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Milada Cogginsová Zajíčková Qualified freelance translator and court interpreter Proprietor of Absolute Czech Translations Czech native speaker, resident in the UK since 1997, based near Wantage in Oxfordshire Full Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, UK (MITI)  Member of the National Register of Public Service Interpreters (RPSI) Download printer friendly version of my C.V. in PDF format

I have been working as a freelance translator and interpreter since 2001 trading as Absolute Czech Translations and providing the following services:

• Translation from English into Czech (my mother tongue)
•  Translation from Czech into English (my language of habitual use)
• Translation from Slovak into English (Slovak is my passive language)
•  Interpreting - Consecutive and simultaneous (English - Ezech / Slovak)
•  Proofreading
•  Market research
•  Transcription of tapes
•  Localisation and testing of software and websites
•  Voice-over recordings

My specialist subjects:

Legal (Qualifications: Diploma in Public Service Interpreting – module Law, Para-legal training; 2 years work experience as a legal secretary)

Business (A-level courses in Business studies, Sociology, Accountancy and Economics; English for business and tourism, 1 years work experience at a multinational investment management firm)

Health (5 years of telephone interpreting for NHS – hospitals, GPs, dentists, 999 calls; translation of health information leaflets, pharmaceutical surveys and medical equipment description information; active interest in alternative medicine—homeopathy)

Technical (6 years experience of translation and proofreading of various technical documents; 2 years interpreting for Peugeot helpdesk - technical problem solving.)

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