I am a freelance translator from Slovakia, my native language is Slovak. In addition to my experience in translating, I also have vast experience in various IT areas ranging from programming to system administration.

I started my career as a translator in 2005, when I started to translate for a Slovak company doing international business. My job was (and still is) to translate business correspondence, marketing materials on ecology and waste management.

I became a freelance translator in January 2009. As a translator I have worked on several interesting projects, some of which are specified below:

• training and other documentation (approx. 450 pages) for a Slovak power plant, in collaboration with a Slovak agency
  
• manuals on pumps, engines, industrial fans, etc., in collaboration with a Romanian agency
  
• tender documents, contracts (approx. 100 pages) for a Slovak geodetic company
  
• tender documents, manuals for a Slovak company managing wastewater treatment plants
  
• IT security documentation and IT policies (approx. 100 pages) for a leading international power production company
  
• financial contracts for a Czech company
  
• technical documentation for a technical university
  
• several websites
  
• user manuals for mobile phones
  
• manual for a mammographic workstation
  
• Mac OS X operating system in cooperation with a translation agency
  
• other Apple software in cooperation with a translation agency
  
• bank information system
  
• user manuals for various cameras
  
• user manuals for printers
  
• various legal documents (marriage and birth certificates, etc) for an English agency
  
• operating system for mobile phones
  

I have passed several language exams and have been awarded the following certificates:

• Certificate in Advanced English, University of Cambridge
  
• Certificate of passing General English Language Examination, State Language School in Bratislava, Slovakia
  
• Certificate of passing English Language Examination for Translators, State Language School in Bratislava, Slovakia
  
• Certificate of passing Business English Examination, State Language School in Bratislava, Slovakia