My native language is Russian and I am based in Russia (GMT+7). I have higher education in computer systems engineering (diploma with excellence), linguistic degree in English, have been providing written translations as a service since 1997. Member of Proz.com community since 2002, member of the Translators Union of Russia since 2006. Each year I translate over 500 thous. words in different areas – mostly in IT and telecommunications, also technical manuals and marketing.