Kia Ora, I’m Olga
I am a Kiwi cultural historian of Ukrainian, Russian and Polish descent. I am highlighting fascinating, little-known, unheard or forgotten stories of cross-cultural history and language that help us connect.
I am a linguist and I am passionate about interaction of languages and cultures, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. I teach language and culture courses.
I am a professional translator and interpreter and work mainly with English, Russian, French, Moldavian, Romanian and Ukrainian languages. Having connections with translators of over 100 languages I often coordinate large multilingual projects such as translation of books, brochures and websites.
MY EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Kia mau ki tō ūkaipō / Not forgetting your roots / Дерево держится корнями
I have a PhD in Cultural Studies and Specialist’s Degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Linguistics, Teaching (English, French, Russian) and Translation/Interpreting specialising in Intercultural Communication from Lomonosov Moscow State University. More on my LinkedIn page.