Asya Sokirko
Asya Sokirko
Rådjursstigen
49
814 93 Skutskär
Sweden
Mobile: +46-72-8402541 and +1-917-396-7268
E-mail:
asya@sokirko.com
Source
languages: English,
German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Russian, Ukrainian.
Target
languages: English
(US), Russian.
Specialization:
law, business, politics, patents, finance.
Services:
translation, proofreading, editing, abstracts, legal research.
Memberships:
Sveriges Facköversättarförening (SFÖ - Swedish Association of
Translators)
2003
- present - full-time
freelance translator; after spending several decades between the US
and Germany, I now live in Sweden. My assignments include contracts,
large scale litigations, patents, legislative and political
materials, legal research, taxation litigations and materials, real
estate projects, annual reports, corporate records, insurance
documents, business correspondence, as well as semi-technical,
scientific and general texts for clients mostly located in the UK,
Sweden, Germany and the US.
Sample
recent projects:
Materials
for an international litigation concerning a pharmaceutical patent.
Languages: Danish, Swedish, and German into English.
Materials
concerning investigation of a major maritime accident in Norway.
Norwegian into English.
On-going
litigation between a major IT service provider and the Swedish Tax
Agency. Languages: Swedish into English.
Proceedings
and materials related to the legal and political conflict around the
privatization of a major Ukrainian company brought before the English
courts. Languages: Ukrainian and Russian into English, English into
Russian.
Legal
commentaries and legislative materials related to proposed changes in
Danish laws in the context of international patent laws. Languages:
Danish to English.
Litigation
between a Norwegian company and its creditors. Languages: Norwegian
into English.
Financing
materials of a medical research company. Languages: Swedish into
English.
Materials
for an international litigation and settlement of a German car
manufacturer. Languages: German into English.
Annual
reports and business development materials of a German bank.
Languages: German into English.
Policies
and data protection documents of an international health care service
provider. Languages: English into Russian.
Full-time
experience includes:
1998-2001
– Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY, USA. Translator and
paralegal in the Corporate Finance Department. Translate contracts,
documents related to stock market, financial and accounting
documentation, business correspondence, newspaper articles.
1997-1998
– LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York, NY, USA and Moscow,
Russia. Translator in the International Practice Department.
Translate contracts, legislative and regulatory documents, accounting
materials, business correspondence; proofread and edit same;
co-ordinate large translation projects. Interpret at negotiations.
Transcribe audiotapes.
1994-1995
- Dialog International, Fort Lee, NJ, USA. Translator/Administrative
Assistant.
Translate
contracts, business correspondence, technical documentation
(construction, food processing).
Education:
- 1992-1993
- Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. Courses in General
Linguistics.
- 1986-1991
- Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia. MSc in Applied
Mathematics.
Personal:
native of Ukraine, citizen of the United States.
