EDUCATION

1989 - 1994 English Department of the Adam MickiewiczUniversity in Poznań (M.A.) with second language German.

EXPIRIENCE IN TRANSLATION

2006 - till now

- hardware - (Fujitsu Siemens - notebook manuals, computers recovery, HP, Canon, Kodak - printers and digital camera user manuals) SDL International

- heavy industry - (WEKA/Holzbau - instruction manuals, Ferromatik, Homag, Honeywell, Buderus, Bosch, Rauch, Schmitz user instructions of Atlas Copco, Liebherr - crane service manual, ) SDL International

- automotive - (OPEL - service booklets, Honda - service manuals Toyota, Daewoo, Saab, Chevrolett, Cadillac, DAF, Volvo, Scania - user manuals) SDL International, Xerox Global Services

- software localization - (Staffware, Norman antivirus, SAP ERP software localization, etc.) SDL International Argos, Studio Gambit, Multiprint Oy

- user electronics - (SONY, Daewoo, Siemens, JVC) SDL International

- marketing - (Belma website, Hotel Spa website and marketing materials) Visual Media, (VW and Audi marketing leaflets and press releases) Conecto (Philips and Sony marketing leaflets) SDL International

- others - (MINWORTH DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, Kosovo flyer, Eastern Europe Customer Survey, ) SDL International

1998 - 2002 In-house technical translator EN>PL, GER>PL (translator/lead editor) in Lomac Group/SDL Poland

- IT, hardware

- Software localization

- Automotive

- User electronics

- Marketing and finance

since 2002 Permanent cooperation with SDL International, Studio Gambit, Xerox Global Services, WordBank, Tetras, Hunnect, AZ-Linga, LocaTech, Traducera, Visual Media, Telelingua, Cogen, Logos.it, Multiprint, Future-Trans: various translations in the various fields, including but not limited to:

- automotive (user manuals for Opel, Daewoo, Saab, Chevrolett, Cadillac,

Mercedes, Toyota, Honda service manuals, Mitsubishi engine powered forklift truck marketing materials/technical specification, DAF, Volvo, Scania - truck handbooks)

- heavy industry - user manuals for Atlas Copco, CAT, Bosch, Case, TimberJack, Homag, Ferromatik, Honeywell, Trane, Munters (air conditioning devices)

- hardware - user manuals for HP. Lexmark, Epson, Toshiba, Canon, Kodak, BenQ, Ricoh, IBM, Dell, Sharp, NEC monitors, US Robotics (printer/office device manuals&marketing content, LAN adapter & router manuals, Plextor drives, etc.)

- software (Microsoft, SAP, Navision, Staffware, Visual Links, Open Office-Sun Microsystems - Sun EMEA System Provider Reference Guide, Symantec Web Security 2.5 materials, Norman, Novell Polish Web site localization, etc.)

- user electronics - user manuals for JVC, Philips, Samsung, SONY audio appliance manuals-CD players/recorders and Play Station, Alpine product catalogs, Roventa, LG

- marketing/business/legal - translation of numerous business contracts and construction bids including interpretation during the construction documents coordination (e.g. HQ for one of the major Polish banks, old City Hall), translation (for a heir in law) of the legal correspondence with Law Offices in Canada and Israel in a testate succession, interpretation for a delegation of the Russian Chamber of Civil Law Notaries in Warsaw. Overall interest in legal and economic matters

CAT TOOLS

SDL Trados 2007, Multiterm iX, Transit 3.0

EQUIPMENT

hardware: MAXDATA Pro 8100 IWS Select PL Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66 GHz | 15.4" | 1024MB | 120GB | DVD-RW-DL, 640 Kbps ADSL connection to Internet, scanner, printer

software: Windows XP, MS Office 2003, XP, Adobe Acrobat (full version)

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Computer literate, adaptable, organised. Languages: Polish - native, English - fluent, German - fluent