Curriculum Vitae Samuel Hunt
Date of Birth: September 6th, 1979
Nationality: United States
Address: Dehnhaide 31, 22081 Hamburg, Germany
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
March Master of the Arts in Ost-West Studien (Slavonic philology, political 2008: science and Eastern European history) received from Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany. Cumulative grade point average (Gesamtnote): 1.3 (highest possible grade: 1.0).
2005- Ost-West Master's Study at Regensburg University, Regensburg,
2007 Germany. Major: Slavonic philology (primary languages: Czech,
Slovak, Serbo-Croatian). Minor: Eastern European history.
2003 Bachelor's Degree in German received from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Minor: Modern European History
References in the field of Translation
January Deutscher Fachverlag - TextilWirtschaft, Frankfurt a.M., Germany. In- 2008- house translation of articles for TextilWirtschaft international (a January semiannual English language publication of fashion trade journal 2010 TextilWirtschaft), internal editing, creative input and composition. Participated in the publishing of five issues to date.
October euroscript Luxembourg S.a r.l. - Translation of national legislation 2007 - of the Czech and Slovak Republics, Germany and Austria for review by the European Commission. Subject matter consist primarily of technical safety and environmental regulations.
December Spectrum Translations, Leiden, the Netherlands. 2006- Nature of work: German to English translation of medical, legal, and technical documents.
August Translator, CANKAF Translations, Hamburg, Germany. Nature of 2006- work: German to English translation, primarily technical, legal, and medical documents. November Translator and proofreader, Pravni Pfeklady s.r.o., Brno, Czech 2003 - Republic. Nature of work: Translation from Czech to English and German to English. Primary fields: accounting, legal documents, contracts, government reports. Revision, localization and stylistic correction of documents translated into English.
Skills
Languages:
German: Advanced (Bachelor's Degree, DSH test [Deutsche Sprachprufung fur den Hochschulzugang auslandischer Studienbewerber] completed September, 2005)
Czech: Advanced (Intensive course at Palacký University in Olomouc completed, two-semester intensive course at Masaryk University in Brno completed; four semesters of Czech philology and linguistics completed at Regensburg University, including two semesters of translation theory)
Slovak: Advanced (Independent study conducted for Master's thesis on Slovak etymology and onomastics)
Serbo- Intermediate (Four semesters of intensive study courses completed at Croatian: Regensburg University including two semesters of translation theory)
Russian: Intermediate (Six semesters completed at Western Michigan University)
Software:
Wordfast, FrameMaker, ABBYY Finereader 9.0, Solid PDF Tools
Foreign Study Experience
August, Research expedition in eastern Slovakia and Subcarpathian 2008: Ruthenia - collection of source material for doctoral thesis on the languages of the early inhabitants of the Carpathian Mountains before 900 AD.
2005-2008: Ost-West Master's program at Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany. Primary subjects: Slavonic languages and eastern European history.
September Intensive study of Czech as a foreign language 2003 - at Masaryk University, Brno May, 2004: March- Semester abroad at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität August in Bonn, Germany. 2002
June - Intensive language course in German continued at DID August Language Institute in Berlin. Received certificate for completion 2001 of the Intermediate II course.
August Intensive language course in Czech at Palacky University in Olomouc, 2000 Czech Republic
June - Intensive language course in German undertaken at DID Language August Institute in Berlin, Germany 1999: