User:Benchik
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[edit] General Information
My name is Ben Tavener. I am from Chestfield, near Whitstable, Kent, England. I was born on April 28, 1984 in Dartford, England, UK, and now live in Bethnal Green, London.
[edit] Education
I have completed a BA in Modern & Medieval Languages at the University of Cambridge, where I studied Russian, French, Polish, Slavonic and Romance Historical and Contemporary Linguistics, Old Church Slavonic, Russian Culture, History and Literature from 800-1860, General Linguistics, Phonetics and Forensic Phonetics and many other sub-disciplines.
I am an alumnus of Clare College, University of Cambridge. I graduated in 2006.
[edit] Current place of employment
I am currently working in the BBC Russian Service [1], the Russian language section of BBC World Service. The BBC have been broadcasting in Russian since 26 March 1946.
I am working as a Radio Producer and Broadcast Assistant, with such well-known presenters as Seva Novgorodtsev (Сева Новгородцев) and Andrei Ostalski (Андрей Остальский).
[edit] Past employment and work experience
From October 2006 to February 2007, I worked for Rosetta Translation Ltd, at 89 Fleet Street, London, as Translation Project Manager and as Head of the new Interpreting Department.
I have also worked as a TEFL teacher in Moscow, Russia, for VJ Study.
I have also undertaken a number of internships for BBC News in Moscow and Kyiv, Ukraine, as well as for the BBC World Service in Central London.
From 2000-2002, I worked at Tesco, as a Front-End Customer Assistant and Supervisor.
[edit] Area of Expertise
→ Slavonic Linguistics
→ Romance Linguistics
→ Translation (Russian→English/English→Russian/French→English/Spanish→English)
[edit] Interests & Hobbies
→ Languages - English, Russian, French, Spanish, Polish, Arabic
→ Broadcasting on Cambridge University Radio - CUR1350 [2] (until I graduated in June 2006)
[edit] Username origin
Benchik (or Бенчик in Russian) is an agglomeration of Ben (short for Benjamin in my case) and the Russian diminutive suffix -chik (-чик). These diminutives are used to make things sound friendlier, and are used mainly between family and friends.
