Ieva Kupruka

First name, surname:

Ms. Ieva Kupruka

Date of birth:

24th of April, 1970

Place of residence:

Harrogate, United Kingdom

Riga, Latvia

Telephone numbers:

+44 07877946795; +371 6706279

E-mail address:

kupruka2@yahoo.com

EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL COURSES

Level 2 Certificate in Adult Literacy

Latvian Academy of Culture,

Department of Culture Sociology and Public Relations

- bachelor degree in Sociology and English language

2006/01

1995/09-2001/06

Sales Academy” courses in Riga and Tallinn

- certificate

1999; 2000

School “Via Moderna”, courses

- diploma of secretary-assistant

- diploma of accountant

1993

1st Secondary School of Yurmala,

class with specialization in physics and mathematics

- diploma

1985-1988

WORK HISTORY

Kontinents Publishers Ltd – translator

translation of English (British/Irish/American) fiction (romance, thrillers) 2004/07 up to date

Self-employed person, freelance –

translator, copyreader, proofreader, layout designer 1999/08 up to date

Omega Ekspress Ltd – personal assistant 2001/10-2003/04

Publishing house Mantojums and joint-stock company Mantojums – 2001/04-2002/12

project manager, literary and technical editor, proofreader, layout designer

Amerpap Latvia Ltd – sales and marketing assistant1999/04-2000/12

Home Office of Latvia – data operator/administrator1996-1999

Yurmala Museum Association – research associate1989-1997

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Computer literacy

High level of Microsoft Office (incl. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage); SPSS+ PC, Fox Pro; Scala, Lats etc. warehouse and accountant programs; Internet Explorer; CorelDraw, ArCon etc. graphical programs; ABBYY Fine Reader, Adobe Acrobat, QuarkXPress etc. layout programs etc.; photo processing programs.

Translation software – TRADOS, PROMPT, Pragma.

Languages

English

- good orally and excellent in writing

Russian

– excellent

Spanish, Italian – elementary

Most of Slavonic – I can understand

Latvian

– native

Interests

Literature, music and culturology. Languages. Translations. Tourism and hiking.

MY LATEST TRANSLATION WORKS:

Fiction:

• Tracy P.J. Want to Play? (Kontinents Publishers Ltd), 2006
• Johansen I. The Face of Deception (Kontinents Publishers Ltd), 2005
• Brooks L. Bait and Switch (Kontinents Publishers Ltd), 2005
• Bagshawe L. Venus Envy (Kontinents Publishers Ltd), 2005

Owner’s instructions, operation instructions, user’s manuals

(for company Preiss SIA in 2006)

• Bulk IT, bulk weighing controller (Systemtechnik und Industrieautomation GmbH).

(for company Preiss SIA in 2005)

• New Holland Tractor operator’s manual, model: TDD;
• New Holland General Aftersales Logbook;
• Uni-Duo Seeder working instruction.

(for company Grade SIA in 2005)

• Samsung PDP TV: BN68-00603B01, BN-00883C-00, BN-00882C-00, PDP-D721A.D5.S5, PDP-D72A, PS42S4S
• Samsung LCD TV: LE15S51B, LE320S51B, LE23R51B, LE23R41B, LE26, LW15E33C, LW17E34C
• Samsung colour TV: SP43T6/54T6, SP43T7, SP43T8/54T8/62T8, SP43T9/54T9, SP43Q1
• Samsung portable MP3-CD players: MCD-CF370, MCD-CM370
• Samsung portable digital audio player YP-55 Yepp, YP-T5, YP-T6, YP-MT6, YP-6
• Samsung home appliances – microwaves (C100; C101F etc.), refrigerators (IB-01453A etc.), vacuum cleaners (VC.5853SU3, VC.6015, VC.SC.4023.4047, PetPlus Cleaning Brush etc.), washing machines (P-1403J, R-1031.831, S-1021, S-F-R-P-1043.843 etc.), dishwasher
• Samsung digital camcorder: VP-D351i/D352i/D353i/D354i/D355i; VP-D451i/ D453D/D454i/D455i; VP-D6050i/D6040i; VP-W90/W95D/W97
• Samsung digital cameras
• Samsung digital voice recording device: Voice Yepp VY-S100
• Samsung portable media centre: YH 999
• Samsung DVD-Video recorder DVD.VCR.VR-300E, DVD-R100EA
• Samsung DVD-karaoke system DVD-K100, DVD-K110;
• Sharp LCD colour TV LC-20S1E, LC-32GA4E, DVD-Video player
• AKAI LCD-Multi display V32ELCB, audio system QX-D5370RDS
• Jamo digital audio video receiver OM-AVR-693/AVR-793; DVD-Player OM-DVD-593; audio system D-400
• Luxell oven
• Roadstar DIVX-PVD player - DVD-2501X/N, portable CD-MP3 player – PCD-9559MPT
• JVC mini component system CD-ES111H; general production specification (digital audio players, micro component systems, CD portable systems, digital home cinema systems, speaker systems, audio-video control receivers, DVD video player and VHS Hi-Fi stereo video recorder combo, video decks, mobile PC, portable CD players, compact component systems, DVD compact component systems, digital media cameras, digital video cameras, compact VHS camcorders etc.)

