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Address: U nemocnice 1936, Brandýs nad Labem - Stará Boleslav, 25001, Czech Republic (Ipakita ang mapa

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Phone: +420 603 553580, Cell Phone: +420 603 553580

Working Language Pairs

Mga Serbisyo

Localization, Proofreading, Subtitling, Pagsasalin

Specialization

Consumer electronics, audiovisual equipment, power engineering, civil engineering, machinery, heating, cooling and a/c equipment, light mechanics and optics, law, economy, gastronomy, subtitles, literature

Subject Areas

Acting and Directing, Child Care, Computer and Information Sciences, Computer Engineering, Data Processing, Desktop Publishing (DTP), Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Film and Cinema Studies, Forestry, General, Internet

Background

My TranslatorsCafe website: TomGuide Translations

Curriculum vitae

Tomáš Ježek

MOTHER LANGUAGE: Czech

Country of primary education: Czech Republic

CurrenT residential address (see also below): U nemocnice 1936, 25001 Brandýs nad Labem - Stará Boleslav

Place of birth: Prague

Profile:

Technical translator, technical writer, documentation and manuals creator, mainly in audio and hifi electronics, computer and internet technology, office equipment. 15 years experience in technical documentation creation and translations.
Ability to create both paper (hard copy) and electronic (e.g. CD-ROM) documents. Broad experience of working in Windows environment, namely applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Corel, Acrobat, Microsoft Explorer. Knowledge of web design codes - HTML & JavaScript.
Experience in web and HTML documents design. Ability to quickly learn new things, skills and procedures.

Major achievements:

Translator and creator of manuals and user documentation for car-hifi and hifi equipment for Pioneer and Bose products.
Translator of manuals, text and presentations for Xerox Czech Republic
Creation of professional audio equipment manuals (HDD recorders, keyboards, etc.)
Creation, translation and technical adoption of manuals of dCS audio equipment, namely D/A and A/D converters (dCS is a chief UK company producing digital audio equipment, both consumer and professional).
Participation in Microsoft localization projects (Windows XP) using Microsoft Helium + Trados software
Translation and proofreading of film subtitles
Translation of literature (nature and animal books)
Creation and management of high-end audio web site (high-end audio equipment, sound installations, etc.).

EXPERIENCE:

Designer of electrical installations in 1990 - 1992

Creation of drawings, computations and technical reports regarding low-voltage electrical installations in industrial and residential premises.

Engineering & marketing manager in Samsung electronics Praha office in 1992 - 1993

Customer co-ordination, sales management and negotiations with Samsung products importers.

Sales and support manager of Pioneer audiovisual equipment in BaSys CS Praha in 1993 - 1995

Dealing with customers, sales and support of Pioneer audio and car-hifi equipment

Technical translator, documentation and user manuals creator (English - Czech and vice versa) since 1995 up to now

Webmaster at High End Audio Studio Prague in from August 2005 to July 2008

Freelance translator to date

Education:

Industrial electrical school 1981 - 1985
Engineer diploma in the Faculty of electrical engineering 1985 - 1990, course of study: power engineering and electric energy transmission and distribution
State exam in English, 1987

Here are my electrical engineering diploma and state exam certificate to view and download:

Foreign TRAINING:

Participation and successful completion of a Production / Management Training course at Sony Bridgend Plant in Wales, UK, January 1992

Here are my certificates to view and download:

Language knowledge:

Very good level of English both written and spoken, state exam in 1987

Computer skills:

Perfect knowledge of operating Windows environment including common software such as Office, internet browsers, Adobe package (Acrobat, Distiller, PDF maker)
Working knowledge and experience with CAT translation software (Across 5.0, TRADOS, Wordfast, Anaphraseus)
Internet skills, web pages design skills with codes and scripts (HTML, JavaScript, PHP) and tools (FrontPage, MM Dreamweaver, HotDog, …)
Graphic and DTP software operation (such as Indesign, PaintShop Pro, Photoshop, ..)
Hardware knowledge, capability to assemble and configurate a PC

CAT TOOLS:

Trados Studio 2009
Across 5.0
Wordfast Pro
Wordfast Anywhere

ARTICLES (in Czech):

Chyby odborných překladů a jak se jich vyvarovat

Nástroj Xbench - pomocník na zlepšení kvality překladů

SAMPLE DOWNLOADS (English - German - Czech):

My page of sample translation pieces to download

Personal details:

Name: Tomáš Ježek

Title: Engineer

Gender: Male

Nationality: Czech

Permanent & contact address: U nemocnice 1936, 25001 Brandýs nad Labem - Stará Boleslav

Telephone: +420 603 553580

E-mail: tomy@tomguide.cz

Interests:

Rock music, photography, internet, biking

FAVORITE SITE:

Dreamstime - stock photos

Prague, January 2011

Tomáš Ježek

Software

Across
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
PageMaker
PowerPoint
TRADOS
MS Office, Open Office, Trados, Paint Shop Pro, GIMP, Xbench, Trados Studio 2009

Hardware

mac mini, MAC OS Snow Leopard - Parallels - Win 7

Membership

Tlumoceni-preklady.cz, ProZ

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