Curriculum Vitae
Agata Kurzak-Berek
Nationality: Polish
Home Address: Walstro 10, 5684 JK Best, the Netherlands
Telephone no: +31 499 39 09 86
Mobile: +31 648932777
URL: www.mmtw.nl
E-mail:
Date of birth: 20/02/1975
Freelance Work Experience:
Translator and interpreter languages: English-Polish, Dutch-Polish, Polish-English, Polish-Dutch.
Experienced in Desktop Publishing (DTP) and in-depth knowledge of DTP tools. Freelance Project Manger.
Member of www.proz.com, www.translatorscafe.com, www.polishtranslators.com, www.translatorsbase.com and other online translators and interpreters communities
Areas of specialization:
Automotive, Software/IT, Telecommunication, Life Sciences,
Medical General, Medical Instruments, Medical Technical, Medical Software,
Communication, Marketing, PR and Advertising, Game localization, Engineering, Computers Hardware, European Union.
Software:
Adobe Professional, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe InDesign, QA Distiller, XBench.
CAT tools: TRADOS, SDLX, Passolo, X-Metal, MemoQ, Synergy, Multiterm, Wordfast.
Windows XP, Windows Vista, MS Office Professional, Internet Explorer.
Trainings:
TRADOS, TRADOS TeamWorks, MS Project, Idiom, MAPS, Adobe FrameMaker; XMetal,
Development of Single and Multilingual Technical documentation; Make a Localization Plan and Schedule; Translate Documentation; Review Translations, Publish Documentation; Verify the Published Documentation; Release the Documentation; Translation Review Guide;
Translation Style Guide; Label Translation, On-line Help Localization, Software Localization, Preventive Corrective Actions, Management Review of the Quality.
Recent big projects/clients:
Marketing/Web translation/Games:
Puma, Nike, Autodesk, Mazda, OPEL, Tesco, Disney, Microsoft, Warner Bros, EA, Toyota, Hilton Hotels, HP, FluidSurveys, Dunlop.
Medical/Pharmacy:
Kerr, Medtronic, 3M ESPE, GW Pharmaceuticals plc, Quintiles, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Dermatologie en Venereologie, Johsnon&Johnson, Baxter, Philips Medical Systems.
Technical/Automotive/Software:
NISSAN, Mazda, OPEL, New Holland, Toyota, John Deere, Chevrolet, Dyson, HP, EPSON, Autodesk, Concept Engineers, Dunnhumby, HP, RISO, Canon.
Work Experience:
2008- Freelance Project Manager ISO translation Group
2007-2008- Project Manger iSP Localization Company, Amsterdam.
2004-2007 Linguistic Specialist for Polish/Localization Project Coordinator CEE and Turkish, in-house translator/reviewer and proofreader Technical Literature Group, Medtronic (medical technology business – www.medtronic.com.) Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Responsibilities: Localization project coordination of translations of technical medical/legal documentation from English into Polish, CEE languages (Central Eastern European languages) and Turkish.
Actively contributing to the development of all product related literature and software in compliance with regulatory standards; responsible for coordination of localization process, review/translation/validation of the material in accordance with customer needs and quality demands. Successfully managing coordination with freelance translators and subcontractors/vendors, maintaining up-to-date Glossary and the TMs for Polish, carrying out translation and linguistic review and proofreading tasks, software validation, QA , DTP checks etc.
2002-up till now freelance translator/interpreter Dutch – Polish, Polish-Dutch, English-Polish,
1999 – 2001 Managing Director of “Apple Tree - English Courses &Translations Office” in Jabłonka, Poland.
1998 – 2000 English teacher in a high school in Jabłonka,
Poland in co – operation with American Peace Corps, a member of the Peace Corps Counterpart Conference 1998, 1999
Education:
2003-2004 European Studies, The Hague University of Professional Education, specialization: Communication Management.
2001-2003 “ROC School for Vocational Training & Adult Education” Eindhoven,
an intensive Dutch course, National Dutch exam NT2 Exam II 2003.
1999-2002 MA English Studies,
University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
1995-1998 BA English Teachers Training College,
Pedagogical University, Cracow, Poland.
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