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Martin | Middle Name:
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Janda | Date Joined:
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Several reasons why to consider me:
- 14 years in the translation & interpreting business
- I THINK when translating - no stupidity-based mistakes
- I convey the message, not replace word by word - my texts are clear, crisp and easy to understand
- Fresh Czech language not rusted by extensive stay abroad
- Zillions of various projects completed
- A rapid response to your queries (online about 16 hours a day, instant response via skype or several messaging protocols
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Fields:
Life Sciences (Medicine, Agriculture Biochemistry in particular), Computers/Localization/IT, Chemistry (MSDS), Legal, Web/E-commerce, Manuals, Telecommunications…
Language Qualifications/Diplomas:
Courses at Charles University, Prague:
1. Interpreting/translation,
2. Simultaneous/consecutive interpreting,
3. Simultaneous interpreting for EU.
(Certificate obtained.)
Life History:
2001+ FL translator/interpreter, Czech Language Specialist for Bowne Global/Microsoft Corp. Ireland
2001 (Jan to June) working for Berlitz/MS at the same position in-house: 6 months in Dublin, Ireland
1992+ FL translator/interpreter
1993-1998 active in the int’l youth movement/NGYOs (European Youth Forum, CoE)
1991 PhD in biochemistry
1985 Graduated as MSc. from School of Agriculture, Prague
Major Translation Projects:
• IBM WebSphere Portal – 4 years localization project of the enterprise SW solution plus documentation and helps (250k+ words) and several QAs incl. four 4-week testing events in IBM’s dev’t lab in USA and Germany. Over 200k words
• User Manuals: Trust digital cameras, wireless devices, PC accessories – a 2-year project, over 100k words; Targus catalogs (mice, laptop cases and mobile accessories); Sandisk player range (MP3/MP4 players, video accessories…)
• MS Office XP, Windows XP, 2003 Server, Office 2003 (as the Language QA person)
• Nokia: Cell phone UI, testing project, 1 week at Nokia labs, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2004
• A number of HW-related docs, user guides, etc. for Dell, HP, Creative Labs, Autodesk
• Numerous medical trial manuals/documentation: X-ray/CT lab instructions, IVRS guides, sampling instructions, informed consents….made for Synarc, Covance, Medimmune, Aventis, Novartis and more. Well over 200k words
• A number of catheter, irrigation and laparoscopy instrument IFUs: Arrow Int’l,,Bard Access Systems, Davol, Guidant, Micrus, Orbus, Portex, Tyco … (various projects, well over 300k words)
• IVD product inserts for DAKO, 3M, BectonDickinson… (200k words)
• Numerous MSDS projects (e.g. BASF, Agri Lloyd, about 100k words in total)
• EU documentation: Youth for Europe Program plus a series of European youth-related seminars and workshops for the Czech Ministry of Education, EU PR documentation (Milk for Schools program and the like)
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| Type | Language(s) | | Destination | Czech | | Source | English |
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