Welcome to my profile!
My name is Branislav Bratko. I´m a professional freelance translator and business/personal development consultant. I´m a Slovak native speaker and Czech bilingual.
I provide linguistic services in global market mostly for translation agencies. I work in ENG>SVK language pair. I work together with my personal proofreader and translation assistant.
MORE ABOUT MY FREELANCE WORK
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MY TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE: 15+ yrs, since 2006; >2,000,000 words translated
MY LANGUAGES: Slovak – native, Czech – bilingual, English – C, German – A2, Russian – A2
MY WORKING LANGUAGE PAIRS: ENGLISH > SLOVAK
MY SERVICES: translation, MTPE, proofreading, transcription, QA, language consulting, acceptance, cultural consulting, business support
MY MAIN EXPERTISE AREAS:
business & management (general, HR, corporate)
automotive (user manuals, service manuals, software apps)
technology and engineering (instructions, descriptions, safety, machines, tools)
appliances and electronics (home, garden, user manuals, safety, descriptions)
medical (healthcare, appliances, insurance)
government & politics, EU
education, pedagogy and humanities, theology, ethics
legal (contracts, terms and conditions, general)
accounting and taxes
personal development, leadership
OTHER AREAS WITH EXPERIENCE:
tourism and travel, food, cooking & gastronomy, construction industry, real estate, economics & finance (general, personal, business, private, global), construction industry, e-commerce, logistics, sports
CAT OWNED: Trados Studio 2021, Memsource account, Wordfast Anywhere account
CAT – can work in if remote licence is provided: MemoQ, Across
MY EDUCATION:
* English language and literature, teacher program, KU University in Ružomberok, Slovakia, Master, 2001
* BOLC College, online study, business analysis, 2021, Great Britain
* UKPDA, Executive coaching and mentoring, 2021 – 2022, Great Britain
MY WORK HISTORY:
2017 – now Freelance translator, business consultant
2011 – 2017 Self-employed: freelance translator, language courses
2006 – 2011 Manager at a national NGO, translations as a second job
2001 – 2006 Language teacher, various schools
WORKING CONDITIONS
* personal private office * private computer * fibre-optic internet
LEGAL AND INVOICING
+ trade licence: translations, lang. teaching, business and personal development consultancy administrative
+ legal entity – limited liability – Elevate s.r.o. – reg.number: 51137691 – VAT reg.: SK2120610954
+ GDPR implemented
+ NDA policies
PAYMENTS: PayPal, IBAN
WORKING HOURS: 8 – 17 CEST (GMT+1) + flexible working hours
RATES:
Transl.: 0.05 – 0.06 EUR/word * MTPE: 0.025 – 0.045 EUR/w * proofreading: 0.02 – 0.035 EUR/word
SAMPLE LIST OF SOME REFERENTIAL PROJECTS
BUSINESS, MARKETING & MANAGEMENT
*Company presentation (700w), private company (dry walls), Slovakia
*Corporate newsletter (1,900w), global comp. (via a translation agency), ITA
*Company presentation for international fair market (900w), Drevstav s.r.o., construction company, SVK
*Agendas for conference (1,800w), private companies, POL
*Negotiation meetings interpreting, Knauf Insulations, Slovakia
*over 54,000 words translated in business field
*Market research study (17,900w), translation agency, EST
*Product marketing instructions (1,230w), private PR company, SVK
*Websites presentations (1,900w), IT company, SVK
*Over 35,000w translated in marketing area
*HR management guidelines (11,100w), translation agency
*Store processes management (12,950w), translation agency
*Leadership management training, talent management (7,800w), tran. agency
*Private high school business and management plan (22,000w), tran. ag., SVK
AUTOMOTIVE
* Central tire inflation system, air brake system, hydraulic system – trailer, user manual (6,900w), tran. ag.
* Servicing the turbocharger vane, service manual., (1,200w), tran. agency
* Mower with conditioner – instruction manual, (11,600w), tran. agency
* Automated central tire inflation system, installation manual, (2,400w), t.a.
