Personal information

 

·         Nationality: Polish

·         Date of birth: 12th March 1974

·         Place of birth: Otwock, Poland

 

Skills

 

·         Computer - Microsoft Office environment (Word, Excel, Power Point..) , Windows'95, '98, 2000, ME; graphics programs (Photoshop, Flash, Corel, Illustrator); good knowledge of the Internet - Explorer, Netscape, basis of HTML and JS languages and web designing programmes: FrontPage, Dreamweaver.

·         MS Access data base editing and maintaining (user support db at Castorama Polska)

·         Web site designing ( project for Intranet web site at Castorama Polska, my private website)

 

Work experience

 

 

·        2009 teacher of English LO , Technikum w Piasecznie (Platerówka)

        IX 2006 – VI 2008 teacher of English Centrum Helen Doron.

§         IX 2007 – VIII 2008 teacher of English, Gimnazjum nr 2 w Piasecznie.

§         IX 2007  - V 2008 teacher of English w szkole językowej Equals

§         IX 2006 – VIII 2007  teacher of English, L.O. im.Józefa Bema w Warszawie.

§         Marzec - Czerwiec 2006 teacher of English, Gimnazjum 143 im.I.Paderewskiego w Warszawie.

§         Marzec – Wrzesień 2006 teacher of English  Arcadius language school

§         1 II 2005 – 15 marca 2006 director's assistant, Telekomunikacja Polska, Pion Rozwoju Technologii

             VI - VII 2004 translating, administrative and marketing tasks on the post of an assistant in the lobbing company Geoland Int.

·         IX 2003 – III 2004 part time for Asian Winds International – translating and interpretation services, administration tasks, marketing, scheduling meetings.

·         VIII 2003 – II 2004 Embassy of Pakistan, Warsaw (duties: translating and interpretation services in the embassy and during the events – participation as the translator and representative of the Embassy of Pakistan at the Poznan Fashion Show 2003, administration tasks, secretary and receptionist - answering phone calls, preparing the commercial db and lists of importers and exporters for Pakistani or Polish businesses, visas.

·         From VI 2003 until now -  part time translating services for the European Translating Center (ECT), Poland

·         From IV 2003 part time representative for Super Technologies in the regional office in Warsaw, Poland

·         III-IV 2003 training / work at the regional office of Super Technologies in Mexico City, Mexico.

·         VIII 2002 – III 2003 – post of an assistant / office manager / technical translator at Super Technologies Inc. , Pensacola, FL, USA

·         2001 – 2002 training / volunteer work at Super Technologies Inc – office help

·         2001, 2002 – volunteer activities in Pensacola, USA (library clerk, administration tasks)

·         26 VII-1999- 31 VII 2001 post of an assistant and IT specialist in Castorama Polska Sp. z o.o. (every day translation and interpretation duties , working in French speaking environment and permanent telephone/email contacts with the the information center in Lille, France)

·         2000 corrector for "Agmen" the Publishing House (correction and redaction of texts)

·         III-1999 - VII-1999 post of librarian in “Centrum Formatów i Kartotek KABA” at the Warsaw University (creation of the information catalogue for Warsaw University's Library)

·         1996 - 1999 private lessons of French, translating from French into Polish

·         III-1996 - XII-1996, III 1998 work in France (au pair)

·         1995 - 1998 private lessons of Polish literature and grammar

 

Other activities

 

·         1989 – 1995 volunteer leader of the youth choir

·         1993 – 1996 volunteer job (responsible person and the small group leader ) at the youth summer camps

·         2001 volunteer job at U.S.O., Navy Base, Pensacola. FL – information desk at the airport

·         1999 working on publishing my Masters’ thesis under the form of an article for "Barok", art and literature academic magazine of Warsaw University and Instytut Badań Literackich

·         2001 volunteer job at Manna Food Bank charity organization – general help person , USA

·         2001 representative of Super Technologies at Comdex 2001, Las Vegas, USA

·         2002 volunteer job at Pensacola Junior College, Learning Resource Center (Interlibrary Loan dep.)

·         2002 volunteer job at Lucia Tryon Library, Pensacola FL – library clerk

·         2003 representative of Super Technologies at IT Exhibition, Pensacola, FL, USA (company stand)

·         III 2003 representative of Super Technologies at Internet World, Miami, USA

·         X 2003 representative of Super Technologies at ITU Telecoms World Geneva, Switzerland

 

Education

 

·         1981-1989 Elementary school, Otwock, Poland

·         1989 – 1993 Secondary School in Warsaw - final exam’s grades: Polish (6 ; 6), English (5 ; 5), History (6)[1-6 grade scale]

·         1993 – 1999 Warsaw University, literature and language - master's degree in 27.01.1999, studies' final grade - 5

·         1996 1-year-long school of French language in Nimes, France (organized by Alliance Francaise)

·         2000 courses of MS Office (Word i Excel) organized and paid by Castorama Inc.

·         2000 DTP (Desktop Publishing) operator training - programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark

·         2001 Webmaster’s school in English (html, js, dhtml, graphic programs Illustrator, Flash, Photoshop and more)

·         IX 2000-VI 2001 1-year-long studies of Information Technology and Management in ZTI Institute, Warsaw (information technology basis, HTML, Linux , data bases (Access), SQL , information systems and more)

§         2006-2009– studies at Warsaw University - Uniwersyteckie Kolegium Nauczania Języków Obcych - English and French specialisations

 

 

Languages

 

·         Polish – mother tongue

·         French: fluent in writing and speaking, 5 year long studies in Institut Français (1993-1999), one-year-long studying French in France in 1996, 2-month-long and 3-month-long visit in France in 1997, multiple visits in France in 1998; Diplôme de Langue Française – Alliance Française with the best grade, Paris, 22.01.97; Diplome DELF, 14.05.98 and DALF in Institut Français, 16-17.06.98; TEF – advanced level

·         English: fluent in speaking and writing: the oral and written English at final high school exam, courses in Univerlingua school at Warsaw University, the exam at the Warsaw University, multiple other English language courses and private lessons (native speaker), TOEFL (2002, score 263 (300 – possible max.score), IELTS – advanced level

·         Spanish – communicative, basic

 

Passions

 

·         Traveling (making friends and learning languages), business and personal - i had the possibility to live for several months or stay for long sejours in France, USA, Hungary, Holland, Mexico, Germany i visited England, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Czech Rep., Austria, Turkey

·         Managing and updating my home page http://www.asianka.com

·         Music – from classical and opera to pop, electronic, folk

·         Literature

·         Cinema