SpbS Graduates in demand on the job market!

SpbS graduates are claiming their rightful space on the language mediation market in Russia and in the world.

In 2009-2011 40 graduates of the School have been awarded diplomas in conference interpreting and conference translation. This is where they find employment:

The MFA of Russia – 7 people (5 are on staff in the Department of Linguistic Support (Moscow) and one person holds a position at the Russian Mission to the EC, one person is employed at the MFA Office in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky), staff interpreters.

The UN Headquarters (New York) – 4 are staff translators in the Russian Translation Service, and another 2 are currently going through the staffing procedure to enter the Service later in the year.

The UN Information Centre (Moscow) – one person as a staff interpreter.

10 graduates are on the UN freelance interpreters list

2 graduates were on short-term assignments with the Russian Translation Service in the UN Offices in Geneva and Vienna

One person is on the EU freelance interpreters list

Internships in the UN Translation and Interpretation Services:

• UN Headquarters in New York – 20

• UN Office in Geneva – 4

• UN Office in Vienna – 2

16 are successful freelancers in Russia.

Corporate employment:

• NGO “Medecins sans frontieres” (Netherlands), Moscow office, staff member,

• «ABBYY» Inc., staff member,

• Translation agency “Janus” (Moscow), staff member,

• Translation agency “Martin” (Moscow), staff member,

• “Eclectic Translations”, LLC (St Petersburg), staff members,

• “Northern Capital Gateway”, LLC, staff member,

• Siemens Gas TurbineTechnologies, LLC, staff interpreter,

• “Ilim”, LLC, staff interpreter,

• “UNIBEP” Holding, Airport City St Petersburg company, staff member,

• “Okhta Business Center” JSC (Gazprom in S.Petersburg), staff translator.

• “Fagerhult”, LLC, marketing coordinator