Career overview
Over thirty years of professional experience, including 9 years in mechanical, electrical, and process control engineering and 4 years in software development, product management, marketing, and consulting. Mr. Lane has worked full time in the translation and interpretation industry as a translator, interpreter, and manager for the past 19 years. He began translating in 1978, on a freelance basis. He is currently the lead interpreter and translator at Galexi Wordsmiths, LLC.
Translation & Interpretation Experience
Spoken Russian is fluent, with near-native pronunciation. Experienced Russian-English escort, consecutive, and simultaneous interpreter. Certified by the American Translators Association to translate from Russian into English. Experienced French-to-English translator. Translation productivity generally exceeds 500 words per hour.
Considerable experience as a public speaker, writer, and editor of English text. Author of two books in English on computer programming and several hundred articles, reviews, and columns in the area of computer and networking technology.
Areas of expertise
Based on education, work experience, and/or completion of a large volume of translation, Mr. Lane is particularly qualified to accept assignments dealing with the following subjects:
- aerospace and related fields,
- control systems,
- petrochemical, oil, gas and related fields,
- engineering specifications,
- safety assurance,
- nuclear technology,
- nuclear disarmament,
- computers, networking, programming and related subjects,
- general technical subjects, and
- military topics.