Booklets, leaflets

(for company Preiss SIA in 2005)

• HORSCH cultivation and seeding technology, models: Airseeder CO, Sprinter ST, Terrano FG, Terrano FX, Terrano FG Optipack, Tiger AS, Pronto DC, Image DE.

Catalogues

(for company Grade SIA in 2005)

• JVC collection 2005
• Air purifying systems

Contracts:

(for Messengers Service Group SIA in 2006)

• Contract for Services.

OTHER RECENT TRANSLATIONS

• Information Pack (induction, labour safety and health protection instructions, and fire-prevention regulations) for a UK food manufacturer (07/2006)
• Business Plan for production of 'live’ beer for a Latvian company (07/2006)
• IT/biometrics commercial offer for a tender (05/2006)
• Article, One of the conditions of economic development in Latvia: the use of free manpower; translation for newspaper BA (10/2005)

(for consulting and marketing firm IBN SIA)

• handouts, promotional letters, market research projects (i.e. research of Latvian medicinal production market in the tensiometers category) and marketing reports, interim reports, annual statements, consultative projects (incl. explanation of planned financial information essential tendencies and changes, detail design development in accordance with corresponding constructional norms etc.), questionnaires, results and summarizations of inquiries, contracts, general statistical data of economic development and intra-industry situations etc.

 (for company Preiss SIA)

• operator’s manuals for agricultural machinery: New Holland tractors, combine harvesters etc.;
• text for web page: New Holland, Horsch technics (www.preiss.lv)

OTHER WORKS

• Proofreading and translation of archaeological articles for the Latvian Institute of History, proofreading for archaeological book, Kristapiņu pilskalns (Hillfort of Kristapini) and summary translation.

(for company Zepter International Ltd/ Latvia)

• homepage (www.zepter.lv)
• handouts, catalogues, booklets, leaflets, promotional materials (cosmetics for children and adults – skincare, make-up, perfume; approved medical devices – Bioptron, tensiometer etc.; home art – cutlery, bedclothes, porcelain; home care – cookware, tableware, multifunctional mixers, vacuum system, vacuum cleaner; luxury – home design luxurious collections, jewellery, timepieces, writing instruments; security alarm system Spytel etc.)

(for company OSB SIA)

• webpage (www.osb.lv) - building materials and building technicalities.

(for company Ulrich SIA)

• manuals and instructions - gas boilers (Kondensich Ko, Wandich).

SKILLS AND PRACTICE

• I can make layouts of books, illustrated advertising materials etc. using QuarkXPress, Adobe Acrobat, FrontPage and other programs, and write translations over source materials.
• Recently I have translated books of English/American authors and manuals of electrotechnics, so-called ‘white’ technics and agricultural machinery, but my previous experience include translation of technical/engineering, business, marketing and IT/telecom materials, surveys of archaeological excavations etc.
• I’d rendered into English/Latvian/Russian many term papers, graduation projects for bachelorship and master’s degree, and source materials of marketing and accountancy, economy (i.e. offshore funds), psychology (i.e. articles about dreams by C.G. Jung; autism and training courses for retarded children), IT/wireless communication systems, descriptions of well-known and original software etc.
• I had studied sociology, marketing, management, ethics, aesthetics, psychology, music, literature and culture history, as well as other subjects using numerous original materials in English, so I’m familiar with relevant specific terms and expressions.
• I’m responsible, accurate and easy-going person.