Faina BANKE
St.Varvsg. 11K:1, Malmo,  211 19, Sweden 
Tel: +4640 12 266 Fax: +4640 12 264
Email: Fainanamkee@outlook.com
 http://www.tr

Objective: 		Freelance translations / journalism
Language pairs: 	English - Russian, Russian - English
Swedish - Russian, Russian - Swedish 
Swedish – English, English – Swedish
(Translations into languages other than native 
Performed in conjunction with native-speakers)
Specialization:  	Film, advertising, media, entertainment, marketing, telecommunications, localization, economy, general business, social issues, literary translations
Summary:	Over 12 years in translation including seven years in the film business

WORK EXPERIENCE: 

2003 			Teko Digital, Moscow – script translation "Manga" (Russian-English) 

Berlitz Publishing House – Swedish-Russian Phrase book and dictionary – 
editing

Genesis Traduction, France – freelance translator – telecommunications (English-Russian)

Berlitz Publishing House – “Swedish for the Beginners” – textbook  
writing, editing
Solid Entertainment, Sweden – script translation - “Frostbite” (Swedish-English)
Thornton & Sugden Publishing – literary translator - ‘Sex				And The City' by Candace Bushnell (English-Russian)
Arena, Germany – independent journalist, reporter 
2002	Phantom Press - literary translator - ‘Tom, Dick and Debbie Harry’ by Jessica Adams (English-Russian)
Rostelecom – freelance translator – marketing & telecommunications (Russian-English)
Betta Translation Agency, France – freelance translator - legal / technical engineering (English-Russian)
ABC Translation Service - freelance translator - legal (Swedish-English, English-Swedish)
Betta Translation Agency, France – freelance translator - industry & economy (English-Russian)
Arguments and Facts Magazine – independent journalist, reporter 
2001-2003 	Solid Entertainment – producer, translator - script translations, script treatments & synopses, subtitling, copywriting, web localization (Swedish-English, Swedish-Russian, Russian-Swedish, and English-Russian)
2000 	AICP Show, Moscow (Association of Independent Commercial Producers, USA) - interpreter, translator 
1997-2000 	Teko Films, Moscow - commercial producer
1999	MGU Publishing – literary translation, published
1997 	McCann-Erickson, Russia - producer
1996-1997 	Omega Plus Advertising Agency - copywriter, copy translator, interpreter
1996 	BBC World, Stringer Production – interpreter
1996 	Paramount Pictures, The Saint Production - interpreter, translator, production assistant
1996 	Vagrius Publishing – literary translation, published 
1995-1996 	Protestant Publishing - translator, interpreter
1996 	CBN Family Channel - interpreter, translator
1992-1995 	Salvation Army - interpreter, translator, executive assistant

EDUCATION:
2003	Liber Hermods, Sweden – Swedish language
1999-1994 	Moscow State University (MGU). MA in linguistics & literary studies (languages: English, French, Swedish, Spanish).
1992-1991 	Moscow Teachers’ Training University, Russian Literature

COMPUTER SKILLS:
Hardware: 		PC Windows XP; MAC OS 9
Software: 	Trados Freelance 5.0 DejaVu Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 Adobe ImageReady 3.0 Adobe Pagemill 3.0 Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Corel Draw 8.0 AppleWorks 6.0 MS Internet Explorer 6.0 Netscape 4.7 MS Office XP MS Windows 98 QuickTime 3.0 WinZip 8.1
Computer skills: 	excellent
Typing skills: 	250 cpm (Latin / Cyrillic)