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Elena Shebunyaeva
26, Female
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Profile
- Job Title:
- Technical writer
- Company Name:
- Deutsche Bank
- About Me:
- I am a technical writer living and working in Moscow, Russia. My primary focus is writing documentation for financial software. I'm passionate about technical communication, so I actively find ways to learn new stuff and establish new contacts in this sphere.
Now I work hard to set up a smooth documentation process in my department. My chief concern is to properly use all the benefits of single-source documentation in general, and DocBook in particular.
- Website:
- http://tech-writer-spot.blogspot.com
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I was pleasantly surprised to see a Russian writer in this community. Do you write in English or Russian? Samsung has a total of six writers for their System LSI division (that's where I work.) I am the lead writer here. I basically document compilation tools like Assemblers, Linkers, Compilers, Simulators, Emulators, and so on. I have even documented real-time operating systems at Samsung, whereas at Oracle, I used to only document CRM apps. That's about me! Are you coming at this year's annual STC conference in Philly?
This is same tuxedoed guy, but I've had to re-establish page from home computer. Oi!
More later, Poka!
Your "Russian basics" are just fine. :-) Unfortunately, I don't have any relevant contacts in Odessa -- I live in Moscow, and nearly all my professional contacts belong here. Nonetheless I'll try to share my vision of technical communications in Russia.
Well, in the past few years technical communicating as a profession gains increasing popularity in Russia and neighboring countries (Ukraine/Byelorussia/Moldova). In fact, in the USSR many engineers worked as technical writers, and became true technical communicators today. Moreover, documentation standards and guidelines of the Soviet times are still popular among Russian-writing folks today (especially those who write documentation for IT projects supervised or financed by the government).
Today many Russian companies hire technical communicators (both full-time and free-lancers) to brush up their "doc legacies" and set up a regular documentation process. Also, ever more writers work either as outsourcers for European and US companies, or as in-house staff in the companies' local offices. This trend is similar to India, I think.
Technical communicators in Russia (and as I know in the neighboring countries too) typically have a background in IT, linguistics, journalistics, or a certain subject matter. I mean, higher education in tech comm is still unavailable in Russia. So, people migrate to tech comm from other professions and gain new skills as they work. Those working for English-speaking audiences also try online education at foreign universities (for example, I have just completed a 1-semester online course on technical writing at Berkeley UC and plan to continue).
Recently, several Russian tech comm communities have emerged. The biggest one was initiated by Philosoft, a Moscow company that outsources techwriting services to quite a number of Russian companies. It's funny, but the term "technical communicator" is not widely used in our tech comm communities yet. The Soviet "tehnicheskiy pisatel" (technical writer) still stands for most tech comm positions and self-definitions in CVs, whatever the work scope.
I hope my comments have cast some light on technical communications in Russia today. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. On my part, I'd appreciate to learn more about your travel experience and you interests in technical communications.