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Member since Mar '05

Working languages:
English to Czech

Jaroslav Suchánek
experienced in electronics, IT & music

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Local time: 12:50 CET (GMT+1)

Native in: Czech Native in Czech
Willingness to Work Again info
5 Positive entries

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization
Expertise
Specializes in:
Electronics / Elect EngIT (Information Technology)
Media / MultimediaComputers (general)
MusicComputers: Hardware
Computers: SoftwareTelecom(munications)
Computers: Systems, NetworksPhotography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 601, Questions answered: 292, Questions asked: 4
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 3
Glossaries Multimedia
Experience Years of translation experience: 13. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2000. Became a member: Mar 2005.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s)
Credentials N/A
Memberships AES - Audio Engineering Society
TeamsCzech Team
Software DejaVu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, STAR Transit, Wordfast
Website http://www.proz.com/pro/8741
CV/Resume CV/Resume (PDF)
Professional practices Jaroslav Suchánek endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines (v1.0).
About me
Areas of specialization:
professional/consumer audio/video equipment (both analogue and digital);
computer's hardware/software manuals;
music (both audio and art);
stage-lighting equipment;
general electronics; electroacoustics

Background:
Technical University Liberec, Czech Republic, degree of electronics engineering
State Language School Prague, technical translating course
Jazz Conservatory Prague, diploma in composing/arranging/recording studio producing

Nationality (mother tongue): Czech
Source Language: English
Target Language: Czech

Professional Experience:
1998 - present - freelance technical translator
1992 - 1998 - music producer, studio recording equipment consultant, freelance sound engineer
1990 - 1992 - educational sojourn in UK = technical activities at recording studios and open-air music festivals
1985 - 1990 - Czech National Army Artistic Ensemble - supervisor sound engineer
1983 - 1985 - Czech State Radio - sound engineer

Equipment:
Dell Vostro 3700 - i5 450 Intel CPU, 8 GB RAM; 256 GB SSD disc, DVD-RW, Windows 7;
HP PSC 750 (printer/scanner/copier)

CAT Tools:
SDL Trados Freelance 2007 SP2, WordFast 6.00, DejaVuX 7.5.335
Other software :
MS Office 2003, Adobe Reader, Abbyy Fine Reader (OCR)

Prices:
Always negotiable and fluctuate significantly, depending on the job volume,
time requirements, requested format, etc.

Summarised list of finished projects:

Professional/consumer audio/recording equipment manuals:
Lexicon PCM effect processors, OTARI studio multitrack machine, OTARI audio distribution box, Mackie active loadspeakers, Behringer Product Catalogues, Behringer Dynamic Processors manuals, DPA microphones manuals, Thomson Multimedia product catalogues, etc.

Music:
MIDAS Heritage mixing console, Yamaha digital mixing console, Neve Flying Faders mixing console, Fairlight digital recording systems, Klark Teknik Dynamic processors, Roland drumset machines, Technics piano/keyboards, Fostex HDD recording system;

Technical reports from recording studios, concert gigs and festivals; press releases; musicians' profiles; CD's and DVD's reviews, etc.

Computer's hardware/software manuals:
Fairlight Audio-Editor software manual, Panasonic Video-Editor software manual, Sony Vaio notebook manuals, Hewlett-Packard office equipment (scanner/printer/copier), manuals and marketing materials (dozens of documents), etc.

Stage lighting equipment:
HOG Theatre Console, TECHNOBEAM Conventional and Intelligent Fixtures, Leprecon Memory Console, etc.

...and hundreds of similar documents/projects since 1997.


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My status

This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 605
PRO-level pts: 601


Language (PRO)
English to Czech601
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering487
Other70
Art/Literary16
Marketing12
Bus/Financial8
Pts in 2 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Electronics / Elect Eng180
Engineering (general)84
Music68
Computers: Software28
Telecom(munications)24
Mechanics / Mech Engineering24
Media / Multimedia24
Pts in 19 more flds >

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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects7
With client feedback0
Corroborated0
0 positive (0 entries)
positive0
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Translation7
Language pairs
English to Czech7
Specialty fields
Electronics / Elect Eng6
Computers: Software2
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)1
Computers (general)1
Music1
Media / Multimedia1
Other fields
Engineering: Industrial1
Keywords: active speakers, acoustics, amplifiers, analogue, artist's interviews, audio, audio applications, bass, brass, camcorders, CD, compressor, computer music, computers, condenser microphone, DejaVu, delay, digital cameras, drums, DVD, dynamic microphone, echo, electroacoustics, electronics, elektronika, ERP, flanger, grand piano, guitar, harddisc recording, hard-disk recording, hardware, hardware/software recording, hudba, keyboard, lenses, line array systems, localisation, loudspeakers, manuals, metronome, microphones, MIDI, MIDI over USB, mistr zvuku, mixer, mixing consoles, multitrack recorders, music, music arrangements, music biographies, music business, music instruments, music production, music technology, musical instruments, nahrávání­, nearfied monitor, office equipment, orchestration, outboard processors, phaser, photo-optics, power-mixers, recording studio, reel-to-reel, review, rotary speaker, sampler, SDLX, self-powered systems, sequencer, slaboproud, software, specifications, stage-lighting, subwoofers, tape-echo, Trados, VCR, video, Wordfast, zvuk, zvukař




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