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Address: Francouzska 21,
Brno, 61300,
Czech Republic
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Phone: +420-604 135 671 Joined: Thursday, April 24, 2003, last update Tuesday, January 24, 2012  Preferred E-mail of Sylva Ficova: send a messageWebsite: http://www.ficova.com
Working Language Pairs |
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Czech > English, English > Czech, Slovak > English
Language locales: English – United Kingdom, English – United States
Services |
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Closed Captioning, Copywriting, Editing, Interpreting, Localization, Proofreading, Subtitling, Teaching, Terminology Research, Transcription, Translation
Specialization |
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subtitling, localization, professional translation, marketing, advertising, PR, HR, social affairs, technical translation, electronics, IT, telecommunications, automotive industry, humanities, literature, audio, video transcription.
Subject Areas |
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Advertising, Art, Automotive, Computer and Information Sciences, Computer Games and Gambling, Electronic Games, Games of Chance, Data Communications, Education, Entrepreneurship, Film and Cinema Studies, General, History, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Information Sciences and Systems, Internet, Journalism and Mass Communication, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Photographic Arts, Photography, Psychology, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Sociology, Telecommunications, Tourism and Travel, Women Studies
Background |
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Professional Experience
• Professional translator, editor and copy-editor
Specialization: professional translation (marketing, advertising, PR, HR; social affairs; contracts, reports, grant applications, scientific studies; tourism, history); subtitling (DVD, TV, EU news, company presentations, tutorials, campaign videos); localization (websites, software, apps, games); technical translation (electronics, IT, telecommunications, automotive industry); audio and video transcription
Native languages: Czech, Slovak
• Experience as a teacher of English at secondary and language schools
Technical translation:
(long-time projects)
• Philips, Kodak, Canon; LG, Samsung, Sony, Nokia, BlackBerry
• Garmin, TomTom; Skype, Broadcom; HP, Dell, Xerox
• Autodesk, Adobe, Oracle, Google
• Cisco, Taleo; Global English
• Assa Abloy; Renault, DAF, Ford
Subtitling, literary translation and other activities
• DVD and cable TV subtitles (more than 150 films and TV series episodes)
• 10 published book translations
• Reviews, studies, editing, blogging
• Member of the Czech Association of Translators (Jiri Levy Prize)
Education:
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Faculty of Arts, University of Leeds, Britain – exchange studies
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Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno – English-Czech
PC Specification:
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IBM-compatible computer
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CAT: SDL Trados Freelance Suite 2009, Passolo 2009/2011, Idiom, Catalyst 7/9.0 Lite, Across
Term of delivery:
shorter and general texts (up to 6 pages) within 24 hours;
longer texts delivered according to the extent and character of the document.
minimum term of delivery: 6-8 pages a day.
HOBBIES:
jazz, classical music, movies, literature, art (William Blake), travelling and parenting.
Contact:
Skype (sylva213); LinkedIn, Proz.com, twitter, Google+, blog.
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Software |
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- Across
- Adobe Acrobat
- Idiom WorldServer
- PASSOLO
- SDLX Translation Suite
- TRADOS
- Wordfast
- Catalyst; MS Office, PC Suite Plus, Total Commander, avast.
Platform & Hardware |
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PC - Win
Membership |
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Member of the Czech Association of Translators (Jiri Levy Prize).
Payment Options |
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