Sarah McDowell

I am a full-time professional Russian to English translator. I launched my freelance business in 2012. My areas of specialization include tourism, marketing, the creative arts, and literary texts. I am a native speaker of English from Canada. I have studied and lived in Russia for many years.

I work with corporate clients (both large and small), translation agencies, and private individuals from around the world.

The following are some examples of translation projects I've worked on:

Travel & Tourism

• Ru > En localization of various online booking platforms for Russia's top online travel agency (105K+ words)
• over 55K words of articles translated for the world's leading travel blog
  
• 63K+ words of various marketing texts (B2B & B2C) such as e-mail campaigns, promotions, contests, and social media posts translated for the world's leading booking platform
• 12,500 words translated for the knowledge base (a sort of Q & A guide for hotel owners) in the Extranet of the world's leading booking platform
• more than 36K words of travel articles, descriptions of tour programs and trip itineraries, e-mail marketing campaigns, and website content translated for Artel Troika, a Russian tour operator specializing in tailor-made tours for foreigners
• over 17K words website translation for Astashovo Hotel (a breathtaking restored wooden palace & also a museum in the Kostroma region of Russia)
  

Marketing

• 30K words of press releases, brochures, website content, and other marketing texts translated for the Asteros Group (a Russian IT infrastructure company)
• product descriptions & marketing concept translated for an online shop specializing in hand-crafted and environmentally-friendly souvenirs from Russia
• educational marketing texts translated for an online English learning platform
• IT marketing texts & blog posts translated and edited for a software development company
• translation of a Web developer's website
• health marketing texts translated for a rehabilitation clinic based in Spain
• revision & translation of a Moscow marketing agency’s website and presentation
• marketing materials translated for a major veterinary pharmaceutical company in Russia

Art

• translation of display stands, guidebook, and rules for a St. Petersburg palace museum (6500 words)
• report & presentation translated for the largest art college in Moscow
• historical texts & description of an art installation translated for an exhibition in Moscow

Cosmetics

• translation of a brochure for a skin-care company based in France
• translations for a Russian company specializing in permanent makeup and eyelash extensions
• translations of video tutorials for a world-famous cosmetics brand
• marketing text about aesthetic medical treatments of various manufacturers translated for a leading Russian beauty distributor’s website

Fashion

• articles about fashion (sunglasses, hats, etc.) translated for a fashion & lifestyle magazine
• translated a series of articles for a Moscow-based fashion blogger

Literary translations

I also translate fiction for both adults and children, including illustrated kids' books, plays, novels, short stories, film scripts, literary synopses, book reviews, comics, and poems.

EDUCATION

My education includes an Advanced Degree in Economics and Russian Studies from the University of Manitoba (Canada), study as part of a Master's program in World Economics in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Level 3 Certificate in the Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (TORFL). My experience of living and studying in Russia enabled me to become fluent in Russian and obtain in-depth knowledge of Russian culture, traditions, and society.

I am looking forward to working on your project.

Contact me today for a no-strings-attached free consultation about your project!