Živilė Wygońska

Freelance Translator Polish>Lithuanian Main areas of expertise: Tourism, Culture, Literature, Education Živilė Wygońska Phone:+48 515 231 589 E-mail-Linkedin Profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/zivile-wygonska/ LANGUAGES Lithuanian (Native speaker) English (Proficient) Polish (Nearly bilingual) Russian (Proficient) EDUCATION 2009 – 2012Master’s degree in Pedagogy and Psychology (University of Białystok, Poland) 2001 Certificate of Knowledge in Polish Language (University of Warsaw, Poland - Institute of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners) 1990 – 1994 Bachelor’s degree in Lithuanian Philology (University of Vilnius, Lithuania) I am a Lithuanian national who currently resides in Poland. I have been working as a Freelance Translator, Interpreter, Quadrilingual Tour Guide and Teacher for 15 years, mainly from Polish into Lithuanian and Lithuanian into Polish. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2005 – Present Freelance Translator and Interpreter for various tourism related organizations, municipalities and publishing houses in Poland, such as: *Podlasie Regional Tourism Organization *Wigry National Park *Giżycko Tourism Information Center *Cultural Center of Suwałki *Suwałki City Municipality *Ełk City Municipality *Municipality Publisher O-Press *Publisher Wydawnictwo Mazurskie S.C. I provide translation for brochures, catalogues, reports and other documents from PL>LT, LT>PL ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER (Suwałki, Poland-Lithuanian language teacher for foreigners CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM (Suwałki, Poland) 2008 Information and promotion specialist REGIONAL CENTER OF CULTURE AND ART (Poland) 2006 In charge of the organization of environmental events and tourism services SECONDARY SCHOOL (Klaipėda, Lithuania) 1994 – 1996 Lithuanian and English language teacher COMPUTER SKILLS Very good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint Willing to learn more about CAT tools INTERESTS Literature: French and Lithuanian Literature (especially from the 19th Century) German Author: Erich Maria Remarque Traveling and languages: I have been living for almost 20 years in Poland but I was born and raised in Lithuania.