Julia Ochs Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

* Translating in-game content and a variety of marketing materials for mobile Free to Play games* Linguistic testing of mobile games* Editing Russian in-game text and marketing copies

Seattle, Wa

Russian Linguist | Dec 2018–Sep 2020 Russian Language Translator | Jul 2016–Dec 2018Russian Language Editor | Nov 2014– Jul 2016Translated in-game content, updates, marketing copies and technical documents for a variety of mobile free to play (F2P) and Premium PC games. Performed linguistic testing, proofread, and edited localized content on PC and Mobile. Reported linguistic issues and bugs. Translated, analyzed and wrote ASO content (App store copy, titles, description, bullets, and keywords).• Translated in their entirety 2 premium PC games per month, up to 20,000 words each. (Hidden Expedition, Mystery Case Files, Grim Tales, and others)• Translated chapters of Lifeline – Interactive fiction mobile game, up to 80,000 words each.• Singlehandedly translated F2P games in their entirety: Toy Story Drop, Cascade, Chef Swap, Robin Hood, Relic Chasers, and others.• Came up with compelling Russian titles for the following play on words F2P games: Cooking Craze, Sir Match-a-lot, Relic Chasers, and others. • Singlehandedly translated updates and new content for the most popular Big Fish F2P mobile games: Gummy Drop, Toy Story Drop, EverMerge, Cascade, Cooking Craze, 8 Ball Smash, and others.• Wrote Russian copies for AppStore and Google Play game descriptions, based on the EN copies, adapting them for the Russian keywords.

Bellevue, Wa

Translated legal documentation, such as contracts, agreements, disclaimers, etc. Wrote, proofread, and edited newsletters, messages, forms, promo materials, blogs, etc. Coordinated and tracked payments in online banking and merchant systems. Provided online and phone customer support.

Seattle, Slu

Audited digital content in Russian on Kindle, iOS devises and Kindle previewer for Mac/PC. Proofread Russian e-Books, identified errors/issues, created bug reports and test cases, summarized audit results. Collaborated with developers on implementing new software fixes. Developed publisher guidelines and certification procedures. Defined and updated quality standards for digital content.• Worked on implementing hyphenation feature for Russian books on Kindle making content more readable and user friendly.• Prepared and conducted user feedback study with results analysis.• Translated standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other internal Kindle documents.

Greater Seattle Area

Provided professional interpreting services for non-English/limited English speaking clients in various settings (hospitals, health care facilities, social services centers, community centers, district and municipal courts, etc.). Services included consecutive interpretation, simultaneous interpretation, sight-translation and over-the-phone interpreting.• Was praised by multiple clients as the best interpreter they ever had and consistently requested by the same clients.

Kirkland

Translated, proofread, and edited newspaper content. Created mailing lists, promotional materials, newsletters, press releases, e-mail blasts, etc. Wrote content for company’s website and social media. Managed bookkeeping, billing, reconciliations, credit card processing, quarterly taxes, and monthly reports.• Acquired the 501©3 status for the newspaper after creating narrative for non-profit status application. • Established relationships with local art and entertainment companies, interviewing Russian-speaking cast members (dancers, performers, actors, etc.) for featured articles. • Sold print media advertisement, coordinating advertising content for each edition, keeping track of the Classifieds, managing regional sales representatives and subscribers.

Lynnwood

Taught English to Russian speaking adults. Built curriculum, created visual aids, graded students.• Worked with older adults with limited English to help them understand concepts they could not grasp when attending classes where the instruction was solely in English. • Students reported they learned more within 3 months of these classes than in a year of classes with English speakers.

Bellevue

Greeted customers, making them feel welcome, answered phones, provided customer support, maintained orderly appearance of the store, created displays, fulfilled cashier/seller duties. • One month after I was hired, I was nominated by my peers for the Monthly Service Award and for Employee of the Month.

Togliatti, Samara Region, Russia

Translated personal and business correspondence, proofread and edited other translators' work, interpreted 3-way phone conversations, interpreted at meetings and company presentations, taught ESL, created and edited videos and pictures, answered phones, processed paperwork for visa applications, registered new clients, provided customer service and support. • Interpreted for a presentation attended by 300 people.• Was praised by multiple clients as the best interpreter they ever had and consistently requested by the same clients. • Company spokesperson for local TV promotions