Renata Biniek

RENATA BINIEK
Professional Freelance Translator (MA)
English • Polish • German

Professional Profile

If you are looking for a professional and dedicated translator, with strong academic background, versatile experience and driven by genuine passion for languages, text and translation - you've just found the right one.

I'm freelance English & German to Polish translator with Master of Arts degree in linguistics & literature, specialising in medicine, marketing, and literature as well as in field of clothing, fashion and textiles.

I'm perfectly fluent in Polish (mother tongue), German (MA) and English (4 years of residency in the United Kingdom)

Reliable, efficient and well organised with excellent communication skills and positive attitude which facilitate establishing a good rapport with customers and understanding their expectations towards a translation.

Able to carry out both small and large demanding projects with consistent quality and attentiveness at all times.

I’m currently establishing my freelance translation business after four successful years of diverse translating & language teaching experience.

Languages

Polish: mother tongue

English: fluent

German: fluent

Competent to translate: English into Polish, German into Polish


Specialisation Fields

Medicine, psychology & health (questionnaires, leaflets, brochures, autopsy reports)

Literature and humanities (fiction and non-fiction literature, biography, literary extracts, literary criticism, academic essays, contemporary letters, reviews, film, art criticism, educational texts)

Legal (contracts, acts,

Technical (electronics, computing etc.)

Clothing, fashion, textiles and fabrics field

Website localistion

Business, corporate & employment (general, sales information, e-mails, contracts, data bases, employee’s details, job descriptions, presentations, corporate literature, employee communications, invoices)

General (CVs, motivation letters, advertisements, promotional texts, manuals, leaflets, brochures, recipes, product descriptions)

Personal (family history and correspondence, texts for personal use, letters, e-mails)

Marketing (advertising texts, websites, promotional materials, printing & publishing texts, brochures, press releases)

Also  works in:

Education, pedagogy, religion, media, multimedia, cosmetics, beauty, food & nutrition, cooking, tourism and leisure

Degree &  Qualifications

2005-2006 Diploma of Postgraduate College of Publishing, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Major: marketing and management in publishing, editing and proofreading, desktop publishing

2004-2006 Certified Teacher of German Language, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Major:  psychology and methodology of teaching, pedagogy, early years education

2001-2006 Master of Arts in German, Faculty of Philology, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Major: classic and contemporary literature and drama

Career History

Freelance Translator (2005 – ongoing)

Translation services for translation agencies and direct clients worldwide

Sales Admin Manager at English clothing company, Plymouth (2006 – ongoing)

Managing and performing administrative and customer service activities on daily basis.
Performing translation tasks inc. translating foreign customer enquiries, tender invitations, promotional texts, garment and fabric specifications, care labels, supplier details, delivery issues and invoicing queries

Translator and Office Assistant at Les Editions Charron Ltd., London, 2006

Translation of business correspondence and promotional texts, building up international data bases on publishing and marketing, communicating with publishers, book retailers and foreign partners, proof reading, research, various admin duties

Translator and Project Assistant at Culture Centre, Wroclaw, Poland (2005-2006)

Assisting in various German-Polish cultural and linguistic projects, responsible for translations of project outlines, terms and conditions, personal and financial information, translation of reviews and local news

Tutor of German language, Wroclaw, Poland (2003 – 2006)

Private individual and group classes for both children and adults, all proficiency levels

Key  Skills

Excellent command of MS Office tools, Internet, Email, FTP and CAT tools
Excellent organisational, time management and communication skills

Publications

W służbie dyktatora. Życie i ucieczka północnokoreańskiego agenta, I. Steiner-Gashi, D. Gashi, ISBN: 978-83-62478-14-9, 228 pages,    2011 (Original title: Leben und Flucht eines nordkoreanischen Agenten)

Pytania bez odpowiedzi. Rozmowy z Albertem Speerem, Joachim Fest, ISBN: 83-7384-494-5,
214 pages, 2006 (Original title: Die unbeantwortbaren Fragen. Gespräche mit Albert Speer)

Morderstwo w znaku zen, Oliver Bottini, ISBN: 978-83-245-8634-9, 252 pages, 2008
(Original title: Mord im Zeichen des Zen)

Interests:

Photography, literature, modern psychology, yoga, travels

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• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• QuarkXPress
• TRADOS
• Scanner, printer, copier, CD/ DVD burner