User:Benchik
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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 Kennington, London.
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.
Current place of employment
I am currently working in the BBC Russian Service, the Russian language section of BBC World Service. The BBC have been broadcasting in Russian since January 1941.
I am working as a Radio Producer and Broadcast Assistance, with such well-known presenters as Seva Novgorodtsev (Сева Новгородцев) and Andrei Ostalski (Андрей Остальский).
Past employment
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.
Area of Expertise
→ Translation (Russian→English/English→Russian/French→English/Spanish→English)
Interests & Hobbies
→ Languages - English, Russian, French, Spanish, Polish, Arabic → Broadcasting on Cambridge University Radio - CUR1350 [1] (until I graduated in June 2006)
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.