This résumé is for Mark E. Nuckols, who has over 20 years of experience as a translator and language instructor. He is fluent in Slovak, Czech, German, and Russian at a proficient level. He has a PhD in Slavic Linguistics from Ohio State University and has taught Russian language and culture at Indiana University and Ohio State University. He currently works as a translator for Watching America and has published articles in magazines.

1. Mark E. Nuckols
Résumé
7086 Long Point Road Home phone: 001 757 442 9632
Exmore, VA 23350 Cell: 001 614 477 7311
nuckols@hotmail.com
Excellent English writing skills in addition to superb linguistic knowledge.
WORKING LANGUAGE PAIRS
 Slovak > English
 Czech > English
 German > English
 Russian > English
EXPERIENCE
Translator, 1993-present
 Watching America (see http://watchingamerica.com/WA/author/nuckols), Czech,
Russian and Slovak news and opinion columns into English, 2010-present.
 Various jobs performed by oral agreement.
Language Instructor, 1990-present
 Russian Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Summer Program 2009.
 Taught Russian and Czech language and Russian culture, OSU, 1999-2008.
Russian Individualized Instruction Supervisor, 2005-2007.
 English Instructor, Slovak secondary schools, 1990-1992, 1993-1997.
Freelance Writer, 1992-present
 Features published in nationwide (U.S.) magazines Russian Life and Touchstone:
A Journal of Mere Christianity, 2010-present, scans available upon request.
 For online samples, please see http://travelmag.co.uk/?p=5376 or http://matchbin-
assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/679/assets/12.18.09.pdf (download may
take some time, scroll to page 4).
Editor-in-Chief, The Observer, Ohio State University (OSU), 1998-2000 (Assistant
Editor, 2000-2002)
 Brought fledgling student paper to regular operation, secured long-term finances.

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EDUCATION
Degrees earned
Ph.D., Slavic Linguistics, Ohio State University, 2007.
M.A., Russian Linguistics, Slavic Studies, Ohio State University, 2000.
M.A., Applied Linguistics (TESOL emphasis), Old Dominion University, 1993.
B.A., English Language and Literature, University of Virginia, 1990.
Additional programs
Workshop in Scholarly and Literary Translation from Slavic Languages, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10-15 June, 2013.
Creative Writing, Eastern Shore’s Own Arts Center, Belle Haven, Virginia, 2010-present.
OSU/Palacký University Summer Czech Language Program in Olomouc; 1999,
2000, 2003. Research Fellow at Palacký University, Autumn 2003.
LANGUAGES
Self-assessment: Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
(http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/resources/european-language-levels-cefr)
Language Reading
Slovak C1 (proficient user)
Czech C1
German C1
Russian C1
 Zentral Mittelstufenprüfung des Goethe-Instituts, Gesamtnote GUT, April 1993.
 Certificate from Letní škola slovanských studií, Level D, Test result: výborně/A,
August 2003.
COMPUTER SKILLS
 Microsoft Word, Power Point, Publisher, Page Maker, Acrobat Distiller.
 Widely experienced at multilingual documents.
REFERENCES
Daniel E. Collins, Ph.D. dissertation advisor, OSU Slavic Department chair for most of
my graduate student career: collins.232@osu.edu, 614-292-6733.
David Cooper, mentor for translation workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign: dlcoop@illinois.edu, 217-244-4666.
Robin Koerner, founder and publisher of watchingamerica.com:
robink@watchingamerica.com, 310-707-3033.
Elena Rodina, native Russian-speaking writer who has proofread my Russian-to-English
translations: mazerland@gmail.com, 224-730-0941.