Technical Education
1970
Graduation from the Kiev Automotive and Highway Institute. Specialisation: Mechanical Engineering
1976
Ph. D., Kiev Automotive and Highway Institute, Vehicles Maintenance and Repair
Linguistic Education
1967
3-year’s Foreign Language Course English, English Department, Ministry of Education, Kiev
1978
3-year’s Foreign Language Course French, French Department, Ministry of Education, Kiev
1993
German Language Course, Recklinghausen, Germany
Work experience as engineer, scientist and lecturer
1970 – 1973
Truck Designer, Reliability Group Engineer, R & D Automotive Transport Institute, Kiev
1973 – 1976
Post-graduate, Kiev Automotive and Highway Institute
1976 – 1981
Senior Scientific Worker, Maintenance & Repair Department, R & D Automotive Transport Institute, Kiev
1980 – 1981
Senior Scientific Worker, Investment Planning & Analysis Dept., Complex Transport Problems Institute, Kiev
1981 – 1992
Lecturer, Kiev Civil Engineering Institute
Teaching in „Construction Equipment Maintenance & Repair“ and „Business Administration & Management“.
Work experience as translator & interpreter
1972 – 1992
Technical Translator and Editor, Chamber of Commerce of the Ukraine, All-Union Centre of Translation, Kiev (moonlighting)
1994
Freelance Technical Translator, Germany (full time)