Samuel J. Pinson
Description
Linguistic skills
o Native English speaker
o Russian to English translation
o Lived and worked in Russia for two years
o Specializations
o Technology: computer software, computer hardware, technical writing, machine vision, machine learning , artificial intelligence, signal processing
o Business: general, marketing, finance, economics, entrepreneurism
o Government/Politics: American politics, Russian politics, Comparative politics
o Sports: 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
o Religion: Christianity
Recent Projects
o Adobe Photoshop CS5 video course
o Content related to 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi: 15K+ words
o Video game content translation
o Microsoft Word 2010 video course: 15K+ words
o iPhone video course: 5K+ words
Capacity
o 2000-3000 words/day
Technical skills
o Certified SDL Trados Studio 2009/2011
o Self-trained in Across Personal Edition 5.0
Resources
o SDL Trados Studio 2009
o Across Personal Edition 5.0
o ABBYY Lingvo X3
o ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0
o Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 (Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, Acrobat X Pro)
Professional associations and memberships
o American Translators Association, certified member (RUS>ENG)
o ProZ.com, active member
o TranslatorsCafe.com, active member
Education
o MS in Computer Science, 2005 - Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
o BS in Computer Science, 2003 - Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Professional experience
o Pinson Linguistic Services : January 2011 – Present
o Freelance translator (RUS>ENG)
o City of Sultan, Washington : January 2010 – October 2011
o City Council Position #1
o Microsoft Corporation : May 2005 – January 2011
o Software Developer Engineer II
o Contributed to a variety of popular applications
o Windows Movie Maker
o Windows DVD Maker
o Windows Live Photo Gallery
o Windows Live Writer
o The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints : July 1998 – 2000
o Full time missionary in Russia
o Lived in Rostov, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Sochi, and more
Language Pairs
Translating Services
Translating Tools
Areas of Specialization
ATA Divisions
Service Type(s)
Level
Individual
Primary Phone
Location
Ammon
ID
83406
United States
Years in Business
11 - 15 Years
Education Level
Graduate