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Bio:Maternity leave, a part-time Freelance Translator, Prague August 2015 - present
Maternity leave January 2015 - present
Freelance Translator, Prague August 2014 – December 2014
Oxford, England July 2013 – November 2013
Self employed: Translator, Nanny
Bosch an...d Siemens Home Appliances Group, Ltd., Prague June 2012 – June 2013
Assistant to Managing Directors (CEO and CFO)
• English/German translations, proofreading of announcements of MD and Marketing Dept.,
job descriptions, correspondence, presentations, etc.
• Reporting on Sales: Monthly Situation Reports and quarterly Selective Distribution Reports
• Preparing presentations on behalf of Senior Management, preparation of expenses claim sheets, job descriptions, letters and organization charts
• Cooperation with HQ Munich on a project on new abbreviations and organization charts
• Diary management, providing for business trips and visa
• Filing, archiving, handling administration in general
Sand Art barevný písek – a voluntary job, Prague March 2012 – June 2012
• Sale, advertising, market research, presentations
Private Tutor, Prague: Intermediate English – individual lessons September 2011 – June 2012
Havel, Holásek & Partners, s. r. o., Prague May 2011 – July 2011
PA and Legal Secretary to Partner, Senior and Junior Associates
• Providing for administrative support to partner, senior and junior associates
• Data entry and preparation of basis for invoicing
• Diary management; providing for business trips
Kent Oxford – London, England September 2009 – November 2010
Self-employed: hostess, catering, gardening, cleaning, dog sitting
Châteauneuf-la-Fôret, Limousin, Haute–Vienne, France July 2008 – August 2009
Self employed: renovating and selling houses
WHITE & CASE LLP, Prague: November 2006 – June 2008
PA and Legal Secretary within the field of Capital Markets, Finance, Equity, Corporate Transactions, Regulatory and Dispute Resolution Practice, Insolvency Law, M&A
• Offering Circulars and other legal documents formatting, markup, comparisons
• Preparing presentations, deal books, letters
• Translations, proofreading
• Invoicing, diary management, filing, offsite, mailsite
• Data research for individual transactions
• Arranging meetings and telephone conferences, taking minutes in English
• Providing for air tickets, accommodation
• Audio and copy typing
AYS Placements and Workshops, Prague while studying August 2004 – October 2006
Key short term placements as a Translator, Coordinator of Translations, Legal Secretary, PA and Receptionist for: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Raffles Investments, Granit Publishing, Lovells, Jones Lang LaSalle, Discovery Group, Orco Property, Lucent Technologies, Symantec, Egon Zehnder International, Nutricia, Johnson & Johnson, Jansen Cilaq, GE Golub, GE International, Kraftsfood, Masterfood, ACE Media, Tesco Stores, Business Lease and American Express.
Majda Agency – Language School, Brno January 2006 – June 2006
English Tutor: Pre–Intermediate course
Freelance Translator, Prague October 2003 – July 2004
Ottovo Nakladatelství – a publishing house, Prague
Foreign Rights Manager
• Fiction and documents translations, negotiations with partners abroad and with a studio on titles
• Providing for all phases of titles´ production
ČESKÝ TELECOM, a. s. – telecommunications, Prague March 1998 – September 2003
Assistant to Executive Director of IS–Operations and CIO
• ISO annual and monthly reports summarisations – basis for my superior prepared to be delivered to the vice–president
• Preparing presentations in Czech and English language for purposes of IT division
• Translations of presentations, letters, texts related to telecommunications, Property Dept. and other fields. Interpretations – English/Czech, Czech/English for the superior, members of ISO section, consultants, in liaison with authorities
• Participation on Hewlett Packard Project for IT managers
• Taking minutes in Czech and English language; providing for air tickets, culture and sport events; Administrative work: mailing, liaison with agent company to obtain residence permits for consultants, ex–patriots; keeping agenda
• Substituting for an assistant of CIO during her absence
ITT AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE Czech Republic, s. r. o., Jičín March 1996 – February 1998
Managing clerk Procurement and Production Logistics – a production of brake systems
• Purchasing related activities (working with SAP R/3 and R/2 system creating delivery schedules, orders)
• Supplier and purchaser relations via phone/mail with Germany and France, organization of transport
• Periodically providing budgeting, sales and CIS (Continuous Improvement System) – preparing Logistic Dept. statistics
• One month short–term attachment in ITT France, Gretz Armainvilliers, Paris
• Customer relation management for ITT branch office in Jičín
• Receiving goods administration; participating on developing of packaging and its instructions
Au Pair – Burnham Market, London, England September 1995 – February 1996
• Improving English and helping with children, housework, helping with running a gallery
Daily Press Noviny Jičínska, Jičín February - April 1995
Journalist
• Reporting on news in the region
Tenneco Walker, s. r. o., Lázně Bělohrad July 1994 – February 1995
– exhaust systems production
Chief Secretary of the Managing Director
• Translations: German, English
• Public relation via phone/mail with Germany
• Banking (collecting of salaries, etc.)
• Handling administration in general
EDUCATION AND COURSES
Charles University, Prague: Humanities (for the present interrupted) 2012 – 2014
Masaryk University, Brno: English and American Studies 2005 – 2008
Vocational College for Tourism, Semily 1992 – 1994
School Leaving Examination. Equivalent to ‘A’ levels: German and Tourism
High School of Economics (SEŠ), Jičín 1989 – 1992
School Leaving Examination. Equivalent to ‘A’ levels: English and Economics
LANGUAGES
Czech: Native
English: Fluent
German: Very good
Russian: Very good but passive
French, Swedish, Danish: Beginner
MISCELLANEOUS
CERT examinations, Charles University, Faculty of Humanities, Prague, January 2013
General State Examination in English, State Language School, Prague, November 2011
IELTS, British Council, Prague, November 2011
Legal English – Translations I., Translations II.; Interpreting course – Orange Tree, Prague, 2011
Certificate for Court–appointed translators, School of Law, Charles University, Prague, June 2011
Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International, City & Guilds, Oxford, UK, August 2010
Translators Committee Centre – translation seminars, Prague, 2003
Modernists, Elizabethan theatre and drama – lectures and seminars, Charles University, 2003
Creative writing in English, Prague Center for Further Education, Prague, 2003
Trade licence for translation and interpreting, since 2003
HP – Project Management Certificate, Prague, 2002
CPE – British Council, Prague, 1997
FCE – British Council, Pardubice, 1996
Travel guide certificate for Czech Republic, since 1994
State examination in typing, Jičín, 1992
Driving licence, since 1992
IT SKILLS
Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Power Point, Internet, MS Outlook, Delta View, Visio Professional, German version of SAP R/3, SAP R/2, Lotus and MS Project
INTERESTS
Family, swimming, skiing, jogging, kickboxing, travelling, cooking, gardening, reading, sculpting, languages, photography, art & culture
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