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Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s)
Address(es)
Piotr Sadowski
Biedronkowa 27 , 85-430 Bydgoszcz
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Nationality
Date of birth
Gender
Mobile:
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-Polish-
male
Desired employment / English -> Polish translator / linguistic consultant
Occupational field
Work experience
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Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
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Name and address of employer
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Name and address of employer
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Occupation or position held
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Sadowski Piotr
1998 - 2018
freelance translator
translating documents, agreements, contracts, interpreting meetings, conferences, medical
translations (over 2,500,000 words), legal translations (over 2,000,000 words), phone UIs (over- words), machinery UIs (over 2,000,000), manuals, service manuals, DTP, website
translation and localization, SEO
self-employed
2013 - 2015
teacher
Teaching English at all levels, including CAE and CPE
WELCOME – language school,
42 Powstańców Wielkopolskich
86-061 Brzoza
education
Zespół Szkół nr 20,
Sielska 34, 85-790 Bydgoszcz
Education, public sector
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teacher
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
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Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
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Occupation or position held
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Name and address of employer
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Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
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Occupation or position held
Teaching English in public sector
XXI Liceum Ogólnokształcące,
Kijowska 7, Bydgoszcz
Education, public sector
2009 - 2010
Foreign trade consultant
Contact negotiation, price negotiation, foreign suppliers' support
Jack Towel, Szosa Gdańska 18, Osielsko
2002 - 2005
Service support
Providing support for service crew of Toyota Service in Bydgoszcz
Szoch Toyota Bydgoszcz, Brzoza 25, Brzoza Bydgoska
2005 - 2010
Service support
Providing support for managers of Moto-Market Ford Service in Bydgoszcz
Moto-Market Ford Konarzewska Bydgoszcz, Nowotoruńska 8, Bydgoszcz
1999 - 2000
foreign trade consultant
translating documents, negotiating prices, arranging sales meetings, discussing issues, researching
DADI-PLAST, Bydgoskich Olimpijczyków 16, Bydgoszcz-
teacher
Main activities and responsibilities
Teaching English to students aged 16 to 60
Name and address of employer
OXFORDON – school of foreign languages,
Daszyńskiego 9, Bydgoszcz
Type of business or sector
education
Important Customers
GE - legal department (300.000 + words) / contracts, network memos / ongoing cooperation
HTC - Android 2.0 PL
SAI Global Limited - series of legal compliance training courses (over 150,000 words)
ULS - website translation, Terms of Service / ongoing cooperation
Bombardier - Polish version of company newsletter / internal legal documents / ongoing cooperation
HTC - Android 2.0 PL / UI Mobile
Teklynx - labelling software / machinery UI / ongoing cooperation
Microsoft - legal documents, Terms of Use, Terms of Service, service descriptions
Google - TOS translation
Phosphor Games - Horn
Municipal Authorities of N.Y.C. / Brochures and leaflets
Baystate / Millbury Public Schools
EZTrader / 24Option / Trade.com / Binary Option Trading & Forex / SEO / Content
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Microsoft / Lumia 640 XL / LTE websites
Mars / HSSE / occupational safety and leadership trainings
Barco / Projector maintenance manuals
PC Doctor / user interface, descriptions and messages translations (ongoing)
Toshiba / PC and TV user interface and manuals translations
Casio / Multiple projectors manual translations
Hitachi / TV user interface and manual translations
Dextra / technical manuals for threading, forging and cutting machines
MIUI 6 / MIUI 7 / participating in open project of XIAOMI UI Polish translation
MIKO Coffee / books, training materials, barista guides / growing-processing-serving coffee / ongoing
cooperation (over 4 million words)
Honda / service manuals for Honda Civic (about 300,000 words)
Huawei / mobile device manuals / help files (ongoing)
Casino & Gambling – promo materials / articles / SEO articles / content (ongoing)
Trade.com – Polish version of the website / promo / SEO (ongoing)
Kozienice Power Plant – HVAC system maintenance manuals, wastewater plant operation
translations
Just to name a few…
Education and training
Date
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
2003
Master Degree
Didactics and linguistics, English teacher trainings, English teaching methodology,
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Pułtusk Academy of Humanities
Level in national or international
classification
Equals MA university level
Date
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
2001
Licence – equals BA
English teacher trainings, English teaching methodology, linguistics, translation, practical English
subjects
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
NKJO – Foreign Language Teacher’s College in Bydgoszcz / UAM Poznań
Level in national or international
classification
I-III year university level
Date
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
1996
Vocational practice studies
Journalism
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
PTE - Fama
Level in national or international
classification
I-III year university level
Mother tongue(s)
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Polish
Other language(s)
English, German
Understanding
Self-assessment
Listening
Reading
Speaking
Spoken interaction
Writing
Spoken production
English
C2
proficiency
C2
proficiency
C2
proficiency
C2
proficiency
C2
proficiency
German
A2
elementary
A2
elementary
A2
elementary
A2
elementary
A2
elementary
Computer skills and competences
Practical use of MS Windows, MS Office, Adobe Package.
CAT tools: SDL Studio, SDL Trados, Passolo, SDLX, Wordfast, Access, MemoQ 15
Basic knowledge of HTML, website creation, SEO and social SEO techniques, basics of programming
languages and networks, user interface string structure, which enable me to be more confident while
translating without harming variables, site structure etc.
Web and support related skills and
competences
Creating MLM networks, providing support to non English speaking MLM users, providing non-profit
support to Polish victims of cybercrime, creating online manuals, support files, referral programs,
promotions, etc.
Other skills and competences
Interest in automotive market, technology, medicine, biology, music, business, accounting, finance,
and many more fields, makes me more confident translating even complex documents involving
knowledge of these fields.
Driving licence
Yes
Additional information My rich 20-year experience translating documents and texts covering various fields of expertise,
enables me to cooperate with quite a few translation agencies, and usually translate, documents
(Microsoft), websites, manuals (Casio, Hitachi, Nokia), UI strings for mobile phones (Android 2.0 for
HTC) and machinery (labelling software, production lines, machines), databases (SAP), localize
various things, work for corporate magazines (Bombardier), newsletters etc.
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