Sławomir Falgowski

Personal Data

Name and surname

Sławomir Falgowski

Date of birth

14 May 1985

Place of birth

Opole, Poland

Address

45-401 Opole, ul. Bielska 22/9 , Poland

E-mail

crosshere@gmail.com, croshere@poczta.onet.pl

Mobile number

+48 790 434 599

CAT tools

MemoQ, Wordfast Classic, OmegaT

Occupational Experience

February 2012 – till now

Linguini Translation Agency (Opole, Poland)

Project Manager

• management of translation projects
• management of databases for projects, suppliers and customers
• canvassing of customers

October 2011 – till now

Polilingua (Chisinau, Moldovia)

Freelance translator

[MEDICAL] cosmetic product specification

September 2011 – till now

Agiza Translation Agency (Kozienice, Poland)

Freelance translator

[LEGAL and TECHNICAL] quality, environment and work safety manual

May 2011 – till now

Just Your Web (Treviso, Italy)

Freelance translator

[TECHNICAL] offer of cooperation for vehicle parts manufacturing

January 2011 – till now

Linguini Translation Agency (Opole, Poland)

Freelance translator

[LEGAL] mobile service provider terms & conditions; contract documents; employee documentation; container leasing agreement; contract for sportsman sponsorship; contract for manufacturing of vehicle parts; contract for manufacturing of industry machinery; frame agreement for distribution of products; global sourcing agreement; general terms and conditions of business;

[TECHNICAL] thermoforming troubleshooting guide; solar shading systems trade magazine articles; electrical installation specification; room construction plans, technical specification of fish ladder; health & safety regulations for wind farms; offer and contract for the purchase of industry machinery; instructions for maintenance and handling of insulation layers; instructions for assembly and handling of child chair and bed; correspondence regarding hot works; list of industry realizations; report on shale gas excavation; glycerine plant commissioning handbook; loader operation and maintenance documentation;

[FINANCIAL] end-of-year certificate; article regarding the privatization programme in Poland;

[GENERAL] set of press articles; mobile service provider website;

[SCIENCE and EDUCATION] recovery of manganese from spent batteries; summary of master’s thesis in the field of biotechnology and molecular biology; e-learning system brochure;

[ADVERTISING] advertising brochures;

[EUROPEAN UNION] European list of standard grades of recovered paper and boards

December 2010 – till now

Baltic Media Ltd. (Valmiera, Latvia)

Freelance translator

[LEGAL] packet contract for delivery of coffee

November 2010 – till now

Financial Republic Accountancy Services (London, England)

Translator

[LEGAL] description of insurance products, insurance contracts;

[GENERAL] resumes

October 2010 – till now

Linguistico (Balgowlag, Australia)

Freelance translator

[TECHNICAL] portable ultrasound diagnostic scanner user’s manual, ultrasound scanner user’s interface

September 2010 – till now

Cafrex (Nysa, Poland)

Freelance translator

[LEGAL and TECHNICAL] instructions for suppliers regarding cross-border transport

May 2010 – till now

Quality Translations Inc. (Russia)

Freelance translator

[MEDICAL] patient treatment histories;

[TECHNICAL] specifications and use instructions of foam insulation; project viewer software specification;

[EDUCATION] university diploma

May 2010 – till now

Wirtualna Agencja Tłumaczeń – WAT (Warsaw, Poland)

Freelance translator

[LEGAL] limited partnership contract; annex to a company liquidation contract

April 2010 – till now

WB Words (Grimsby, England)

Freelance translator

[TECHNICAL] examination sheets regarding food health & safety regulations; OHS instructions

March 2010 – till now

Gambit Studio (Gdańsk, Poland)

Freelance translator

[LEGAL] contracts; tender instructions for companies; specification of a sports lottery;

[TECHNICAL] national toll collection system design for toll roads; technical specification for the construction and acceptance of the A-1 motorway; health & safety regulations (first aid kit, welding, bricklaying and plastering works); decision on granting license for marketing of liquid fuels; approval for devices designed for measuring vehicle speed in road traffic; contractor monthly reports; communication of the ordering party and the contractor regarding the construction of the A-1 motorway

February 2010 – till now

Somya Translations (Delhi, India)

Freelance translator

[MEDICAL] patient information leaflets; drug packaging contents; market research questionnaire on PEI in diabetes mellitus;

[COMPUTER SCIENCE and TECHNICAL] flash presentation audio & video synchronization; review of flash presentation for an e-learning system; dvd drive specification

February 2010 – till now

Cosmolingua Edu Services (Delhi, India)

Freelance translator

[FINANCIAL] business correspondence;

[TECHNICAL] railway industry;

[LEGAL] contracts

January 2010 – till now

Translations Carpediem (Zagreb, Croatia)

Freelance translator

[ADVERTISING] commercial advertisements

January 2010 – March 2010

HOTIA Translations (Wrocław, Poland)

Practical translator

[LEGAL] sales contracts; certificates;

[FINANCIAL] financial reports;

[TECHNICAL, EDUCATION and IT] instruction manuals; mechanical engineering; technical documentations and specifications; Japanese education system analysis; IT market analysis;

December 2009 – till now

Polish Red Cross

Voluntary translator

[GENERAL] PRC website, conference reports;

[LOGISTICS] Haiti operations report; Myanmar operations report;

[FINANCIAL] financial statements

September 2009 – till now

Emendo Translations (Kędzierzyn Koźle, Poland)

Freelance translator

[PRAWNE] contracts;

[TECHNICAL and COMPUTER SCIENCE]  instruction manuals; technicians rating guide; software manuals;

[EDUCATION] documents on reorganization of the Welsh education system;

October 2004 – till now

Personal translations

[PRAWNE] contracts;

[EDUCATION] academic texts; academic papers summaries

[GENERAL] correspondence; film subtitling; music lyrics; resumes;

[TECHNICAL] firearms maintenance guide

Education

October 2009 – June 2010

University of Wrocław

Translation Postgraduate Studies

October 2004 – June 2009

University of Opole

English Language and Culture Studies

Master of Arts

September 2000 – June 2004

Cardinal Stanisław Wyszyński’s High School no. V in Opole

overall range of studies and advanced English language

October 1998 – June 2000

International House Longman in Opole

Advanced Certificate

Skills

Languages

• Polish (mother tongue)
• English (Proficiency Level)
• German (basic level)
• Spanish (basic level)

Office skills

• Windows 98, XP and Vista
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Database management software (TOP Manager, XML)
• Internet familiar: google, yahoo, etc.
• CAT tools: Wordfast Classic, MemoQ, Translation Tiger (Gambit company CAT), OmegaT

Hobbies and interests

• Translations (sworn, legal, medical, computer game localization, subtitling, music lyrics)
• British Literature of the XIX century
• Science-fiction and horror literature
• Computer games
• Journalism
• Football
• Movies
• Music
• History of the XX century