lebenslauf: Education and qualification:
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic – Master of Arts (May, 2001)
1994 - 2001
English and American Studies and Philosophy (Specialization: American Literature),
MA programme
Professional Experience:
Freelance Translator, Linguist & Voice Over Artist
2012 – Today: Velocity Voice, India (e-learning content mapping)
2012 – Today: Janus /janus.ru/ (voice over)
2012 – Today: Cosmic Global Limited (voice over)
2011 – Emano Ltd.: Proofreading (UK Road Rules and Highway Code – translation into Czech)
2010 – Today: Language Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. (voice over)
2008 Europarl TV (translating subtitles for European Parliament’s TV channel)
2007 – Today: Softitler - www.softitler.com (translating subtitles for Desperate Housewives, Love and other Drugs, etc.)
2005 – Today: SDI Media - www.sdimedia.com (translating subtitles for National Geographic from English to Czech, e.g. Lock Down, Living Edens, Hunter Hunted, Mad Labs, Deadly Summer, Crash Science, Seconds from Disaster, Rivers of Life, Lost in China, Earth Investigated, Animal Rescue Squad, Inside, Banged Abroad, Is it Real? Warplanes, Lochness Monster, Ocean Adventure, Inside the Forbidden City, Machines of War, Megastructures, Dangerous Encounters, Remarkable Vets, Camels, Courts and Concubines, Gone to Save the Planet, Shark Attack, Inside, Crocodiles, Interstitials, Wild Detectives, Gabon, Street Monkeys, Lost Tribe of Palau, Ape Genius, Air Crash Investigation, Human Footprint, Vegas Comes To China, Planet Mechanics, America's Hardest Prisons, Caught Barehanded, Trekking Malaysia With Jason Scott Lee, A Man Among Bears, Flight of the Elephants, Food Lovers Guide, Myanmar’s Killer Cyclone, Animal Inspectors, Rat Attack, Blue Wonder, Apocalypse War etc., documentaries and films for Sony AXN – televison serieses and shows, e.g. Petrocelli, So You Think You Can Dance, Ghost Dancers, Late Show with David Letterman, Starsky & Hutch, Gemini Division, Fear is Real, Video Games Awards, Ghost Hunters, Japanese animated movies, e.g. Naruto, Lovely Complex, Comedy Central shows - Crank Yankers, Sarah Silverman Program, The Daily Show, Workaholics, Mind Of Mencia, Comedy Central Presents, Daily Show, Colber Report, Premium Blend, South Park)
2003 – 2007: Broadcast Text Int. - www.broadcasttext.com (subtitles for BBC Prime from English to Czech – documentaries, films, reality shows, quiz shows, e.g. Home from Home, Days that shook the world, Wildlife, Cavegirl, Judge John Deed, Son of God, Deep Blue, Legend of the Tamworth Two, Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle, Canterbury Tales, Walking the Dead, Massive Nature, Land of Tiger, Miss Marple, Last Rights, Escape to the Country, Weird Nature, League of Gentlemen, Lenny Henry, Other Boleyn Girl, Bargain Hunt, Dalziel and Pascoe, Great Railways, Perfect Properties, Sahara, Tribe, Polar Bears, Antiques Roadshow, Nil, Spine Chillers, etc. Japanese animated movies , e.g. Gallery, Sadamitsu, Spiral, Parappa). Work included not only translating but subtitling as well.
1997 – Today: Czech Information Agency - www.cia.cz, Alie Agency, Alfa Agency, Language School Liberec, Aktualne.cz (translation fields: politics, economy, marketing, culture, telecommunications, finance, automotive, legal, pharmaceutics etc.)
Computer skills:
Access to high-speed Internet (broadband)
Proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point, Adobe, Photoshop, etc.
Good knowledge of following Radio & TV kits: Mini Disc, DVD,
Internet: good research skills
Working with various types of subtitling software (PMWin 2.2, Subtitle Workshop, Swift, Softitler’s Eddie)
Recording equipment (voice over):
Neumann TLM 103 Microphone, TL Audio Ivory 2 5050 Valve Preamp & Compressor, Edirol FA-66 Audio Interface, Koss PRO4A Professional Stereophones, software: Cubase LE 4, Cakewalk Pro Audio 9, Samplitude Master 6.0
Language skills:
English: excellent, translation skills at professional level
Czech: excellent – native speaker
German: good
Hobbies:
Music, film, literature
Kurzbeschreibung in englisch: Czech voice over services, mid-aged male, professional studio