Working languages:
Czech to English
English to Czech

Dagmar Pegues
A perfectionist in training.

Local time: 12:11 EDT (GMT-4)

Native in: Czech Native in Czech
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter
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Services Translation, Editing/proofreading
Expertise
Specializes in:
Poetry & LiteratureEducation / Pedagogy
International Org/Dev/CoopGovernment / Politics
Printing & PublishingArt, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Advertising / Public Relations

Rates
Czech to English - Rates: 0.13 - 0.15 USD per word / 40 - 45 USD per hour
English to Czech - Rates: 0.13 - 0.15 USD per word / 40 - 45 USD per hour

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 16, Questions answered: 8, Questions asked: 3
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 2
Translation education PhD - Charles University in Prague
Experience Years of experience: 25. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2012.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials Czech to English (PhD, Charles University in Prague)
English to Czech (PhD, Charles University in Prague)
Memberships ATA, National Capital Area Translators Association
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Passolo, Powerpoint, Trados Studio
Website http://www.scriptstranslations.com
CV/Resume English (DOC)
Bio
Background

 Professional translator (Czech/English) with 10+ years of experience
 Writer/Editor/Copyeditor/Proofreader
 Member of American Translators Association (ATA)

Areas of Expertise
Advertising & public relations, marketing, business, contracts, powers of attorney, industrial property, copyright, education, literature - fiction, literature - theory & criticism, philosophy, history, political science, social sciences.

Selected Achievements

 Co-editor and translator of Cesta Amerikou: Antologie povídek regionálních spisovatelek. (Across America: An Anthology of Short Stories by Women Regionalists) published by HOST in 2011(ISBN 978-80-7294-382-1).

 Translator of Nobody’s Father – Life without Kids (Být či nebýt otcem: o životě bez dětí) published by Volvox Globator in 2010 (ISBN 978-80-7207-775-5).

 Translator of Nobody’s Mother- Life without Kids (Být či nebýt matkou: o životě bez dětí) published by Volvox Globator in 2010 (ISBN 978-80-7207-774-8).

 Full-time staff translator in the Communications Department of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Section for the Czech EU Presidency in 2009.

 Publication: Dagmar Pegues. "Fear and Desire: Regional Aesthetics and Colonial Desire in Kate Chopin's Portrayals of the Tragic Mulatta Stereotype." The Southern Literary Journal. 43.1 (Fall 2010): 1 – 22. (ISSN 0038-4291).

Professional Experience

April 2010 – present: Alexandria, VA
Freelance Translator/Editor/Writer/Proofreader

2009 – 2010:Prague, Czech Republic
Translator/Coordinator at Metropolitan University Prague

2009:Prague, Czech Republic
Translator in the Communications Department of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Section for the Czech EU Presidency

2006 – 2009:Prague, Czech Republic
PhD student at the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

1999 – 2009:Prague, Czech Republic
Czech/English translation of texts ranging from financial statements and legal contracts to fiction; contract translator for Canadian Embassy in Prague and Clifford Chance LLP
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Total pts earned: 16
(All PRO level)


Top languages (PRO)
Czech to English8
English to Czech8
Top general fields (PRO)
Medical4
Law/Patents4
Art/Literary4
Bus/Financial4
Top specific fields (PRO)
Law: Contract(s)4
Medical (general)4
Business/Commerce (general)4
Poetry & Literature4

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Profile last updated
Oct 14, 2012



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