Hajnalka Kis

                      Personal information

Surname/ First name

Kis Hajnalka

Address

26/D Via Diaz, Riccione 47838 Italy

Telephone(s)

Cellular:

+39-340-606-28-55

E-mail

kis.hajnalka@gmail.com

Nationality

Hungarian

Date of birth

11 April 1975

Gender

Female

Work experience

2007 – today

Freelance translator (Kiss to Language Translation Services, VAT: IT03844300404)

Translations from English, German and Italian into Hungarian in the following areas:

·         General (questionnaires, quizzes),

·         IT (software, hardware, website localization, networking),

·         Law (contracts, patents),

·         Technical (mechanics, architecture, engineering, domotics)

·         Manuals (household articles, mechanical/electrical equipment, etc.)

·         Automotive.

2006 – today

Knowledge engineer & Project Manager

2003-2004

System administration

Performed general system administration tasks for the Faculty of Informatics at LMU on a voluntary basis. Assisted users, installed and administered programs, held introductory trainings for new users of the Linux operating system

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Centrum für Informations- und Sprachverarbeitung,

Oettingerstraße 67, D-80538, München

 2001-2002

Translator

Assisted the Hungarian Institute of Munich on various occasions. Translated materials from Hungarian to German for conferences organized by the Institute

Ungarisches Institut München, Beichstraße 3, D-80802, München

1999-2000

Personal Assistant

Worked as a secretary for a patent attorney.

Main responsibilities included correspondence with clients, preparing, filing and archiving German and European patent applications, occasional translation tasks

Dr. Beszédes István, P.O.Box 1168, Dachau bei München, D-85201

Education and training

2001-2006

Magister Artium (M.A.)

Major: Computational Linguistics

Minor: German as a Foreign Language, Italian Philology

Thesis: Computer Assisted Language Learning Software based on VoiceXML for the German Language

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Centrum für Informations- und Sprachverarbeitung, Oettingerstraße 67, D-80538, München

As recipient of Erasmus scholarship, studied two semesters at affiliated universities to obtain European Masters degree in Natural Language Processing

Feb.-Jun. 2005

Utilization and Application of Multimedia in Romantic Languages

Electronic Dictionaries in Romantic Languages: its Application in Automated Translation

Applied Phonetics and the Technology of Speech

The Methodology of Search in Applied Linguistics for Romantic Languages

Universidàd Autònoma de Barcelona

Feb.-Jun. 2004

Computational Linguistics

Informatical Linguistics

Italian Sign Language

Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia

1995-1999

B. A. Degree in Teaching German as a Foreign Language

Thesis: Theory and Practice of Teaching German using a Situational Approach

Teacher Training College Ferenc Kölcsey, Debrecen, Peterfia utca 4-7, Hungary

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue

Hungarian

Other language*

English

Reading

Excellent (C2)

Writing

Excellent (C2)

Oral competencies

Good (C2)

German

Reading

Excellent (C2)

Writing

Excellent (C2)

Oral competencies

Excellent (C2)

Italian

Reading

Excellent (C2)

Writing

Excellent (C2)

Oral competencies

Excellent (C2)

 Spanish

Reading

Good (B2)

Writing

Good (B2)

Oral competencies

Good (B2)

Organizational skills and competences

2004

Organizational student representative in the student dormitory

Geschwister Schollheim, München

1999

Organizational student representative in the student dormitory

Nagyerdei Kollegium, Debrecen

1995-1999

Organizational student representative of the faculty

Teacher Training College Ferenc Kölcsey

Computer skills and competences

Competence with the applications of Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP, Linux, Mac OS;

Programming/Scripting languages: Prolog, Perl, Python (beginner level)

Mark-up languages: XML, HTML, VoiceXML,

Databases: MySQL, Microsoft Access

Intermediate level in: C++

CAT Tools: SDL Trados 2009, Trados 2007, Wordfast, memQ

Driving license

 “B”

Hobbies

foreign languages, 19th century literature, jogging, travel, movies