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If anyone can give me a reference for a great interpreter in Odessa, I would be grateful.  One guy here on the board told me there was a great interpreter that he knew..  I asked this guy for his email so I could ask him a bit more about the interpreter but he never would email me back..  I did finally call the interpreter (he had left his number) and the guy could hardly speak English!  The girls I am writing to and calling by phone speak better English!  So I STILL am without a good interpreter!

They need to be someone you have worked with and felt did a very good, honest job.. with GOOD English...

Thanks,

Oscar

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

You know... as a matter of fact I was just thinking yesterday that I needed to email you. If I recall, I asked you to please be patient. I just spent five weeks working 12 hours a day 7 days a week to get an aircraft navigation system back up, transmitting and FAA flightchecked after it's power supply blew up and took a bunch of circuits out with it. Three days after flightcheck I took a much needed vacation. Today was my first day back at work. I'm sorry I didn't get back with you and Ramblin; but, if you knew what I've been through at work recently you'd understand. Now my main focus is arranging a wedding in Hungary for me and Lena. No rest for the weary... I'm still super busy.

I'm somewhat shocked by what you've said about Andrei. So much so that Lena and I just spoke to him and asked him about you. He remembered speaking to you and said you plan to go to Odessa on 28 February. He tried to email you but it bounced back.

My experience is that Andrei's English is very good. I can't imagine what problem you could have with his English. He speaks classic English - not "American" English. If you're not used to that... OK so be it. Beyond that he's honest almost to a fault. He even agreed to go on a two day trip to Uman with us then said he shouldn't be paid for part of it because he enjoyed seeing Sofievka Park. It's almost funny. You're worried about getting screwed by a dishonest interpreter; and then you trash one of the few really honest interpreters in Odessa. I tried to help you as much as my time allowed.

I stand by what I said. I HIGHLY recommend Andrei to anyone.

You know what they say...

...no good deed goes unpunished.

Have a nice day.

Sean

... in response to Re: I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ..., posted by Sean T on Feb 6, 2002

Sean,

You didn't email me back for weeks..  That's ok, you were under no obligation to do so.

But it is YOU who has trashed "Andrei" here, not me!  I never mentioned either your OR his name in my post!  So you have yourself to thank for trashing him!

And as far as his English, I am truly sorry but he could hardly put a sentence together when I spoke to him and that is the truth!  I had to repeat myself many times and had great difficulty understanding him!  I was pretty shocked!

It is what it is..

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

.

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

We have a very good interpreter who is helpful and has fair rates, $15/half day $25/full day. In Odessa of course. If anyone is interested in using his services, just email me. He has contacts throughout Odessa also so if you are meeting girls from various agencies it won't be a problem.

He has always had good references from the men who use him and amazingly the girls the men meet with appreciate it also since often it is the first time they have met a foreigner and so they can be nervous.

Kyle
Odessa Konnect

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

E-mail me with your e-mail address and I will send you the names and phone numbers of 3 good interpreters whose command of English is quite good. And the going rate is $5.00 per hour or you could negotiate a flat daily rate.

... in response to Re: I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ..., posted by Pete on Feb 6, 2002

Thanks Pete, I am sending you an email!

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

My trip will be at the end of April into May and I am looking for contacts in advance.  Any contacts and references are appreciated.

... in response to Me too, posted by Ramblin on Feb 6, 2002

Ramblin, e-mail me. Let me know if you prefer man or woman, young, middle aged or older interpreter. I can give you several e-mails if you want to contact them in advance.

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

My cousin who has just left the country has been to Odessa several times and can most likely help you. He will not be back in the States until the 18th. Let me know if you have time to wait on him.
Mike

... in response to Re: I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ..., posted by Mike on Feb 6, 2002

Victoria.

Victoria@sky.od.ua

She is very helpful.

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

www.odessapost.com.ua

great lady on there

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

OSCAR, just ask Jack, right here on the board.

... in response to Re: I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ..., posted by micha1 on Feb 5, 2002

Jack cannot help me get an interpreter in Odessa.. I have tried him..

... in response to I STILL NEED A GREAT INTERPRETER IN ODES..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

You could do a Goggle search on agencies in that area.  I think almost all agencies can provide interpreters.

... in response to Can't you make arrangements with an agen..., posted by BubbaGump on Feb 5, 2002

Yes, agencies can provide interpreters, but which agencies are scam agencies and which are not?  It's not always easy to know this.  I would like a reference from a guy from here that has used a particular one and liked them..

I have had some experiences with some not so honest interpreters before and it's not fun.  They can so easily screw up a good budding relationship if they want, and if they don't happen to be honest, it can be in their best interest not to have you hook up with a certain woman etc..

Call me paranoid but I have seen it happen, that's why I just want a reference if I can get one...

... in response to Re: Can't you make arrangements with an ..., posted by Oscar on Feb 5, 2002

My interpreter in St Pete was less than honest.  I was paying at least twice as much for everything as the other guys.  She really took advantage of me the last night.  What really pissed me off was that she was going through Peterhoff with me and my date and said, I can be a guide or an interpreter but if you want both you will have to pay more.  I ended up with no money at all by the end of the day.  Every day the interpreters are making more money than the average Russian is in a month.  

Rough cost for the interpreter was $55 a day.  The EC owner said if I every have that happen again to let him know and she'll never work for him again.

... in response to I understand, been there, posted by BubbaGump on Feb 5, 2002

Bubba-
I actually had an interpreter lousing things up with a woman I liked because she wanted to keep working by having me keep having to meet other girls!  One girl finally told the agancy manager that she thought that the interpreter was manipulating things and she got the interpreters butt fired!  Yahoo!!  When we got together with a different interpreter, it was amazing the BS that interpreter had been feeding both of us that wasn't true!  Really pissed me off!