Simon Polák - Translator/Interpreter (CZECH-ENGLISH)
Work experience Curriculum Vitae / Contact: simon@polak.org, www.lopacek.cz
2001- NEWTON I.T. Prague, CR Translator
- Translating mainly from Czech into English.
- Annotations and translations of daily news on following subjects:
Philip Morris, brewing industry and banking.
- Free-lance
2001- Joska Servis, CR Translator
- Translator and interpreter
- Translations concerning negotiations with clients and handling manuals for waste processing machinery imported into the Czech Republic.
- Free-lance
2004- Nova sport TV, CR Translator
- Translating mainly from English into Czech.
- Translations of extreme sports programmes for Czech sports television channel.
2004- Extreme Sports TV Channel, Netherlands
- Translating from English into Czech.
- Translation of promos for extreme sports events.
2002- Spring Agency s.r.o. Opava, CR Teacher, translator
- Teaching English courses
- Students are adult, intermediate to upper-intermediate, lessons mainly conversational, aimed at business English
- Free-lance
8.2.2001 - 30.7.2001 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Barton-on-Humber Plant, UK
- Interpreter/translator/administrator for Czech employees trained in U.K. within the Caesar 1 project.
Six months took place in a U.K. based plant.
The job consisted mainly of translations and interpreting for electrical,
mechanical and maintenance employees as well as of administrative work for them
(training, accommodation, board etc.)
1999-2001 LOMAC CZ,s.r.o. Hradec Králové, CR Translator and Project Manager
- full time
- Translating mainly from English into Czech.
- All kinds of translations from business to technical.
- Project Manager and proof-reader
1998 HYPERNOVA/AHOLD Netherlands
- Interpreter
- Interpreting from and into English.
- Helping with training of Czech employees in Netherlands and later in Prague.
1997- Self-employed Hradec Králové English teacher Teaching courses of English during mornings and evenings.
Currently teaching mainly beginners (but also legal English with advanced students - conversational lessons on legal topics).
1997-1999 JANA Language school Hradec Králové English teacher - part time Earned a very good name here as a teacher.
Education
1992-1993 Petoskey High School in Michigan,
USA Graduated as a regular
student
1994-1997 University of Pardubice,
Institute of Foreign Languages Bachelor
Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language
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