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Russian Interpreter in Moscow for Unibolt A/S

April 11th, 2011

Last week I worked in Moscow as a Russian interpreter for Unibolt A/S. I have already interpreted in Moscow last year which was required at a number of meetings that Mr. Per Vinther, the area sales manager of Unibolt A/S, had in Russia. Last year we visited several Russian cities in order to meet with the companies in agriculture business, this time we focused on Moscow.

Interpreter in Moscow for Unibolt

As I have mentioned before, I have been working for more than a year for Unibolt A/S, be it translating at the meetings or at the Agritek fair, so I am familiar with quite a specific topic – bolts for agriculture machinery.

In Moscow we met the existing and the potential partners of Unibolt A/S, we also visited a warehouse in the suburb of Moscow.

Mr. Vinther conduct a technical training on bolts characteristics, he explained the importance of the square countersunk of bolts, he talked about different tools used for bolts manufacturing, he mentioned various types of surface treatment and the difference between bolt strength 8.8, 10.9 and 12.9.

Trip to Moscow was short but important, business relations are established, more trips to Moscow are planned.

Working as a translator in Moscow and other Russian cities

June 25th, 2010

In May I worked as English-Russian translator in Moscow and other Russian cities together with Mr.Vinther, the regional manager of Unibolt company. We already worked with Mr.Vinther in March when he attended the Agritek exhibition in Astana, so I was familiar with the subject matter, that was the reason why he asked me to fly with him to Moscow.

Translator in Moscow

It was a very hectic trip, our schedule was extremely tight: we had 11 flights within 10 days. Mr. Vinther flew from Danemark and I flew from Astana, we met in Moscow and had several meetings there. We visited a couple of companies involved in agriculture sector and we took our first steps in establishing a business partnership. Then we flew to another Russian city called Samara, where we had a similar meeting. After that we also flew to Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd. Unfortunately there are no direct flights between these cities, so every time we had to come back to Moscow. And there was no time for sightseeing!

Since Unibolt, the company that Mr. Vinther presented, is a manufacture of bolts, our meetings were quite technical, so it was handy to know different types of the bolts, such as wheel bolts, clevis pins, etc. At the same time our meetings touched upon some financial issues, because we met with Directors or Sales Managers as well.

I must say that Russia is very different from Kazakhstan, eventhough these countries have a lot in common. Moscow itself is a crazy city, ecpecially in terms of security. Each time we had to fly to/from Moscow we had to pass security control which would have been fine if we hadn’t have to take our shoes off all the time 🙂 Also they asked us several times about visa, migration card, registration and all these issues.

When our trip to Russia was over, we flew to Astana only to spend here less than 24 hours. Our next destination was Karaganda, it was the first time that I worked as a translator in Karaganda. We had several meeting in the city, then flew to Almaty and worked for a couple of days there.

This was quite a trip, but the good thing is Mr. Vinther is coming back to Kazakhstan in July which means the trip was rather successful!

Figures speaking:

  • 10 days
  • 11 flights
  • 7 cities
  • 2 countries
  • 18 meetings
  • 9 airports
  • 25 hours on the planes
  • 0 crashes 🙂