Nationality: Hungarian

Languages: Hungarian (native), English (working language)

Specialist areas: software localization, marketing, advertisement, finance and accounting, business, civil engineering, environmental protection, literary translations

Education and qualifications
1985–1986 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest; postgraduate translator training course (technical translator and interpreter diploma)
1972–1977 Technical University of Budapest; M.Sc. civil engineering

Experience
1990– Freelance translator
1977–1989 Sewerage Works of Budapest; site engineer at the construction department, later project manager at the R&D department

Major assignments

• Six English novels and two corporate financing/accounting textbooks translated for various publishing houses.
• Foreign Ministry press releases for two years.
• Various publications of GKI Economic Research Company.
• Software localization (MFG/PRO, Exact, Canon), Corel promotional materials, HP and Xerox manuals, Microsoft Office.
• Material Safety Data Sheets.

Hardware/Software

• Lenovo Thinkpad T14 i5-10310U 32GB notebook
• ADSL internet access
• CanoScan Lide220 scanner
• Brother HL-L2350DW Mono laser printer
• Windows 11 Pro, MS Office 365, dozens of Hungarian/English electronic dictionaries, other English dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference materials
• SDL Trados Studio 2021, memoQ, GT4T

Other information

• Moderator of the Translators’ Electronic Forum in Hungary (since 1995)
• Developer of a commercial macro kit for translators (WordFisher)
• Guest lecturer on CAT at postgraduate university translator training courses (BKÁE and ELTE)
• Certified memoQ trainer (2009)
• Author of WordfisherBlog discussing practical issues in computer-aided translation (2016)