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- Interpreting (cons.)
- Interpreting (simult.)
- Proofreading
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- Copywriting
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Milan "Mika" Oklopdzic
36 Harold Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94112
Phone/Fax: 415-586-2170 cell: 415 – 341-3100
e-mail: oklop@aol.com
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature & Linguistics; Belgrade University
M.F.A. in Playwriting; University of California, Davis
B.A. in Communications; Academy of Mass Media and Communications
LANGUAGES:
Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian (native) >< English.
Areas of expertise: Art, Hi-tech, Legal, Literature, Military, Media, Medical,
Internet, Environmental, Science. Court Interpreting; Deposition Interpreting.
Clients: AT&T; HP; DLI; GLS; Oracle; VoiceTrax; InterNation; CP Language
Institute; WordExpress; UTT; DOD - BIExchange; SFPL; Lucchesi.
Software: MS Word 2003; TRADOS; TransSuite 2000; IBM CAT Tool.
TELEVISION EXPERIENCE:
For the last fifteen years producer, writer, and editor
for WORLDNET, in collaboration with the American Information Service (USIS).
TEACHING:
Senior Language Instructor at DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE; Assistant Professor
of Creative Writing at the ACADEMY of MM & C ; Teaching Assistant in Advanced
Playwriting at UC, Davis.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
Founder and editor of RAINBOW, an underground weekly publication; Editor-
In Chief of CONTEMPORARY, a bi-monthly Literary Magazine; Co-owner of
SUBTERRANEAN PRESS, a small publishing company; Copy editor for
BELLES LETTRES International; Grant writer with the NLB.
ADVERTISING:
Copywriter with SAATCHI & SAATCHI (EEB); Freelance copywriter with THE
SHARPER IMAGE, FLEET STREET PRODUCTIONS, WRITERS AT LARGE, all
of San Francisco. (B-&-W newspapers ads; four-color bleed magazine ads;
30-second radio commercials; catalog spreads; TV storyboards; direct mail).
HONORS:
Carnegie Foundation grant (1998); Writers Guild Of America fellowship for 1996;
PEN American Center grant for 1993; ‘Milosh Crnansky’ award for the best novel
of 1983; O.R.T.F. (Organization Radio- Television France) for the best radio-play
of 1974; Fulbright grant (1974).
MEMBERSHIPS:
PEN International
ATA (American Translators Association)
EBU (European Broadcasting Union)
PEN Center West, Oakland Chapter
Certification / Accreditation
Serbian >
English
State of California SCI
Bosnian >
English
Northern California IM Medical Society
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