RESUME

Eva Firla

                     55 Wembley Drive

                      Sudbury, Ontario

P3E 1M5

Tel: (705)673-7323

       (705)673-3393

e-mail: firla@encompassit.ca

Freelance employment:

·                    1982 - present            Interpreting and translating for

·                                                        Ontario courts, immigration, private

·                                                        citizens, law firms and insurance companies,

·                                                        university, mining companies;

·                                                        from Czech, Slovak, German, Latin

·                                                        into English.

·                                                        Court accreditation for Polish/Czech/ Slovak.

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Employment :

·                    1987 - current          Computers Now, Sudbury, Ontario

·                                                  Office duties

·                                                  Accounts receivable, accounts payable,

·                                                  general ledger, word-processing.

·                                                  Computer skills: Proprietary system

·                                                  Quick Books, Microsoft Word and other software.

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·                      1982 - 1987              Sudbury Multicultural Folk Arts

·                                                  Association, Sudbury, Ontario                                                            ·                                                                      Duties:

·                                                  Interviewing, assessing and responding

·                                                  to the immediate needs of new immigrants.

·                    1973 - 1980          Technical University

·                                                  Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

·                                                  Duties:

·                                                  Cataloguing books in foreign languages,

·                                                  preparations of abstracts of foreign language

·                                                  materials.

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Education:

·       ·                    1970 - 1973            School of Foreign Languages,

·                                                        Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

·                                                        Diplomas in German and English languages

·                     ·                    1993 - 2001            Laurentian University, Sudbury

·                                                        Ontario, Canada

·                                                        B. A. Degree

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Volunteering:

·                    1987- present            Sudbury Multicultural Centre

·                                                        Translator/Interpreter for immigrants    

Languages:

 English, Czech, German   -  proficient knowledge, reading, speaking and writing.

• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft Office, Excel, Open Office