Domen Stepišnik

Domen Stepišnik
CURRICULUM VITAE

October 2006

Personal Data
Name: Domen

Surname: Stepišnik

Permanent residence: Drešinja vas 13A, 3301 Petrovče, Slovenia

Temporary residence: Kuzmičeva ulica 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Nationality: Slovenian

Date and year of birth: 13 February 1979

Telephone No.: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Education

Primary education

1985 – 1993: Elementary School Petrovče

Secondary education

1993 – 1997: I. Grammar School in Celje

University education

1997 – 2005: Faculty of Social Sciences

Programme of Political sciences – International Relations

Foreign languages

Language	Comprehension	Spoken level	Written level	Read level
English	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
French	Fluent	Fluent	Good	Fluent
Croat	Fluent	Good	Weak	Fluent
German	Good	Weak	Good	Good
Serbian	Good	Good	Weak	Weak

Experience

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  13 June 2006 – present: in-house translator at Deloitte Slovenia:
  

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  translation from English into Slovene, from Slovene into English and proof-reading of the various accounting, audit, banking and financial texts, annual reports, brochures, official publications, etc.;
  

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  1 September – 30 November 2005: traineeship at the Translation Division of the European Central Bank:
  

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  translation from English into Slovene, from Slovene into English and proof-reading of the official ECB publications, press releases and other internal documents;
  
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  work on the ECB translation memory and terminology database management;
  
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  received additional training in the use of CAT tools (provided by Trados GmbH);
  

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  January 2002 – present: free-lance translator for Skrivanek translation agency, Slovene branch:
  

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  translation of EU texts from English into Slovene, French into Slovene;
  
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  translation of banking and finance texts from English into Slovene and Slovene into English;
  
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  translation of IT texts from English into Slovene;
  
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  proof-reading of various texts;
  

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  December 2005 – present: free-lance translator for Amidas translation company:
  

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  translation of banking and audit texts from Slovene into English and English into Slovene;
  
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  translation of general texts from French into Slovene;
  

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  December 2005 – June 2005: free-lance journalist at the Slovene Press Agency (STA):
  

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  EU desk journalist;
  

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  October 2001 – February 2002: translator and assistant in the joint project of Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs and Danish consortium COWI – “Setting up guidelines for labour market indicators in Slovenia”:
  

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  assistant to the Danish project manager;
  
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  translation of documentation from English into Slovene and Slovene into English;
  

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  Various:
  

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  translation of information brochures;
  
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  translation of manuals;
  
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  computer data processing;
  

Other skills

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  Very good knowledge of Trados software package, MS Office Suite, MS Windows OS, and Adobe applications; also familiar with other CAT tools (SDLX, Wordfast, Logoport).
  

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  Excellent knowledge of Internet/e-mail clients; basic knowledge of HTML, web design, etc.
  

Additional training

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  19 – 20 April 2004: “Computer assisted translations with Trados software” in Ljubljana, Slovenia; a two-day training course for Trados CAT software;
  

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  3 – 4 December 2004: “Translating for the Directorate-General for Translation” seminar organised in Ljubljana, Slovenia, by the European Commission DG for Translation; a two day conference on translating for the European Commission that covered all major aspects, requirements and practical advice regarding translations of EU texts;
  

Personal Characteristics

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  Hard-working
  

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  Creative
  

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  Loyal
  

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  Punctilious
  

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  Open-minded
  

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  Communicative
  

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  Professional
  

Other interests

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  Language studies
  

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  International finance
  

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  Information technology, Internet
  

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  Studies of development, nature, biodiversity, human relations, ecology