PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO TRANSLATION AND LOCALIZATION

• Freelance translator, interpreter, and proofreader since 2002. Translations related mainly to marketing, business, advertising, law, and medicine.
• Sworn translator and interpreter of English and Polish certified by the Polish Ministry of Justice to provide certified translation.

PROJECTS – SPECIALISMS AND SELECTED CLIENTS:

·     Apparel: Achica,
Columbia Sportswear Company, Esprit, L-Shop-Team, Zumba Wear;

·     Business,
finance, insurance, consulting: Government
of the Republic of Poland, DekaBank, Franklin Templeton, Grant Thornton, J.P.
Morgan, Royal Sun Alliance, Stowarzyszenie Akredytowanych Podmiotów Doradztwa  Rolniczego AKROS [Association of
Accredited Agricultural Advisory Services Providers AKROS];

·     Chemistry: DowDuPont
(Corteva), Unilever (Sunlight), Werner & Mertz;

·     Construction
and interior design: Achica, Good
Home / Castorama (Kingfisher);

·     Cosmetics, beauty
care, wellness: Achica, Amway,
Avon, Cetaphil, Colgate-Palmolive, Elmex, Procter & Gamble, Unilever
(Dove), Yuva;

·     Financial:
Government of the Republic of Poland;

·     Food and
drink; food production: Captain
Morgan, Carte d'Or, Danone, Diageo, DowDuPont (Corteva), Ferrer  Internacional, Flora ProActiv, Glasgow Beer Works, Heineken, Heinz,
Johnnie Walker, Kellogg’s, Nespresso, Pringles,  Unilever (Wall’s);

·     Games:
King;

·     History:
Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO);

·     Hospitality:
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.;

·     IT: GDATA,
IBM, VMware AirWatch;

·     Legal: Aspen
Pharmacare Holdings Ltd, Brighton Sister Cities Inc. (Brighton, Colorado (USA)
and Ziębice (Poland) Sister Cities cooperation), Ergomed, Government of the
Republic of Poland, HP (Hewlett-Packard), KPL Solicitors, Polish  courts, Portola
Pharmaceuticals, Roche, Scioderm, Urząd Miasta i Gminy Ziębice [City and Municipality Office], Ziębicka
Inicjatywa Obywatelska [Civic Initiative
for the City of Ziębice Association];

·     Life sciences: Edwards
Lifesciences, IDEXX, Roche;

·     Transport and
logistics: DHL;

·     Marketing,
incl. transcreation: Achica, Aimia
Coalition Loyalty UK Ltd. (Nectar), Amazon, Amway, Apple, Avon,  Bayer, Be4Arts,
bigblu, BORA, Bose, Brother, Cetaphil, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, DHL, DowDuPont
(Corteva), Durex,  Dyson, Elmex, Emirates, Epson, Esprit, Facebook,
Glasgow Beer Works, GlaxoSmithKline, Google, Heineken, Heinz,  Herbapol, HTC, IBM,
IDEXX, Infiniti, Johnnie Walker, Kellogg’s, King, Good Home / Castorama (Kingfisher),
Montblanc,  Nespresso, Nextdoor, Opel, Philips, Pringles, Procter & Gamble,
Scholl, Shell, Siemens, Swarovski, The Economist, TK  Maxx, Turkish Airlines,
UNiDAYS, U.S. Census Bureau, Vype, Werner & Mertz, Unilever (Dove, Sunlight),
Zebra  Technologies;

·     Medical, pharmaceuticals
(incl. clinical trials),
in vitro diagnostics: Abbott, ABX, Adamed
Pharma S.A., Aileron Therapeutics, Aristo Pharma GmbH, Bowil Biotech, Bausch
Health Ireland Limited, Bayer, Brinker Pharmaconsulting,  Billev Pharma ApS, Cell
Med, Cheplapharm Arzneimittel, Cipla, DePuy, ELC Group s.r.o., Ergomed, Esteve  Pharmaceuticals, Farco-Pharma, Farmigea,
GE Healthcare, Gibson Research Consultancy, GlaxoSmithKline, Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., Hälsa Pharma GmbH, Intercept Pharma International Ltd.,
Ipsen, ITG Isotope Technologies  Garching GmbH, Lundbeck, Novadip Biosciences, Ortho
Clinical Diagnostics (Johnson & Johnson), Otsuka Novel  Products
GmbH, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd., Oxyton Pharma GmbH, Pharmis Biofarmacêutica, Lda., Portola  Pharmaceuticals, Roche (incl. Roche Diagnostics), Day Zero ehf, Sanofi
(Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi-Winthrop Industrie  [France]), SAVIO INDUSTRIAL S.r.l., Scioderm, Serb SA, SI-BONE, St. Jude
Medical, Summit Medical, UCB Pharma, Valeant Pharma, Vascutek, Zakłady
Farmaceutyczne Polpharma;

·     Microbiology:
IDEXX;

·     Oil and gas: Government of the Republic of Poland;

·     Technical and
technology: bigblu,
BORA, Bose, Brother, Dräger, Dyson, Epson,
GE Healthcare, HP (Hewlett-Packard), HTC, Maillefer, MSA,
Philips, Plum, Shell, Siemens, Trias, Zebra Technologies;

·     Veterinary
products: Sanimed

I have translated the
following books into Polish:

“A Little Something
Different” by Sandy Hall

“Carry On, Warrior”
by Glennon Doyle Melton

“Two Across” by
Jeff Bartsch

Transcription projects:

·    
“Saving the Rabbits
of Ravensbrück”,
documentary. http://www.rememberravensbruck.com/

·    
lectures, podcasts,
and presentations in psychology, statistics, linguistics, life sciences,
management, marketing, among others

Brand analyses:

Analyzing brand names for products (goods and
services) clients plan to introduce on the Polish market. The analyses included,
among others, the spelling and pronunciation, associations the names may evoke,
potential similarities to names of products and services already available on
the market.

EDUCATION 

Graduate studies:

• Translation and interpreting - University of Warsaw, Institute of Applied Linguistics
• Psychology - SWPS University of Social Sciences, Warsaw
• American studies - University of Warsaw, American Studies Center
  

Postgraduate studies:

• Translation and interpreting - University of Warsaw, Institute of Applied Linguistics, Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies in Translation and Interpreting (Poland)
• Translation and interpreting - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, School of Translation, Interpreting and Languages (Poland)
• Coaching and mentoring - - SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw (Poland)
• Psychodietetics - SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw (Poland)
• Nutrition and dietary counselling - Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) (Poland)
• Psychotraumatology - SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Poland)
• Clinical neuropsychologi and neuropsychological diagnosis in practice - SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Poland)
• Psychotherapy - Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Cracow (Poland) [in progress]
• Project management – SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland)
• Management and marketing – SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland)

• English philology - University of Warsaw, English Teacher Training College

Postsecondary school

• English, IT, economy, law - College of Foreign Languages and Computer Science in Wrocław

COURSES AND TRAINING

• Legal and economic English - University of Warsaw, Faculty of Applied Linguistics and East-Slavonic Studies, Department of Languages for Specific Purposes
• Translation of legal documents of the European Union - Council of the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
• Linguistic review and editing – University of Warsaw
• Journalism and editing – University of Warsaw
• E-business in practice – online business basics – University of Warsaw
• E-marketing in practice – developing and executing an online marketing strategy – University of Warsaw