Sylva Ficova

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:

• Faculty of Arts, University of Leeds, Britain – exchange studies
• Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno – English-Czech

PC Specification:

• IBM-compatible computer
• 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.

• Across
• Adobe Acrobat
• Idiom WorldServer
• PASSOLO
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• Catalyst; MS Office, PC Suite Plus, Total Commander, avast.