Translator Astana

On May, 4-5th I worked as a Russian-English simultaneous translator at the  IV Astana Economic Forum. The Forum gathered experts, international organizations, business communities, transnational companies, research insitutes and universities.

There were eight Nobel Prize laureates present among which John Nash, Eric Maskin, John Aumann,there were also CEO’s and Chairmen of different companies worldwide. From the Kazakhstani part there were government representatives, as well as those of the business.

I worked in a Green Economy section with the representatives of UNECE, mostly dealing with the concepts such as green growth, green development, etc. There were speeches on the advantages of the green economy, approaches and good practices in the UNECE region in terms of greening economy.

There were also some discussions related to the Ministerial Conference that will be held in Astana  in September, that is why I accompanied some participants during the negotiations at the Minsistry of Foreign affairs and the Ministry of Environment Protection  next day.

I will be working with UNECE in the end of  May again, so I am looking forward to meeting the participants again.

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.

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.