CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name Bereza Barbara
Address Al. Jaworowa 40D/8 53-123 Wroclaw, Poland
Telephone +48 600913 490 +4871 7296740
E-mail
[email protected]
[email protected]
Nationality Polish
Very experienced scientific/ medical / technical TRANSLATOR
From 1974 to 2008 – part time translations in sciences (non-profit);
from 2008 … full time translator freelancer
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from – to) February 2008 – present
• Name and address of employer Freelancer
• Type of business or sector
Translations, proofreading
• Occupation or position held
scientific/ medical / technical TRANSLATOR
• Main activities and responsibilities
Translation / Proofreading:
General:
Business, finance, marketing, letters, sport, tourism...
Specialist:
Handbooks, manuals, laboratory instructions, scientific papers, technical documentation; life sciences and related industry : agriculture, biology, biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, chemistry, ecology, engineering, genetics, health care, letters, medical devices, medicine , microbiology, molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, veterinary ...).
• Dates (from – to) October 1974 – January 2008
• Name and address of employer
University of Wroclaw (Poland), Faculty of Natural
Sciences / Biotechnology
• Type of business or sector
Research worker: biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology
• Occupation or position held Adjunct
• Main activities and responsibilities
Research, teaching of students, scientific publications,
participation in international congress and meetings
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Dates (from – to) 1983
• Name and type of organisation providing education and
training Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Wroclaw
(Poland)
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
Biophysics
• Title of qualification awarded Ph.D.
• Dates (from – to) 1979 -1983
• Name and type of organization providing education and
training
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Liege (Belgium)
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
Biophysics, postgraduate studies (in French)
• Title of qualification awarded Diploma
• Dates (from – to) 1969-1974
• Name and type of organization providing education and
training
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Wroclaw
(Poland)
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered Biology, specialization in biochemistry
• Title of qualification awarded M.Sc.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Experience in research, teaching and translations work.
Experience in the field of: experimental research in biophysics, biochemistry and biotechnology: publication of research results in international journals;
translations / proofreading/editing : published papers, laboratory equipment manuals, technical documentation
LANGUAGE SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
MOTHER TONGUE POLISH
OTHER LANGUAGES
English French German Russian
• Reading skills excellent excellent
• Writing skills excellent very good
• Verbal skills excellent very good
COMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Knowledge able in wide variety of software applications under Windows: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher), WordFast, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, technical laboratory equipment software (natural sciences, medicine and related disciplines)
FOREIGN EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from – to) 1974 – 2008 several research residences at: University of Liège (Belgium, French and English), ETH Zürich (Swiss, English and German), University of Humboldt (Berlin, BRD – German and English), conferences at Moscow, Minsk (Russian), international conferences at different countries (mainly English) Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Wrocław
Daily turnaround: 1500 – 1800 words/day
Rates: Monday – Friday : 8 – 18,
translation: 0.03-0.06 EUR / word or 0.05-0.09 USD/word
proofreading 0.015-0.03 EUR or 0.025-0.045 USD/word
(Paypal, Moneybookers or bank wire) -to agree
Other: ready to work flexible hours and week-ends
Expertise 