Samuel Henry Hunt

R E S U M E:


Samuel Hunt


Date of Birth: September 6, 1979

Nationality: United States

Address: Dehnhaide 31, 22081 Hamburg, Germany

E-mail: samuel.hunt@t-online.de

Education

March 2008: Master of Arts in "Ost-West Studien" (Slavonic philology, political science and eastern European history) received from Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany. Cumulative grade point average (Gesamtnote): 1.3 (highest possible grade: 1.0).
Primary languages studied in Slavonic linguistics programme: Czech, Slovak and Serbo-Croatian.

2003: Received Bachelor’s Degree in German philology and modern European history from
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

References in the Field of Translation 

January, 2008-   Deutscher Fachverlag - TextilWirtschaft, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.

In-house translation of articles for TextilWirtschaft international (a semiannual English language publication of fashion trade journal TextilWirtschaft), internal editing, creative input and composition. Participated in the publishing of five issues to date.

October, 2007-  euroscript Luxembourg S.à r.l.

Translation of national legislation from the Czech and Slovak Republics, Germany and Austria for review by the European Commission. Primarily technical safety and environmental regulations.

Since December, 2006- Spectrum Translation, Leiden, the Netherlands

German to English translation. Primarily technical, medical, and financial documents.

Since August, 2006- CANKAF Translations, Hamburg, Germany

German to English translation. Medical, technical, legal, and advertising-related material.

August, 2004- Slůně- Svět Jazyků, Brno, Czech Republic
August, 2005

Language instruction for clients in the corporate sector in technical, business and conversational English.
Czech to English and German to English translation. Primary fields: Marketing, IT, academic material.

Since November, 2003: Pravní Překlady s.r.o., Brno, Czech Republic

Translation of legal and corporate documents from Czech to English and German to English
Primary fields: Contracts, marketing, IT, press, government reports.

Revision, localization, and stylistic correction of documents translated into English

(from February 2004- July 2005) English language instruction for Cambridge CAE Course preparation.


Languages:

German: Fluent. Bachelor’s Degree in German Philology, DSH test (Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang ausländischer Studienbewerber) completed September, 2005.

Czech: Advanced (Intensive course at Palacky University in Olomouc completed, two-semester intensive course at Masaryk University in Brno completed; four semesters of Czech philology and linguistics completed at Regensburg University, including two semesters of translation theory)

Slovak: Advanced (three semesters of language and translation courses completed at Regensburg University.

Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic and Latin): Intermediate (four semesters of intensive study courses completed at Regensburg University including two semesters of translation theory)

Russian: Intermediate (six semesters completed at Western Michigan University).


Educational Experience Abroad:

June-August 1999: Intensive language course in German completed at DID Language Institute in Berlin, Germany

August 2000 : Intensive language course in Czech at Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

June-August 2001: Intensive language course in German continued at DID Language Institute in Berlin. Received certificate for completion of Intermediate II course.

March-August 2002: Semester abroad at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität in Bonn, Germany.

September 2003- May 2004: Intensive study of Czech at Masaryk University, Brno.

September 2005- present: Ost-West Master's program at Regensburg University in Regensburg, Germany. Major: Slavic Philology. Minor: Eastern European history

August 2006: Research expedition in eastern Slovakia - collection of documentation on location in Medzilaborce, Prešov, Košice, Snina, Humenné and Stropkov for onomastic thesis on the Rusyn population of eastern Slovakia. Research results appear in Master's thesis from November, 2007 titled "Familiennamen in der Slovakei: Eine onomastische Untersuchung von Familiennamen aus der ungarischen Volkszählung von 1869 in Medzilaborce und Ruská Vol'a".

August 2008: Research expedition in eastern Slovakia and Subcarpathian Ruthenia - collection of source material for doctoral thesis on the early inhabitants of the Carpathian mountains before the 9th century AD.




 

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