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Member since Jun '10

Working languages:
English to Czech
Czech to English
Slovak to English

Availability today:
Barely available (auto-adjusted)

September 2010
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Sylva Ficova
experience, quality & flexibility

Brno, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Czech Republic
Local time: 10:43 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: Czech Native in Czech
Willingness to Work Again info
1 Positive entry

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Subtitling, Post-editing
Expertise
Specializes in:
Media / MultimediaIT (Information Technology)
Computers: SoftwareElectronics / Elect Eng
Computers: Systems, NetworksComputers (general)
Cinema, Film, TV, DramaHuman Resources
Tourism & TravelComputers: Hardware

Preferred currency EUR
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 8, Questions answered: 8, Questions asked: 28
Payment method accepted Wire transfer
Translation education Master's degree - Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Experience Years of translation experience: 12. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2003. Became a member: Jun 2010.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English to Czech (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno, verified)
Memberships the Czech Asociation of Translators
Software Across, Adobe Acrobat, Catalyst, Idiom, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Passolo, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, Wordfast
Website http://www.ficova.com
CV/Resume English (PDF), Czech (PDF)
About me

Available for:
- subtitling (translated more than 100 films and 10 TV series)
- web pages, localization, catalogues; media; manuals; advertising; contracts; certificates;
- fiction, non-fiction (published more than 10 books).


WORK EXPERIENCE:
2005 up to now: Freelance translator and editor;
1996-2008: High school teacher of English.

EDUCATION:
1998 Bell School, Bath, Britain (specialized language course);
1993 Faculty of Arts, University of Leeds, Britain (exchange studies);
1990-1996 Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, CR (M.A. in English and Czech language);
1988-1990 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, CR (civil engineering).

REFERENCES:
SDL; Softitler, SDI Media, BG Text, United BioSource Corporation; Paseka, Host, Computer Press, Fragment Press; CEET, Friedrich Datentechnik, Hanák Furniture.

MEMBERSHIP
The (Czech) Association of Translators (since 1998)
Keywords: subtitling, dvd, webpages, manuals, certificates, electronic, localisation, advertising, media, literature, pc, furniture, music, film, editing, copywriter, translator, editor

Profile last updated
Sep 3



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