PERSONAL DETAILS:

Surname: Kovalenina
Name: Julia
Given name: Lvovna
Date of birth: August 26, 1969
Place of birth: The city of Vladivostok, Russia
Marital status: Married, no children.

 
WORKING EXPERIENCE:

 
HOTEL NIIGATA, Niigata, Japan.
Trilingual front desk manager, 1997 – 1998.
Excepting foreign and Japanese guests, providing them with all necessary service within the classic 4-star hotel environment.

 
HOKUETSU HIGH SCHOOL, Niigata, Japan.
Lecturer, Russian Instructor, 1994-1996.
Taught in Japanese senior-high school students Russian Introductory Level. Prepared educational materials for reading, listening, speaking and writing Russian. Designed all tests and evaluational materials. Raised awareness of Russian culture through conversation course.

 
PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia.
Assistant teacher for the Oriental Language Department, 1991-1992.
Taught high-school students Japanese Introductory trough Advanced levels. Developed original Japanese language program for high-school. Designed all tests and evaluational materials. Participated in curriculum development staff meetings and delivered regular presentation for the PTA.

 
INTOURIST INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BUREAU
Tour Guide, 1989.
Worked as a trilingual guide, translator and fasciliator for Japanese, American and Australian tourist groups around the former USSR.
 

JAPANESE-RUSSIAN JOINT- VENTURE ACFES
Japanese Interpreter, 1992-1994.
Provided interpreting services for Japanese companies trading with Russia, coordinated trip schedules and arranged traveling programs for Japanese and English speaking foreigners visiting the Russian Far East via ACFES TOURIST BUREAU.

 
VOLUNTEERED to provide trilingual translation English, Russian, Japanese for private tourist groups in Niigata city. Assisted Americans, Canadians, Australians and Russians newly arrived in Niigata to set bank accounts, shop, apartment-hunt and establish homes in Niigata.

FAR-EASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, Vladivostok, Russia,1986-1991

Certification as Orientalist, Philologist, Interpreter of Japanese.
Recognition Diploma of the Far-Eastern State University.
 
Master of Arts in Philology.
Recognition Certificate by Commission for Equivalence under the International Corporation of Graduates of Soviet Educational Institutions.

Assistant Teacher for a Japanese High School.
Recognition Certificate of Qualification by Educational Committee of Niigata Prefecture, Japan.