Elena A. Leontyeva, candidate of philological science Tel.: +7 909 798 0998 e-mail: dr.jelena.leontjeva@hotmail.com Homepage: www.translator-in-kaliningrad.de Personal details: Full name: Elena Alexandrovna Leontyeva Birth date: 01.09.1979 Birth place: Tyumen, West Siberia Marital status: married Academic degree: candidate of philological science

Educational history:

1986 – 1996 Tyumen’s school №36, golden medal

1996 – 2001 Tyumen State University, faculty for German and Romance philology, diploma with distinction, qualification: «Linguist, teacher for German and English, speciality «Intercultural communication»

11.2002 – 06.2005 postgraduate course at the Tyumen State University, chair for the English language, speciality: contrastive linguistics

25.06.2005 successful presentation of the theses: «Point of View in the Narrative (based on contrastive analysis of modern Russian short stories and their translation into German)», awarding of the grade of a candidate of philological science

09.2007 – 08.2008 postgraduate study at the Kaliningrad State Technical University, European Klaus-Mehnert-Institute, specialty: European studies

Employment history:

10.1999 – 03.2002 teacher of English, Tyumen school №28

08.2001 – 01.2005 assistant, chair for German philology, Tyumen State University

11. – 12.2005 interpreter (German), Tyumen branch establishment «Ochacovo» (brewery)

2006 move to Kaliningrad, freelance work

- translation and design (German x English x Russian) of documents, presentations, reports…

- interpretation (sequential and simultaneous) at German/Austrian-Russian meetings, conferences and negotiations to the topics of horticulture, environment, education, telecommunications, construction

- preparation, organization and escorting of business and individual trips to Russia (German x English x Russian)

01.04. – 06.06.2008 work at the Austrian-Russian friendship society in Vienna (society establishing contacts between Austrian and Russian institutions, companies and private persons) as a trainee in the context of the study at the European Klaus-Mehnert-Institute

15.04. – 15.05.2009 traineeship at the European Parliament (Department of External Parliamentary Affairs), Brussels

08.2011 – 07.2012 support of the construction firms BRUCHA GesmbH and Plattenhardt + Wirth in Kaliningrad

Additional data:

EDP Word, Power-Point, Photoshop, Internet

experience in organization of construction works, support of business contacts

abilities logical and analytical thinking, accuracy

interests journeys, languages (Polish)