Alexander Manaenkov Email & Phone Number

Tomsk, Russia

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

Freelance

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

Working as a translator and proofreader on video game projects.

Working as a translator on video game projects

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

Working as a translator and reviewer on IT projects

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

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

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.

Worked as a translator and proofreader on IT projects.

Completed a few video game localization tasks in 2019

Translation and localization of a tourism-related project.

Video game localization.

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

Mobile game localization services including mainly English-Russian translation

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.

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.

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

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.

• Translation of e-commerce product descriptions• Proofreading

Translated various IT, marketing, and technical brochures.

Tomsk, Russian Federation

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.

Tomsk, Russian Federation

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.

Translator, English Language And Translation-Related Subjects

• Introduction to Linguistics • English Language Theory • Practical Phonetics • Communicative Grammar • Russian Stylistics • Theory.

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