Working languages:
English to Czech
German to Czech
Czech to English

Eva Dobrovolna
Always looking for the best solution

Brno, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Czech Republic
Local time: 08:57 CET (GMT+1)

Native in: Czech 
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Identity Verified Verified site user
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Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling
Expertise
Specializes in:
Construction / Civil EngineeringTourism & Travel
Education / PedagogyEnvironment & Ecology
NutritionMarketing
Business/Commerce (general)Advertising / Public Relations
JournalismManagement

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KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 4, Questions answered: 2, Questions asked: 2
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Translation education Master's degree - Masaryk University Brno
Experience Years of experience: 17. Registered at ProZ.com: Dec 2012.
Credentials English to Czech (Masaryk University, verified)
German to Czech (Masaryk University, verified)
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, DejaVu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDLX, Trados Studio
Website http://evadobrovolna.com/
Professional practices Eva Dobrovolna endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines (v1.1).
Bio
Background
-MA degree in English/German to Czech translation – graduated with honors
-Besides studying languages and translation at university, I also lived and studied in Germany and in Canada

Fields
- Marketing / Market Research
- Business/Commerce (general)
- Management
- Construction / Civil Engineering
- Environment & Ecology / Agriculture
- Tourism & Travel / Recreation
- Nutrition and Food
- Education / Pedagogy
- Social Sciences - Academic Articles
- Film Subtitles

CAT-tools
- Trados 2007 + Trados Studio 2011, MemSource, GTT, MemoQ, DejaVu

Literary Translation
- I love being creative and I love the Czech language, hence I translate literary texts as well.
- I have produced five literary translations from English and German and I am currently working on the next one.
- I do gladly accept challenges of this or similar sort as well.


Awards
- Nominated for the Golden Ribbon Award for an excellent translation of a book for children and young adults
- Awarded the Tomáš Hrách Award for the best book-translation of the year for young translators for the translation of an experimental novel from German to Czech
- Awarded the First prize in the Jiří Levý Competition organized by the Czech Literary Translator’s Guild for the best unpublished prose translation of the year
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Total pts earned: 4
(All PRO level)


Language (PRO)
Czech to German4
Top general field (PRO)
Art/Literary4
Top specific field (PRO)
Poetry & Literature4

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Profile last updated
Dec 31, 2018



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