I am a native speaker of English, and am familiar with medical and biomedical terminology in general, and have specialist knowledge of immunology, cell biology, toxicology and pharmaceutical science, including regulatory issues.

I have a PhD in biomedical science and a postgraduate diploma in library and information science. I have 15 years work experience as a scientist and information specialist, but am now a full-time freelance offering translation, editorial and indexing services. I receive regular commissions to translate hospital discharge reports, regulatory pharmaceutical documentation and biomedical journal articles out of French, German, Spanish, Serbo-Croat, Polish and Slovenian.

Previous experience also includes five years working as a freelance translator during a temporary residence in Zagreb, Croatia. I translated a variety of scientific and library/information science documents from Serbo-Croat and Slovenian into English. I also edited, proofread and abstracted English texts. My clients included several academic journals, a pharmaceutical company, an information centre and numerous individual scientists and students.

As well as offering translation, I have experience in indexing and abstracting material for database records and can prepare book and journal indexes in English on a wide variety of subjects as well as the specialty subjects featured on this profile.

With respect to other interests, I am a published poet in Esperanto (under my previous name of Krys Ungar), and have also written magazine articles in Esperanto on scientific and technical topics. I also have a passionate interest in Egyptology, and am also interested in classical, folk and world music.