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35 Yrs experience. Guaranteed accuracy in syntax and meaning - Cert. Ed., CIoL, RPSI-Law
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Freelance translator and/or interpreter
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Source text - Czech Several Police statements concerning a fatal coach crash, taken in Czech
Translation - English Translated to English for HM Coroner (for which I received an official commendation from HM Coroner for my invaluable assistance and professional approach to a highly sensitive and emotive enquiry).
English to Czech: 'People Trafficking' Trial
Source text - English Interpreting at interviews in prison, and translating many witness statements from Czech to English for defence barristers.
Translation - Czech Many thousands of words in several statements translated to English to aid defence barristers, and later attending Crown Court (Preston) in the trial, an behalf of the defence.
Czech to English: Accident injury claims
Source text - Czech Interviewing and statement recording from Czech and Slovak injured parties (claimants in a high-cost accident injury claim)
Translation - English Statements taken in Czech and Slovak, and translated to English. As a result, 24 claimants were paid out for their respective injuries (some minor but many quite serious and permanent). As a result of my work I was retained by the solicitors for the claimants.
English to Czech: Kimberly Clark International
Source text - English Contracted to Kimberly Clark International (US) to interpret between English-speaking engineers and visiting Czech engineers, during the setup of the Czech branch of the Kimberly Clark empire.
Translation - Czech Also taught English to the Czech engineers (conversational and technical) and Czech to the British engineers prior to their secondment to the Czech factory.
English to Czech: Aircraft Engineers
Source text - English Interpreting between a UK company owning a Hungarian-built aircraft, and the Czech-spaeking aero-engineers who attended the UK to perform a scheduled service on the aircraft.
Translation - Czech Interpreted both ways, between the English-speaking owner of the aircraft and the Czech aero-engineers, over a three-day period, ensuring that the aircraft received an air-worthiness certificate.
English to Czech: Public Service Announcements
Source text - English From English to Czech, advising of upcoming multi-cultural events organised by a local city council.
Translation - Czech Around 25 such notices and posters translated, for distribution and display across the city (Kingston-upon-Hull).
English to Czech: Hardcastle Industries (for McDonald's fast food chain)
Source text - English Hardcastle Industries (Gilberdyke) Ltd, are contracted to McDonald's to provide pre-fabricated building structures for their fast food franchises.
Translation - Czech I was the official interpreter and translator to Hardcastle Industries when McDonald's moved into Czech Republic and Hardcastle Industries required a 'go-between' to negotiate business terms with Czech franchisees.
English to Czech: HM Courts Service
Source text - English I am called upon almost daily to attend one of several Courts in my region, to offer accurate and confidential services.
Translation - Czech I have been officially commended by many Courts in the north of England for the accuracy and efficiency of my service to the Justice system.
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Translation education
Other - Charles University, Prague
Experience
Years of experience: 54. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2007.
Czech to English (Chartered Institute of Linguists) English to Czech (Chartered Institute of Linguists) Czech to English (NRPSI - UK) English to Czech (NRPSI - UK) Czech to English (NRPSI - UK)
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Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, Powerpoint
I am Dagmar Cook, a freelance interpreter and translator, and I have over 38 years' professional experience in translation and interpretation between Czech-English-Czech. My native tongue is Czech, and I have lived in the UK since 1983. I am fluent in Czech, English, Slovak, and Russian.
Most of my work is involved with the British Criminal Justice System (the Police Service, and HM Courts Service), where complete accuracy is not just desired, but is a fundamental requirement.
I serve the Police and HM Courts Service (Magistrates', Crown, County, Family and Juvenile) throughout West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Lincolnshire, Humberside and Merseyside, throughout my weekly duties. I have also served, on a less-frequent basis, HM Courts in Cumbria, Derbyshire and Co. Durham.
Due to extremely high demand for my professional services, I have to decline around as many assignments as I accept, and could easily be working a 16-hour day, 7-day week if I accepted every assignment offer.
You can read more about me, and those I have worked for HERE
I know of no other interpreter willing to offer a 99%+ accuracy guarantee!
AGENCIES PLEASE NOTE... I DO NOT WORK THROUGH OR FOR LANGUAGE AGENCIES, SO IF YOU ARE A LANGUAGE AGENCY LOOKING FOR A CZECH INTERPRETER, PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME, UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO PAY ME THE NATIONALLY AGREED HOME OFFICE OR METROPOLITAN POLICE RATES (FOR LEGAL WORK) OR MY PROZ.COM PUBLISHED RATES FOR PRIVATE WORK ASSIGNMENTS.
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