James Shipp

 3115 Auburn Road Crestview, FL 32539 James F. Shipp Translations From Russian Into English Certified Member - American Translators Association (ATA) Certified Member - ProZ Home: - Cell: - E-mail: -Website: http://www.jimshipp.net/index.html RÉSUMÉ BRIEF BACKGROUND Born in Amarillo, TX, on 2/18/48. Graduated from T. R. Robinson High School, Tampa, FL, on 6/10/66. Served one year in the US Navy Reserve Security Group -), during which I underwent basic training at the naval facility in Great Lakes, IL, received instruction in Morse code and teletype procedures, and achieved the rank of seaman apprentice. Served four years in the US Air Force Security Service, during which I underwent basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, received instruction in Russian translation and radio operating procedures, and achieved the rank of sergeant. Honorably discharged from the US Air Force on 8/10/70 after successfully completing assignments at Trabzon Air Station in Trabzon, Turkey, and the National Security Agency on Ft. Meade, MD. Completed my Russian studies at Syracuse University while serving in the Air Force. WORK EXPERIENCE 12/09-Present Independent Contractor After leaving MasterWord Services, I resumed my former freelance practice. 02/08-12/09: MasterWord Services, Inc., 303 Stafford, Houston, TX, 77079 Russian-English translator, editor, and lexicographer of documents pertaining to oil and gas, geosciences, and related fields. Stationed onsite at the Fluor Corporation in Houston. 01/95-02/08: Independent Contractor Freelance translator, abstractor, indexer, technical writer, and author. Primarily prepare technical translations on an ongoing basis for organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the US Department of Energy, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the National Institutes of Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the World Bank, as well as numerous private-sector companies. Completed a 10-day translation assignment with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) in London, Dublin, and Edinbrough in November 2000. Completed a 10-day assignment with the American Institute for Cancer Research in Washington, DC, in April 2001. Reprised my UN FAO assignment in London and Brussels in May of 2004. 10/93-01/95: EOP Translation Service, Inc., 1725 DeSales Street NW, Washington, DC, 20036 Manager. Coordinated this firm’s translation activities, prepared proposals for new contracts, worked with government and private-sector representatives on existing contracts, located new sources of translation and interpretation work, interviewed and hired both in-house staff members and freelance translators and interpreters, issued and received all freelance translation assignments, edited the work of other translators, wrote personnel evaluations, monitored accounts payable and accounts receivable, met with clients, prepared numerous monthly reports, and translated Russian-language source documents in all disciplines as necessary. Made three one-month trips to Moscow (St. Petersburg), Minsk, and Kiev on behalf of the company -). Completed a 7-day assignment with the UN FAO in Rome in April of 1995. 07/79-10/93: Independent Contractor Prepared translations, abstracts, technical manuals, and other documents for organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the US Department of Energy, and numerous patent attorneys. Made three one-month trips to Moscow, Minsk, and Kiev on behalf of the IMF, the World Bank, and private-sector clients -). 12/77-07/79: Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, 1st Street NE, Washington, DC 20540 Senior Language Specialist (GS-11). Prepared publishable translations and abstracts of Russian-language scientific and technical documents in various disciplines under the aegis of a Navy-funded translation contract. Served as the in-house contract monitor, working closely with Navy personnel to ensure contract compliance. 12/71-12/77: Informatics, Inc., 5711 Sarvis Avenue, Riverdale, MD, 20840 Senior Language Analyst. Prepared camera-ready translations of Russian-language source documents, as well as abstracts of both Russian-language and English-language source documents, spanning various fields of science and technology under the auspices of numerous government contracts. Served as the contract liaison for a US Air Force Foreign Technology Division project and made several trips to its facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Fairborn, OH, in this capacity. 08/70-12/71: Independent Contractor Prepared translations and abstracts of Russian-language source documents for numerous private-sector companies. RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS Russian-English Dictionary of Surnames, Translation Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 1981, Russian-English Dictionary of Abbreviations & Initialisms, US Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA, 1991, Concise Russian-English Chemical Glossary, US Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA, 1991, Russian-English Translator’s Index to Scientific and Technical Apparatus Nomenclature, US Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA, 1993, and Dictionary of Contemporary Russian Abbreviations, Acronyms & Initialisms (with Maks A. Rozenbaum), Dunwoody Press, Springfield, VA, 2005, as well as more than eighty articles on various aspects of translation work. Other dictionaries are now in progress. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Certified member of the American Translators Association (ATA). Certified member of ProZ. EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES IBM, Windows 10, Microsoft Word 2016 (with Russian proofing tools), high-speed Internet service, laser printer/copier/scanner, and plain-paper fax. I have a personal bilingual reference library totaling more than 300 volumes.