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Curriculum Vitae LIANA FEDKINIEN PERSONAL INFORMATION Name, surname Liana Fedkinien Gender: Female Date of Birth: 16th May, 1973 Nationality: Lithuanian LANGUAGES • Lithuanian – fluent (native) • English – fluent • Russian – fluent • Polish – good • Danish – basics AREAS OF EXPERTISE • EU documents • Technical texts • IT, software, hardware • Legal documents • Economic texts, management • Automotive instructions • Medical texts • Business correspondence/advertising WORK EXPERIENCE Present day: a freelancer for Archetypon, Greece Vilnius branch (legal documents, EU documents (amendments, directives, agendas, etc.) a freelancer for ADVerbum, Latvia (EU documents) a freelance for Alaya, Japan (Makita electrical tools) a coordinator of translations and testing medical questionnaires for EVIDENCE Clinical and Pharmaceutical Research, Ca a freelancer for Mapi Research Center, France a freelancer for Cevher Translation Services, Turkey (electric and gas oven manuals, manuals of fridge, dishwasher, washing machine) a freelancer for Soltra Solution, Portugal (tender and contract of Video Surveillance and Alarm System and Digital Radio Communication System) a freelancer for E-Team, Ireland (safety instruction in construction sites, construction and demolition equipment, machines and units) a freelancer for Z-Studio, Czech Republic (Forklift operation instructions; technical manuals and data of Hyundai excavators and machinery; manuals for Kawasaki motorcycles) a freelancer for ILS, Poland (User manual of drum dryer; concrete unit/machine) a freelancer for L.A. Institute of Translation and Interpretation (Evangelical Reform Church Synodas documents) a freelancer for Axelero, Hu (automotive instructions on generators) a freelancer for Zappmedia, Ca (medical expertise) a freelancer for Fotosearch Stock Photography (website) a freelancer for Virtual-translations (automotive instructions) a freelancer for Applied Language Solutions, Heddersfield (business correspondence, technical texts) a freelancer for Berkley Science and Language Research Institute, Ca (electronic dictionary) June, 2003 a freelancer for Lithuanian Research Organization, Chicago (legal documents) May, 2003 –present day translating computer books, business advertisements, contracts, legal documents, EU documents, technical instructions for various foreign and Lithuanian companies and private persons May, 2002 – present day a staff translator and interpreter at company Ertra (customs documents, contracts, staff management January, 1999 a freelancer for various companies: staff translator and interpreter for JSC Merkys (bed linen production, goose down garments, shipment documents, contracts) articles for Lithuanian magazine Gama articles from National Geographic, different articles of foreign newspapers OTHER EXPERIENCE Matuizos Secondary School, Matuizos. English teacher, September 2004-September 2006. JSC Viliota, Vilnius. Translator and transport manager, December 2002- April 2003. JSC Ertra, Varena. Secretary-referent, translator and customs officer, June 2001-September. V. Ivancikas Personal Enterprise Zaibas, Varena. Translator, May 2000-June 2001. JSC Merkys, Varena. Assistant manager, translator and interpreter, June 1999- January 2000. JSC BNA Ergo, Vilnius. Shop administrator and interpreter, April 1999-June 1999. International companies of translations, translation offices and clubs, different countries. Freelancer and English tutor, January 1999 – Present day. EDUCATION: 2006- Present day, Vilnius University (MA in Translation and Interpreting (EN-LT-EN, EN-RU/PL, RU-EN), still studying; year of intended graduation - 2008); 2004-2007, Vilnius University (Bachelor’s in English Philology and English Teaching); 1999-2004, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania (Bachelor’s in Economics and Management); 1991-1995, Vilnius Light Industry College, Lithuania (honours degree, fashion design); 1980-1991, Varena Secondary School, Lithuania (honours degree, silver medal for the best achievements). SPECIALITY: English specialist, teacher, tutor, English- Lithuanian translator and interpreter; Teacher of economics, business and management; Constructor and fashion designer. TRAINING Translation courses in the Dianetics Centre, Copenhagen (July 1998) Cambridge English First Certificate courses, Copenhagen (September - December 1999) Danish language courses in Lyngby Skole, Copenhagen (January 1998- June 1999) English teaching at vocational schools conference, Stockholm (October 2004) HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PC, laptop Scanner, HP printer, copier Microsoft Windows XP MS Office XP Cable internet connection (128/64 kbps) round-the-clock Trados 6.5 Freelance Edition Computer dictionaries (LED, Aglonas, Promt 99, Lingvo 6.5, 7, Legal Terms Dictionary, Oxford Active Dictionary) NEMO CAT, DOC.EP (for the Bodies of the European Union) WinZip Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 Pro ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Norton Antivirus 2006 Lithuanian Proofing Tools, etc. REFERENCES Available upon request