experienced translator and interpreter with proven record of accomplishments in
translation industry
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
ANDRZEJ
CHOMIUK
ul. Dworcowa 59/65
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EDUCATION
 University of Warsaw, Institute of Applied Linguistics, 1998 - 2001, field of study:
Olsztyn 10-437, Polska
tel.: 0048-(0)-89-5235246
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mobile: 0607-688-034
andrzej.chomiuk@bauholding.pl
andre_chomiuk@yahoo.co.uk
Translating technical, administrative, economic, and legal material from English
to Polish and Polish to English.
Experienced in written and oral translation.
Proficient at crafting documentation, abstracts, and business communication.
Received certificates due to outstanding work performance.
teacher and translator; Relevant courses included: Translation of Technical Texts,
Translation of Business Texts, Translation of Economic Texts, and Theory of
Translation. Master's degree (planned master's thesis: summer 2002)
University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Philologies and History, 1995 - 1998, field of
study: philology of teaching English as a Foreign Language - vocational full-time
BA studies; licence of EFL teacher; Relevant courses included: Translation of
Literary Texts, Theory of Translation, English Literature, Composition and
Writing English Texts. Studied conversation and composition for German.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Translator and Interpreter, Olsztyn, PL, 2000 to Present
Provided translation and interpreting of technical and commercial material, editing,
proofreading, abstracting. Representative companies, clients and projects are as
follows:
 STRABAG Sp. z o.o., May 2001 to Present, translated, edited and reviewed
financial, legal and technical materials on highway engineering including
technical specifications and approvals of concrete structures, earthworks,
bridgeworks, pavement and traffic safety; translated documents for
manufacturing equipment, translated contracts and agreements; translated
newspaper and magazine articles; translated correspondence and business
documents.
 Vth Corps U.S. Army „Victory Strike I", Sept 2000 - Oct 2000, translated and
interpreted military technical materials; interpreted during press meetings and
military briefings; translated contracts; interpreted for Civilian-Military
Operations Centre and local authorities to establish mutual relations; served as
liason between Polish Border Guards and American militaries to ensure exchange
of information; translated articles for local newspapers and magazines.
 Vth Corps U.S. Army „Victory Strike II", Sept 2001 - Nov 2001, translated and
interpreted military technical materials; translated contracts and agreements for
aggregate and sand supply; interpreted during press conference on potential
outbreak of war after 9/11 bomb attacks; interpreted for US Military Police and
local authorities on military and civilian safety provisions; translated material
related to food industry at US Dining Facility; translated for US Aviation
Company and US Logistics Company to ensure adequate flow of information
between Polish respective companies.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
 English Teacher, "Artos" School of English, Olsztyn, PL, Sept 1996 - Sept 2000,
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Taught English to Polish students: created materials and evaluated students.
Taught English language and culture to the school’s students.
English Teacher, "Conrad", Olsztyn, PL, Nov 2000 - April 2000, Taught English to
Polish students: evaluated their knowledge and created materials to help
knowledge acquisition process.
RESOURCES AND COMPUTER SKILLS
 PC: 128 MB RAM, 10.0 GB HD, DVD-ROM; Software includes Windows NT, with
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Microsoft Office 97, Excel 98, Power Point 97, Photoshop 4.0, Textpad.
Book Library: General and technical bilingual and monolingual dictionaries of:
medicine, chemistry, computer science, agriculture, construction and highway
engineering, environment, financial economics, maritime, transportation, etc.
Multimedia Library: Encyclopaedia Encarta 2001, Encyclopaedia Britannica 2002,
The Penguin Hutchinson Reference Suite, The Oxford Compendium, etc.
Operating systems: DOS, DOS Navigator, Norton Commander, Windows
95/98/Millenium/NT. Applications: Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point, Lotus
Notes, Internet.