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English to Czech - Rates: 0.10 - 0.12 EUR per word / 40 - 50 EUR per hour Czech to English - Rates: 0.07 - 20.00 EUR per word
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Sample translations submitted: 1
English to Czech: CV
Source text - English Mgr. Irena Ellis
Kosmova 9, BRNO 612 00
KOLDINOVA 43, KLATOVY 339 00
irena.ellis@gmail.com
TEL 00420 733211301
DOB: 23rd April 1980
Profile
Translator of non-fiction texts in Art History, Visual Culture and Education Contexts
Academic background
Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Arts, Department of English and American Studies, Department
of Art History, Bc. (BA equivalent) 2005.
West Bohemian University in Pilsen, Education Faculty, Department of Visual Culture and Art Education,
Mgr. (MA equivalent) 2011.
Certificate of Proficiency in English, 1998
Years of Experience in Translation: 8+
Major English/Czech Translation Projects
Translations of exhibition material (captions, videos) for DOX, Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague,
and National Gallery in Prague, 2012-3
Translations of articles for the Artist/Umelec magazine, 2010-11.
ART SINCE 1900, SLOVART, 2007
Translation of the 1960 onwards chapters
Other translation projects:
PAUL TOUGH: JAK MÍT ÚSPĚŠNÉ DÍTĚ (HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED), Albatros, 2014
NATALIE ANGIEROVÁ: ŽENA – INTIMNÍ MÍSTOPIS (WOMAN – AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY) Zoner
Press, 2006
Selection of poems by Margaret Atwood, Adrienne Rich, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, Netřesk, 2001,
2002. (Awarded 3rd place in the Jiří Levý Young Translator's Award, 2003)
Czech/English Translation Projects
National Gallery in Prague, Šternberk Palace Permanent Collection Captions and Texts, 2013
Catalogue entries for the etc. gallery, Prague, 2010
Syllabi for the Visual Culture and Art Education Department subjects, Faculty of Education, University
of West Bohemia in Pilsen, 2009.
CAT Tools: not usually used
Rates for translation: 0.05 EUR per word
Employment Experience in the Cultural Setting
Department of Education, Modern and Contemporary Art Collection, National Gallery in Prague, 2007-2009 :
Curator of Education, DOX, Centre for contemporary art, Prague, 2009: Curator of Education, Freelance
Gallery Educator since 2009.
Translation - Czech Mgr. Irena Ellis
Kosmova 9, BRNO 612 00
KOLDINOVA 43, KLATOVY 339 00
irena.ellis@gmail.com
TEL 00420 733211301
DOB: 23rd April 1980
Profile
Translator of non-fiction texts in Art History, Visual Culture and Education Contexts
Academic background
Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Arts, Department of English and American Studies, Department
of Art History, Bc. (BA equivalent) 2005.
West Bohemian University in Pilsen, Education Faculty, Department of Visual Culture and Art Education,
Mgr. (MA equivalent) 2011.
Certificate of Proficiency in English, 1998
Years of Experience in Translation: 8+
Major English/Czech Translation Projects
Translations of exhibition material (captions, videos) for DOX, Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague,
and National Gallery in Prague, 2012-3
Translations of articles for the Artist/Umelec magazine, 2010-11.
ART SINCE 1900, SLOVART, 2007
Translation of the 1960 onwards chapters
Other translation projects:
PAUL TOUGH: JAK MÍT ÚSPĚŠNÉ DÍTĚ (HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED), Albatros, 2014
NATALIE ANGIEROVÁ: ŽENA – INTIMNÍ MÍSTOPIS (WOMAN – AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY) Zoner
Press, 2006
Selection of poems by Margaret Atwood, Adrienne Rich, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, Netřesk, 2001,
2002. (Awarded 3rd place in the Jiří Levý Young Translator's Award, 2003)
Czech/English Translation Projects
National Gallery in Prague, Šternberk Palace Permanent Collection Captions and Texts, 2013
Catalogue entries for the etc. gallery, Prague, 2010
Syllabi for the Visual Culture and Art Education Department subjects, Faculty of Education, University
of West Bohemia in Pilsen, 2009.
CAT Tools: not usually used
Rates for translation: 0.05 EUR per word
Employment Experience in the Cultural Setting
Department of Education, Modern and Contemporary Art Collection, National Gallery in Prague, 2007-2009 :
Curator of Education, DOX, Centre for contemporary art, Prague, 2009: Curator of Education, Freelance
Gallery Educator since 2009.
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Bachelor's degree - Masaryk University, Department of English and American Studies
Experience
Years of experience: 18. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2012.
My professional background is in Art History and Visual Culture Art Education. Over the past twelve years I have translated books for major Czech publishing houses ( e.g.Slovart and Albatros) as well as texts for leading cultural institutions (e.g. National Gallery in Prague, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art).
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