Career / Experience

Gerard M. Majka
510 Arrowhead Trail
Sinking Spring, PA 19608 USA
Polish Translation Services

phone/fax: (610) 927-2306 - home: (610) 927-2305
e-mail: majkagm@cs.com ICQ 158185871
http://home.comcast.net/~majkagm/site

- TRADOS, STARTRANSIT DEJAVU AND SDLX -

Objective
Free-lance or in-house translation, Polish/English/Polish, of technical, business, scientific and general material.

Education
Sept 1981-Sept 1982: University of Pennsylvania: course work at MA level in Slavic Linguistics.

Summer 1982: Marie Curie University (UMCS), Lublin, Poland: course for teachers of the Polish language.

Sept 1976-May 1979: Polish National Alliance College, Cambridge Springs, PA: BA, Summa Cum Laude, Polish/English/Secondary Ed.

Professional Affiliation
American Translators Association certified Polish into English
NJ Administrative Office of the Courts Certified Interpreter
Translators and Interpreters Guild certified Polish into English
NY Circle of Translators

Work Experience
Dec 1983-Oct 1993: Translator/Interpreter, US Department of Justice, New York City.
Sept 1981-Sept 1982: Teaching Assistantship in Beginning and Intermediate Polish, University of Pennsylvania.
March 1980-May 1981: Translator/Interpreter, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Free-lance Experience with References
August 1990-Present: See reverse.

Resources
Equipment: Latest PCs, LaserJets, scanner, internet answering machine and wireless laptop.
Software: Office XP/2000, Office 97 Polish, Word 6.0/7.0/97 Polish, WordPerfect 5/7, FrameMaker 7.0, Adobe Illustrator 7.0, PageMaker 7.0, Quarkxpress 5.0, Acrobat 5.0, RC Wintrans 6.01, Corel Draw 5.0, Photoshop 5.0, Excel 5.0/97 Polish, Omnipage OCR, Windows XP/2000/98, Windows NT 4.0 Polish.
TRADOS FREELANCE, DEJAVU, STAR TRANSIT & IBM TM

Reference:
English-Polish Dictionaries of Law, Business, Accountring and Computers, Wilga Warsaw, 2001
The Great Polish-English/English-Polish Dictionary, Phillip Wilson Warsaw 1994, 4 vols.
Collins Polish-English/English-Polish Multimedia Dictionary,Young Digital Warsaw, 1997
Polish-English Dictionary of Science and Technology,, WNT Warsaw 1994.
English-Polish Dictionary of Science and Technology, WNT Warsaw 1995.
Polish-English/English-Polish Medical Dictionary,Polish Medical Publishers Warsaw, 1996
Computer Science Dictionary, English-Polish, PWN Warsaw 1991.
Computer Science Dictionary, Polish-English-Polish, WNT Warsaw 1989.
English-Polish Business Dictionary, PWE Warsaw 1991.
English-Polish Legal & Economic Terms Dictionary, WP Warsaw 1991.
Slownik jezyka polskiego, PWN Warsaw 1978, 3 vols. (monolingual dictionary) and electronic edition, 2000.
Slownik poprawnej polszczyzny, PWN Warsaw 1980. (style manual)
Slownik wyrazów obcych, PWN Warsaw 1982. (Polish words of foreign origin)
Slownik ortograficzny, PWN Warsaw 1977. (orthographic dictionary)
Polish Satellite TV and radio. Internet / Aquarius / Polish press

Personal Data Date of Birth: 3/16/54 Social Security No: 179-44-5103
Citizenship: USA Native Language: English

Rates .12 to .18/wd rush: add .02/wd
average wds/hr: 400 interpreting: $40/hr, 2 hr minimum

