Donna
Turkish Seifer
Owner, Russian Language Services, Portland, OR USA
English: native • Russian:
near-native fluency
B.A.
University of Michigan, M.A. University of Oregon,
Certificate of Advanced Training in Russian Linguistics, Moscow State
University
•
Donna Turkish was born in Michigan of Belarusian heritage. She has
traveled throughout Russia and the former Soviet Union over 40 times
since 1971
and has experience with many important political, academic and artistic
circles in Russia.
• She has conducted cultural seminars for business and travel
and has provided interpretation, translation and consultation services
since 1974, for clients including:
•
Bingham-Willamette
Company • The Bolshoi Ballet • Calypte Biomedical Corporation
• Chkalov Memorial Committee • ESPN • The
Gesundheit Institute! • Global Forestry Management Group
•
Gunderson, Inc. • Human Solutions, Inc. • Lewis & Clark
School of Law • Marco Polo Designs
• Metropolitan Public Defender • Multnomah County Library
• National Public Radio • NBC News
• Nikita Mikhalkov • Nike, Inc. • Northwest Bed &
Breakfast • Occidental Engineering
• Oregon AFSCME 75 • Oregon Health Sciences University •
The Oregonian • Pacific Ballet Theatre
• Portland Art Museum • City of Portland • Portland
Public Schools • The Portland Trailblazers
• San Francisco Film Festival • Sergei Miroshnichenko, Ostrov
Studio • SE Works • Sisters of Providence
• Judy Stone, San Francisco Chronicle • World Affairs Council
of Oregon • Xenium Resources