* Installing working lights on tractor cab, inst. manual, (1,250w), tran. agency
* Machine safety switch, inst. manual, (500w), tran. agency
* Automated hydraulic steering system, service manual, (6,200w), tran. agency
* Revolving lights installation manual, (600w), translation agency
* Tractor planting equipment management software, (1,500w), tran. agency
* Tractor hydraulic lines assembly, (1,100w), translation agency
* Service manual for tractors (ECU diagnostics, DEF system, fuel system, air system, engine – cylinders, crankshaft, camshaft… (75,000) words, tran. ag.,
TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING (machines, instructions, descriptions, safety) & CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
* Granite products – assembly instructions (3,050w), manuf. company, SVK
* Industrial welding machine – descriptions, user info, safety (3,700w), commercial company, KOR
* Crane accessories – descriptions, user info, safety (8,050), tran. agency, ITA
* Quote translation (1,900w), construction company, SVK
* Military constructions – buildings, airport area, infrastructure – design, technical reports, planning, budgets (73,840w), translation agency, CZE * Companies‘ presentations, contracts, etc. over (150,000)w total translated
* Automated storage (21,000w), translation agency, ITA
HOME (& business) APPLIANCES, ELECTRONICS, (user manuals, safety, presentations)
*Thumble dryer (7,800w)
* Kitchen hood (9,720w)
* Microwave oven (2,150w)
* Software app for washing machine (5,200w)
* Wireless player (12,000w)
* Various home appliances (7,950w)
* Restaurant refrigerator (2,100w) –
various translation agencies: CZE, CHI, UK
MEDICAL
* Skin-care medical appliance (IPL technology), product descriptions, user manual, technical data, product website info, safety, medical information, Q&A, (13,000 w), UK
* Clinical trial translations, (1,200w), UK
* Physiotherapy appliance for muscular treatment, product descriptions, user manual, technical data, safety, medical information (3,000 w), translation company, Russia
* Laboratory appliances, product descriptions, user manuals, technical data, safety: Ophthalmology kit for obtaining plasma (7,500); Oven for plasma (3,900); Centrifuge system (4,700); Ophthalmology surgery kit (8,100), translation agency (under non-disclosure)
* Medical reports, for various purposes – health insurance, social insurance, payment claims, individual people, companies, translation agencies (11,200 w)
* Medical and parasitology research report on ticks, research study of a member of Slovak Academy of Sciences, proofreading, (2,700 w)
* Company education program in medicine, pharmacy, culture, e-learning and test program, (4,100 w), translation agency (Czech Republic)
GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, EU
*European work councils – PPT presentation (1,100w), translation agency, BUL
*Document on employee representation (12,100w), translation agency, UKR
*MEP’s speeches and articles (4,950w), MEP, SVK *Political party manifesto (8,950w), political party, NED
EDUCATION, PEDAGOGY, HUMANITIES, THEOLOGY
* Notes from conferences – various topics: Family, problems, charity management, sociology research, educational problems, religious studies, Roma communities etc., over 37,000w; University, Slovakia
* Tens of hours of interpretation at religious education events
LEGAL
* Contract on construction work for an administrative building of a nuclear power plant (5,800w), Sakart, private construction company, SVK * Profile of a law firm (2,250w), private law firm, SVK * Tax documents (+ communication with local authorities) (1,700w), commercial company, BEL
* Contract on software work (5,200w), digital company, SVK
* Citizenship declaration, (1,800w), translation, UK
HOTELS, TORUISM AND HOSPITALITY
* Language teaching for hotels in Bojnice (Slovakia)
* Interpreting and event management, trip consultancy for international school (adult students) 2x
* Various small translations in tourism area
FOOD INDUSTRY, COOKING, GASTRONOMY
* Hundreds of recipes translated, product descriptions, nutrition advice – various clients, cooperation with local cake producers and patisserie owners
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (business finance, global economy, personal finance)
* Manual – training for personal finance trainers (27,200w), Crown Financials, USA
* Quantitative easing – study (11,200w), private client/university, SVK
* Comparison of investment in real estate, bonds and shares (15,000w), private client (SVK)
LOGISTICS
*Website translation – logistic services (2,100w), private logistics comp., SVK
*Terms and conditions(11,900w), international logistics company, SVK
E-COMMERCE
Amazon products (230,000w) (MTPE), translation agency (CZE)
Other experience:
* Transcription experience: Audio transcripts – 6 hrs – translation agency + private client
* Subtitling experience: Films subtitling – several hundreds of words, training in subtitling, dig. media company
* Language teaching – 10 yrs
* Language consultancy
* Interpreting
*Tourist trip management
*Business consultancy