Mgr. Petra Hytten, DPSI, RPSI

Mgr. Petra Hytten
email: petrasz@email.cz

Translation language pair:
English > Czech, Czech > English, Slovak > English

Education:
- University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts
Masters degree in English and Czech language and literature
- Leeds Metropolitan University, Faculty of Arts (exchange programme)
MA courses on English society
- Secondary school of economics

Qualifications:

DPSI (Diploma in Public Sevice Interpreting - Winner of the Jaffar Hamid Cup for the best candidate)
CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English)      
University course on Business Translation
EFL teaching courses
University course on Fiction Translation

Translations and interpreting:
- subtitling speeches from the European Parliament, Sony music  videos                                                                                                                              - interpreting in the area of local government and medicine             

- translating EU documents, correspondence between the Czech government and UN office
- translating a vocabulary learning website, vocabulary for English textbooks
- marketing surveys, food packaging, technical instruction menuals etc.
- interpreting in a London University PhD project on education of Romani children in CZ
- interpreting at meetings of Deans of Coventry university, UK; University in Martinique and Silesian university, Opava, CZ
- translation of EU projects, czech education system, international conference invitations and presentations, official CVs, diplomas, marketing papers, civic papers i.e. wedding confirmations for foreigners

Work experience:
- freelance translator and interpreter

-assistant lecturer at Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, 2004-2006
Media&Culture, Public Relations, Corporate Communication courses in English, communication courses
- lecturing in Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey 2005
- translator for SLUNE language school, Ostrava, CZ
- English teacher for SLUNE since 2001
- Freelance English teacher since 1998
- Czech for foreigners for SLUNE and FISHNET language agencies
- lecturing at Summer School of Czech for foreigners for University of Ostrava


 

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