Sonia Melnikova-Raich

Description

U.S. citizen, residing in San Francisco since 1987. Born in Moscow, into a bilingual family of three generations of renowned linguists. Twenty years of experience in translation, interpreting, and cross-cultural communication. ATA certified. Court interpreter certified by the State of California. Excellent knowledge of idiomatic, scholarly and colloquial Russian and English. Areas of expertise include legal, business, medical, science, communications, education, marketing, advertising, literary, religion. Interpreting for depositions, arbitration, and trials. Certified translation of academic records and legal documents. Linguistic analysis of company and product names, localization and cultural adjustment of marketing materials. Published translator of the prose of famous Russian writers. Interpreted for many high profile political and cultural figures, including Secretary of State Colin Powell, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, and world-famous musician Mstislav Rostropovich. For more information please visit www.soniamelnikova.com.