A list of the some of the agencies I have worked with, and some of my larger jobs:
Translation & Localization
Academy of Languages, Seattle WA, 206-521-8601
Agnew Tech-II, Woodland Hills CA, 818-703-5197
All-Language Services, NY NY, 212-986-1688
American International Marketing, Bloomingdale IL, 708-529-4720 (translate/edit/proof/format newsletters in PageMaker)
Aset, Arlington VA, 703-516-9266
Berlitz, Woodland Hills CA, 818-340-5147
Bowne, NY NY, 212-924-5500
Counterpoint Language Consultants, Bridgewater NJ, 908-231-0991
Delta Airlines, Atlanta GA, 404-715-1619 (translate/evaluate exams, translation/DTP of public address announcements)
Direct Language Communications, San Francisco CA, 415-546-6885 (cellular telephone documentation)
Euronet Language Services, NY NY, 212-768-8409
European Language Assistance, Lebanon NJ, 908-236-2535
Foreign Language Center, Dallas TX, 214-871-2909
Global Word, River Edge NJ, 800-841-5965
Globe Language Services, NY NY, 212-227-1994
Greenpoint English School, Brooklyn NY, 718-389-4225 (standing contract for a large portion of the Agency's translations)
Harvard Translations, Boston MA, 800-962-6477
Inlingua, NY NY, 212-682-8585, also for Princeton, Ridgewood, Summit, Stamford and Atlanta offices
Intel, Chandler AZ 503-712-5093. Regular basis - localization projects.
Iverson Language Associates, Milwaukee WI, 414-271-1144
part of team working on 140,000 wd machine manuals and technical drawings into Polish.
references: Jacek Jarkowski 212-362-8642
Josef Silny & Associates, Coral Gables FL, 305 666-0233
Language Center, E. Brunswick NJ, 732-613-4554
Language Innovations, Washington DC, 202-682-4737
Language Lab, NY NY 212-697-2020 (70,000 words technical materials into English)
Language Services Associates, Willow Grove PA, 215-657-6571
Language Works, NY NY, 212-447-6060
Legal Language Services, NY NY, 212-766-4187
LFI ( Terra Pacific), Corwallis, OR 541-754-6043
1,000,000 + wds and ongoing software localizations into Polish
Lingo Systems, Portland OR, 800-878-8523
part of team working on Windows help files into Polish
references: Jacek Jarkowski 212-362-8642; Lidia Wilczewska 303-798-3935
Linguistic Systems, Cambridge, MA 800-654-5006
M2, Gaithersburg MD, 301-977-4281
Multilingual Communications Corporation, Pittsburgh PA, 412-621-7460
National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 202-857-7239
Native Translations (Ohio International Mercantile), Bath OH, 330-659-4219
Omega International, Monterrey CA, 831-655-7500 (Web-based help files, 200 pages in FrontPage Express)
Omnia, Italy (Machinery User's Manual)
Professional Translating Services, Miami FL, 305-371-7887
Rennert Bilingual, NY NY, 212-819-1776
Techno-Graphics and Translations, South Holland IL, 708-331-3333
DTP with graphics, including extensive editing of 120-page oven manuals into Polish.
Translation and DTP of insurance forms into Polish
Terra Pacific, Corvalis OR, 541-766-1111 (ongoing software localizations into Polish)
Translation Plus, Lodi NJ, 201-772-7171
TransPerfect, NY NY, 212-685-5679 (approx. 150,000 words of power industry documentation into and from English)
Interpretation
Action Translation Bureau, E. Hanover NJ, 973-887-3580
Ad Hoc Translations, NY NY, 212-979-2816
Ambassador Translating, Bridgewater NJ, 908-429-0200
AT&T Language Line, 408-648-5832
Conquistador, Newark NJ, 973-484-1484
Eco Translations, Westfield NJ, 908-789-0818
Interspeak Translations NY NY, 212-679-4772
Middlesex County Court NJ, 732-745-4273
Star Interpreting, Queens NY, 718-601-4034
Union County Court NJ, 908-527-4000
World Language Services, Summit NJ, 908-277-4489

   Pricing / Other services

Rates .12 to .18/wd rush: add .02/wd
average wds/hr: 400

   Certification / Accreditation

Polish > English

American Translators Association accredited Polish into English
Translators and Interpreters Guild certified Polish into English