KEY POINTS:

►I speak English at near-native level
due to extended stays in the USA and the United Kingdom, and my studies in the
Department of English Language and Literature at ELTE University, Budapest.

►Vast
experience as a full-time, professional translator and interpreter, entrusted
with long-term and high-stakes projects, earning a regular client base.

►I started a translation company, HARCZ
& PARTNER Ltd., as a fresh college graduate, which now holds a significant
share of the Hungarian translations market, with a thriving growth rate and a
distinguished client portfolio, including many repeat clients.

OBJECTIVE:  To carry out projects requiring exceptional
linguistic expertise, such as:

• Translation projects from English into Hungarian and Hungarian into English.
• Telephone interpretation assignments (between English and Hungarian).
• Full-scale translation project management involving any language (through Harcz &
  Partner Ltd. Translation Company).
• Creative writing (e.g. speeches, presentations, letters, books, studies).
• Localization and website translation.
• Transcription in English and Hungarian (i.e.
  retyping of handwritten texts and audios).
• Press watching in Hungarian, English and German.                      
• Ghostwriting in English and Hungarian.
• Proofreading and editing in English and Hungarian.
• News editing (English, Hungarian).
• Machine translation post-editing (MTPE) in English and
  Hungarian.
• Literary translation  (Hungarian
  < > English).      
• Company management, interim company management.
• Any other language-related role that matches my expertise and background.

LANGUAGES:

• Hungarian (native)
• English (near-native fluency in writing and orally)
• German (fluent)

EDUCATION:

1998: 
Hungarian National Training
Center Advanced Tour Guide Certification – English and German

1993-1998: Eötvös Lórand
University, Budapest Department of English Language and Literature (DELL)

Master of Arts in English Literary Translation (1998)

Secondary School Teacher’s Certification (1998)

Master of Arts in English / Specialization in English Historical
Linguistics (1998)

1989–1993: Apáczai Csere
János Grammar
School

High School Diploma (1993) English
distinction, distinguished track and field competitor

            5^th Place
Achievement Award for English (1993) Hungarian National Academic
Competition (OKTV)

SOFTWARE:  Windows 10, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Microsoft
Office 2017.

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Type-B driving license (obtained in August, 2002).

• Advanced-level, type-C (written + oral) state
  language examination for English.
• Intermediate-level, type-C (written + oral) state
  language examination for German.

SKILLS and ATTRIBUTES:

• Highly efficient person.
• Technological fluency.
• Exceptional communication and organizational
  skills.
• Creative and flexible.
• Single with no children.
• Flourishes under pressure.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

• Essay on ethics and empathy in the translation industry
  (Multilingual, 2007)
• Essay on agency specialisation (Multilingual, 2010)
• Essay on translation agency database management (Multilingual, 2011)
• Essay on risktaking in the translation industry (Multilingual, 2016)
• Altogether 11
  articles (average length: 1800 words) published in the American periodical Multilingual between 2006 and 2017, each article
  discussed matters related to the international translation industry. Some
  of the articles were of a purely theoretical nature.