Ivan Shevtsov

Profile

Conference interpreter and translator with over 20 years of international experience across Europe, Russia and Asia. Specializing in high-level simultaneous interpretation for conferences, corporate meetings, legal, technical, and medical symposia. Trusted long-term partner to Siemens, Philips, GE, the UN, EU institutions, international sports federations, and major pharmaceutical groups. Fluent in German, Russian, and English. Based near Frankfurt, available for on-site and remote work.

Core Expertise

• Simultaneous and consecutive interpretation
• Certified translation (DE–RU–EN)
• Legal, medical & technical translation
• RSI (Zoom, Teams, Interprefy, KUDO, Webex)
• Multilingual event support & moderation
• Transcreation & content localization
• Terminology management and glossaries
• Voiceover scripts & subtitle translation

Selected Projects & Assignments

• UNODC “Civil Society Forum” at COSP UNCAC (Vienna)
• IIHF Semi-Annual Congress (Athens)
• IFRC Regional Workshop (Kuala Lumpur)
• Boehringer Ingelheim GPP Advisory Board (Singapore)
• XBOX Games Show (Los Angeles)
• Petersburger Dialog (Moscow)
• Philips Business Carousel Conference (Bangkok)
• WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL Symposium (Berlin)
• AFC Coach Education Conference (Kuala Lumpur)
• FCPA Investigation meetings Pfizer (Astana)
• BERLIN ELECTRIFICATION CENTER OPENING (Berlin)
• Kimberly-Clark Annual Meeting (Mexico City)
• St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (St. Petersburg)

Professional Experience

Freelance Conference Interpreter & Translator
Europe & Asia | 2003–present

• 500+ days of interpretation at high-profile events
• Remote RSI for webinars, conferences, technical demos
• Translation of contracts, tenders, technical and medical documentation

Technical Translator – Passavant & Watec GmbH
Aarbergen, Germany | 2012–2013

• Software localization for oil industry automation
• Terminology development, technical documentation

In-house Translator & Coordinator – Siemens
St. Petersburg, Moscow, Munich | 2007–2016

• Translation (EN–DE–RU) for engineering, automation, medical systems
• Coordination of multilingual project communication
• Factory audits, QA, safety training interpretation

Education & Training

• University of Heidelberg – M.A. in Conference Interpreting (ongoing) | 2024–
• Rostov State University – Magister in German Philology & Translation | 2000–2005
• University of Potsdam – Exchange in Sociolinguistics & Translation | 2002–2003

Languages

• Russian – C2
• German – C2
• English – C2

Tools & Platforms

• SDL Trados, MemoQ, Smartcat, Memsource, omegaT
• RSI: Interprefy, Zoom, Teams, KUDO, Webex
• Audio: Adobe Audition, iZotope
• MS Office, Google Workspace

Availability

• Willing to travel and available on short notice.
• Operating from Germany (Frankfurt region) and Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur).
• Remote and on-site assignments welcome