DAVID W. MITCHELL
96 Corona Way
Carmel Highlands CA 93923-9617
dave@webjacks.com
1-(831) 624-1689
{{More biography covering non-translation work
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EXPERIENCE:
As editor, poet, journalist:
1991-1997
Founder and Executive Emeritus
Oregon Coast Rural Information Services Cooperative
Co-editor: Talus and Scree, an international
literary journal
The Far Cry, an Internet news/opinion publication
As current full-time professional translator/editor
of Russian scientific publications:
Spectrum Translation/Allerton Press New
York, N. Y. 1959-present
Duties: Contract translator. Editor of translations
from numerous languages in fields ranging from botany to quantum physics
Cover-to-cover translation of high-level scientific
journals. Revision and upgrading of substandard translations from European
and Asian languages
Russian Business Consultants
Livermore CA
1997-present
Duties: Contract translator, specializing in nuclear
engineering, industrial standards, construction, joint venture industrial
projects
Russian Language Services//All Language Alliance
Colorado
1996-present
Duties: Contract translator and editor, specializing
in medicine, industrial standards, nuclear/chemical threat reduction, etc.
Plenum Publishing Company New York, N. Y.
1961//1994
Duties: Contract translator
Responsibilities: Cover-to-cover and panel translation
of high-level scientific journals
Burravoe, Colchester UK 2002-
Duties: Patent-related foundational documents
from technical literature.
Responsibilities and skills consistent with material
for court proceedings.
As consultant in scientific/computational design
heuristics:
JD Technics/Filz & Associates
Waldport/Yachats OR
1984-1996
Duties: heuristic design engineering, mechanical
design, CAD
Responsibilities: conceptual solution of knotty
multivariate design problems
Co-designer/programmer: ESAM
project. Early communications package for cerebral palsy victims with one
voluntary movement.
Northwest Technologies
Waldport OR 1983-1984
Duties: design of machine translation models
PUBLICATIONS
TRANSLATED PUBLICATIONS: Totaling 35+ million
words, with individual titles
sometimes appearing sporadically over several
decades
For Spectrum Translation/Allerton Press
Numerous books in the Air Force FTC translation
program, ranging from
Skryabin's 'Trematodes' to monographs on motor
oil formulation, radiation
dosimetry, and gravimetry.
A variety of translations under the US JPRS and
FIBS programs dealing with
the medical and biological sciences, mechanical
engineering, etc.
Cover-to-cover journal translations, including:
Ukrainian Chemistry Journal
Ukrainian Biochemistry Journal
Soviet Agricultural Sciences
Siberian Chemistry Journal
Mendeleev Chemistry Journal
Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin
Soviet Coke and Chemistry
Soviet Petrochemistry
Problems of Desert Development
Soviet Mathematics (Izv. VUZ)
Moscow University Mathematics Bulletin
Cytology and Genetics
Soviet Immunology
Soviet Virology
Soviet Biotechnology
Soviet Oceanography
Optoelectronics
Surface Engineering
Russian Engineering Research
For Plenum Publishing:
Books: Vol'kenshtein, Enzyme Physics
Bondarev and Samsonov, Germanides
Symposia: Water in Biological Systems (3 volumes)
Cover-to-cover and panel journal translations,
including:
Soviet Atomic Energy
Biochemistry
Soviet Journal of Marine Biology
Soviet Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry
Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine
Soviet Journal of Ecology
Soviet Electrochemistry
Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves
Soviet Journal of Glass Physics and Chemistry
Soviet Physics - Semiconductors
Soviet Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Soviet Plant Physiology
Soviet Materials Science
Soviet Genetics
Hydrotechnical Construction
Journal of Engineering Physics
Measurement Techniques
Fluid Dynamics
Inorganic Materials
Biology Bulletin
Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR,
Division of Chemical Sciences
Chemical and Petroleum Machine Building
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal
Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds
Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils
Chemistry of Natural Compounds
High Energy Chemistry
Kinetics and Catalysis
Colloid Journal
Cosmic Research
Soviet Physics - Crystallography
Metal Science and Heat Treatment
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Refractories
Soviet Journal of Developmental Biology
Soviet Power Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics
Instruments and Experimental Techniques
Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology
Soviet Radiochemistry
Glass and Ceramics
Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering
High Temperature
Water Resources
Protection of Metals
Industrial Laboratory
Journal of Analytic Chemistry
Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology
Journal of General Chemistry
Journal of Organic Chemistry
Journal of Applied Chemistry
Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics
Journal of Applied Spectroscopy
Journal of Structural Chemistry
Soviet Physics - Technical Physics
EDUCATION:
Haverford College, Haverford PA
1958-1961
