Contact Information |  TOP |
Address: Zemedelska 17, Brno, 61300, Czech Republic
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Phone: +420-604 135 671 Joined: Thursday, April 24, 2003, last update Wednesday, June 02, 2010  Preferred E-mail of Sylva Ficova: send a messageWebsite: http://www.ficova.com
Working Language Pairs | TOP |
English > Czech, Czech > English, Slovak > English
Language locales: English - United Kingdom, English - United States
Copywriting, Editing, Interpreting, Localization, Proofreading, Subtitling, Teaching, Terminology Research, Translation Specialization | TOP |
Websites, software localisation, marketing, advertising, subtitling (DVD, TV, company presentations), telecommunications (mobile phones), electronics (manuals), photography, textile industry, furniture industry, birth and marriage certificates, film and television, arts, humanities (general), literature. Subject Areas | TOP |
Advertising, Art, Automotive, Computer and Information Sciences, Computer Games and Gambling, Electronic Games, Games of Chance, Education, Film and Cinema Studies, General, History, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Information Sciences and Systems, Internet, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Photographic Arts, Photography, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Tourism and Travel, Women Studies WORK EXPERIENCE:
2005 up to now: Freelance translator and editor;
1996-2008: High school teacher of English.
EDUCATION:
1998 Bell School, Bath, Britain (specialized language course);
1993 Faculty of Arts, University of Leeds, Britain (exchange studies);
1990-1996 Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, CR (M.A. in English and Czech).
1988-1990 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, CR.
REFERENCES:
SDL; Softitler, SDI Media, BG Text, United BioSource Corporation; Paseka Publishers, Host Publishers, Computer Press; Fragment Publishers; Friedrich Datentechnik; Hanák Furniture.
MAJOR TRANSLATIONS:
1) Northrop Frye: Anatomy of Criticism. Brno: HOST Publishers, 2003.
2) Peter Ackroyd: Blake. Prague: Paseka, 2000 (printed in 2001).
3) John Lancaster and Milan Knízák: Here in Scotland/Tady ve Skotsku. Brno: Vetus Via, 2000.
4) Northrop Frye: The Great Code. (Translated with Alena Pribánová). Brno: HOST Publishers, 2000. Sponsored by the Canada Coucil of Arts.
5) William Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Prague: Paseka, 1999.
6) Patrick McCabe: The Butcher Boy. Brno: HOST Publishers, 1999. Sponsored by ILE.
7) D. H. Lawrence: Studies in Classic American Literature. Brno: HOST Publishers, 1997, 2002. Sponsored by the Czech Literary Fund.
+ DVD subtitles - more than 40 films and TV series episodes
Delivery:
by e-mail (all attachments tested by antivirus software),
by snail mail (CD, DVD, printed).
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), ICQ (# 296545843); LinkedIn, Proz.com, twitter, Facebook; blog in English/Czech.
- Across
- Adobe Acrobat
- Idiom WorldServer
- PASSOLO
- SDLX Translation Suite
- TRADOS
- Wordfast
- Catalyst 7.0 Lite,; Windows XP, MS Office 2007, PC Suite Plus, Google Chrome, Opera, Total Commander, avast.
Platform & Hardware | TOP |
PC - Win XP, ADSL, HP printer Czech Association of Translators (since 1998).
Payment Options | TOP |
Sylva Ficova accepts payments through the following payment processors:
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