Occupation: Freelance translator Member of the Czech Association of Translators and Interpreters
University Education: 1984 - 1987 - work study -Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University, Prague, English language 1975 - 1979 - PhD - Moscow Power Institute, Faculty of Computer Science 1970 - 1975 - MSc - Electrotechnical Faculty of the Slovak School of Technology, Bratislava, Technical Cybernetics Department
Work Experience:
January 1994 - present Private business in the field of translation services, freelance translator, DTP systems, software consulting activities
July 1992 - January 1994 Freelance translator in Komercni banka, Prague, Czech Republic. Working in international teams consisting of Andersen Consulting, Kirchman Corporation and Komercni banka staff. Field of activity - Transaction processing (Deposits, Loans, Customer services), Interfaces, Localization of software. Knowledge of Word Processing Systems, Spreadsheets, Presentation Systems (Microsoft Office).
January 1991 - July 1992 Private business in the field of translation services, DTP systems, software consulting activities.
August 1979 - December 1990 Independent research worker, Research Institute for Computer Application in Management, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Department of Long Term Forecasting
- Six years research work concerning forecasting in the field of computer and robot application in industry. - Knowledge of Word Processing Systems, Data Base Systems, DTP Systems. - Several research papers written on robot application in Czechoslovak industry. - Three years teaching English language to beginners.
January 1980 - August 1984 Senior lecturer, Air Secondary School, Tripoli, Libya, Electroengineering Department. - Five years as a senior lecturer teaching Electrical Engineering at Air Secondary School. - Student textbook written on Electrotechnical Measurement
Special Projects: - Member of Czechoslovak Organizing Committee of Economic Commission for Europe UN Seminar on "Robotics 87" in Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1987 - Member of Czechoslovak Organizing Committee of Economic Commission for Europe UN Seminar on "Automation in Preventive Medicine" in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, 1988 - Member of Czechoslovak Organizing Committee of Economic Commission for Europe UN Seminar on "Role of Forecasting in Scientific and Technological Development", Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1990.
Languages: English - Russian - Bulgarian - Czech - Slovak --- all combinations - wife (Bulgarian native speaker) Translations: 10 years Fields: Banking, law, marketing, commerce, technology.
HW: PC Pentium 700 MHz, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB HD, 1.44 HDD Recordable CD drive Modem: Micronom 56000 bps, Printer: HP Laserjet 4 Wireless Internet Connection, 126 kbs SW: MS Office 2000, TRADOS Translator´s Workbench, Adobe FrameMaker, AdobePageMaker, Acrobat, Adove Illustrator Capability: 10 - 15 SP (standard pages) per day 1 SP = 1,800 bytes (60 lines x 30 char.) of translated ASCII text Availability: Full time Charges: On the basis of negotiation