Alexander Manaenkov

Experience

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  Tomsk Production Association "Contur"

  Jan 2010 - Nov 2011

  Electronic Engineer and Translator

  Here I started my career as an engineer participating in a long-term international project for upgrading communication and feed circuits for military vehicles.During this period, I also had a four-month mission to Kuwait for technical inspection purposes.Having been an engineer, I translated various documents from English to Russian and vice versa ranging from correspondence to user manuals and inspection reports, and provided face‐to‐face interpreting at some meetings.Because of my passion for translation and linguistics, I decided to continue my career as a translator. Show less

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  Palex Group Inc.

  Nov 2011 - Aug 2013

  In-house Translator

  I was fortunate to work within a strong team of talented and passionate linguists, translators, editors, DTP specialists, engineers, and project managers at a leading Russian localization company for almost 2 years. In Palex, I gained my first invaluable experience in the localization industry: I translated various web/device interfaces, web sites, marketing and technical materials, and learnt how to use various CAT & QA tools.

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  Manoftranslation.com

  Aug 2013 - now

  Freelance English-Russian Translator

  Some highlights:• Over 7.5M words translated & proofread from English into Russian since the beginning of my career in Jan'10• Over 100 mobile apps translated or reviewed (MMOGs, strategies, trivia, puzzles, quizzes, educational, races, arcade, sports, and many more). Content: UI strings, in-app content, app store descriptions• 50+ video game projects translated from scratch: FPS (508k+ words), Racing (180k+ words), e-Sports (120k+ words and 27k+ words), Space Flight Simulator (47k+ words) and participated in dozens of more in different roles• Mobile platforms I'm familiar with: iOS, Android, Windows Phone• Game platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox360, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Nintendo Show less

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  Gengo

  Jan 2014 - May 2018

  Freelance EN-RU Translator (Pro and Proofread Level)

  • Translation of marketing materials, presentations, mobile apps (store descriptions, in-app content), game-related texts, website content, tweets, personal correspondence, etc.• Proofreading

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  ABBYY Language Services

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2014

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Translated various IT, marketing, and technical brochures.

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  Translive Global - see Kathryn Birch for company info

  Mar 2014 - Apr 2019

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Translation of marketing materials, presentations, correspondence, and website content.

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  Tethras

  Apr 2014 - Feb 2021

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Translation and localization of mobile apps and games.• Platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone• Genres: games (racing, sports), music apps, photo editors, messengers, puzzles, and many more.• Content: system messages, menu buttons, navigation elements, app store descriptions, update notes, etc.

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  Dixit Traductions en ligne

  Apr 2014 - Mar 2015

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  • Translation of e-commerce product descriptions• Proofreading

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  Roboto Translation

  May 2014 - Feb 2016

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Translation and localization of video games and game apps.I have completed a dozen of game projects of various sizes for this company such as FPS, sportgames, strategies, platformers, and various game apps.

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  GlobaLoc GmbH

  Jun 2015 - Oct 2018

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Mobile game localization services including mainly English-Russian translation

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  Freedman International

  Aug 2015 - now

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Translation and localization of game-related and marketing content. Creative adaptation of marketing campaigns for the Russian market. Proofreading and reviewing

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  App Annie

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2018

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  I participated in the localization of web content and blog posts that cover topics such as top trending apps, insights from experts, user acquisition, engagement, monetization, retention, and other topics related to the mobile app economy and new technologies.Not much experience but still interesting and more challenging in comparison with my other projects.

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  Airbnb

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2018

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  I was one of many Russian translators and a member of an international translation team localizing mobile app and web content for Airbnb.My work was regularly reviewed by senior translators, who are experienced linguists and native speakers of the target language.

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  EC Innovations, Inc.

  Oct 2016 - now

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Working as a translator, proofreader, and reviewer on video games and IT projects.

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  Aeria Games GmbH

  Aug 2017 - Apr 2019

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Video game localization.

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  One Global Solutions

  Sept 2018 - Mar 2020

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Worked as a translator and proofreader on IT projects.

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  Translated

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2019

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Translation and localization of a tourism-related project.

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  Universally Speaking

  Nov 2018 - now

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Working as a translator, proofreader, and reviewer on video game projects.

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  CSOFT International

  Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Completed a few video game localization tasks in 2019

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  Lilith Games

  Nov 2019 - now

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Working as a translator on video game projects

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  Terra Localizations

  Jan 2020 - now

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Working as a translator and proofreader on video game projects.

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  Worders

  Apr 2021 - now

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Working as a translator and reviewer on IT projects

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  ECI Games

  Apr 2023 - now

  Freelance EN-RU Translator

  Working as a translator, proofreader, and reviewer on video game localization projects.