Ambjorn Madegard * English-Swedish, Polish-Swedish, Russian-Swedish, Serbo-Croatian-Swedish Translation * Translation of Slavic and Nordic languages * Translator Profile at TranslatorsCafe.com — Directory of Translators, Interpreters and Translation Agencies

Address: Knackarbo 1, 75592 Katrineberg, Uppsala, 75427, Sweden (Show map

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Phone: ++46702132619, Cell Phone: ++46702132619

Curriculum Vitae

University Studies 1994-2005 Uppsala University:

Russian A-D	54 p
Political Science A-C	45 p
Eastern Europe Societal Studies	60 p
Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian I and II	20 p
Economic History	10 p
History of China	10 p
Polish I	10 p
Polish II	5 p
Bulgarian I	10 p
Bulgarian II	5 p
Japanese A	3p
Irish A	20p
TOTAL	252 p (old point system) which corresponds to 252 weeks

High School 1989-1992:

Katedralskolan, Uppsala, Sweden

Humanistic Programme: Languages: French, Russian, Latin

Study related merits

- Study trip 1998 to Bulgariaand Macedoniaarranged by Department of Eastern Europe Studies, Univ. of Uppsala)

- Study trip 2001 toBelarus and Ukraine arranged by Department of Eastern Europe Studies, Univ. of Uppsala

- Study trip 2002 to Ukraine arranged by the Swedish Institute, StockholmSweden

- Electional work at the Swedish parliamentary elections, September 2002

- Study trip, March 2003 to Japan (Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto) arranged by MOFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

- Intensive Course in Russian at the Department of Philology in Sankt Petersburg, August 2003

- Electional work, EMU-poll, September 2003

- Intensive Course in Russian, July 2004, Moscow, Scholarship, the Pusjkin institute

- Intensive Course in Russian, January, 2005, Sankt Petersburg, Scholarship from the Swedish Institute

- Self studies Icelandic, Hverrigerdi, Iceland 1 month August 2006

- Self studies in Russian, Roadtrip to Petrozavodsk, Russia 1 week, November 2006

- Self studies in French, two weeks in Granville, Rennes,Paris

- Self studies in Polish, Roadtrip to Gdańsk, 18 Sept.- 31Oct. 2008

- Intensive Course, Ukrainian, Roadtrip to Lviv, 1 Nov- 18 Dec. 2008, scholarship from the Swedish Institute

- Self studies Icelandic, 15 of February – 05 of March 2009, Reykjavík, Iceland

- Self studies Czech, Slovenian, spring time 2009

- Self studies Icelandic, 20 of May – 04 of June 2009, Reykjavík, Iceland

Language Skills (translation to Swedish)

1. English	excellent
2. Russian	excellent
3. French	excellent
4. Danish	excellent
5. Norwegian	excellent
6. Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian	excellent
7. Polish	excellent
8. Ukrainian	excellent
9. Bulgarian	very good
10. Icelandic	good
11. Slovenian	good
12. Macedonian	good
13. Czech	good

Mother tongue: Swedish

Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Internet, Trados, Titlevision (subtitling)

Translational work experience

Since 2002

Literary translation Matjo ne platjut by Ilja Stogoff (Russian-Swedish)

Tjornyj viking by Rimma Markova

Subtitling Vodka Lemon (Russian)

Utomljonnye solntsem "Burnt by the sun" (Russian),

Vozvrasjtjenie (Russian)

Avalon (Polish)

Izgnanie (Russian),

Solaris (Russian)

Stalker (Russian),

Andrej Rubljov (Russian)

Idi i Smotri "Come and See" (Russian)

Zerkalo "The Mirror" (Russian)

Katyń (Polish)

Chrustaljov, masjina! "Khroustalyov, my car!"(Russian)

Areas of expertise: Social insurance, Migration, Political,Finance, Law, EU, Subtitling etc.

Miscellanous: Associated member of SFÖ: Swedish Association of Professional Translators

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