism sector since 1997.I made also translations in the languages written above.
I am first and foremost an academician with Ph.D.s in History and Political Science, specializing in the Middle East. I teach at college and university (undergraduate) levels (for some 15 years now). I have worked as a journalist for more than 2 decades. I have done freelance translation since 1980 in Armenian, Arabic, and Turkish. I also do research in Classical Armenian and Ottoman Turkish. I am also a California Certified Real Estate Broker and a Certified Notary Signing Agent. For the past 5 years I have been involved in many translation/linguistic projects for the USA Federal Government in Washington DC and Overseas.
I have a one year work experience in consecutive, simultaneous interpretation and translation in a US firm. Besides, I am an auditor, currently taking CPA exams to become qualified accountant/auditor.
I am a native Turkish speaker who has been in the US since summer 2001. Graduated in May 2007 from Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX with BBA degree on the emphasis of Management Information Systems degree. I have been translating business, legal, computer, marketing documents from Turkish to English as well as English to Turkish.
Interpreter for the UN mission in Kosovo for 2 years
Interpreter/Translator for the US.Army in Kosovo for 2 years for live TV and Radio stations, working with generals of US Army translating for local population and political leaders
Volunteer for UNICEF in Macedonia
I have an extensive international background, lived, worked and studied in 3 different countries. I have started my career at the American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan in 2008 as an administrative assistant. There I was involved in translations and interpretations during the meetings(Azerbaijani-English). In 2011-12 I worked as a social worker in the UK. During my stay in UK I worked closely with Russian speaking students helping them with integration, as well well teaching English to them. I also taught Russian to the Latvian students in the UK, and did both translations and interpretations for the organization I worked for (Eccles Hall School and Norfolk International Projects). I graduated from the Azerbaijan State Economic University(2005-09), and was an exchange student for one year at the California State University, Bakersfield (2007-08). Currently, I am a graduate student at the Golden Gate University, SF, majoring in Marketing and PR.