Irina V. Zubanova is a Russian-English conference interpreter and trainer of interpreters. Irina Zubanova is a staff teacher of consecutive and simultaneous interpreting at the Moscow State Linguistic University, of which she is a graduate. She also teaches at a number of other professional schools in Moscow. Irina Zubanova has written a number of books and articles in her field and is active on the editorial board of Mosty (‘Bridges’), a journal for professional translators and interpreters. A member of the National League of Translators and the Union of Translators and Interpreters of Russia, she often lectures before their youth audiences.