Working languages:
English to Hungarian
Hungarian to English
Dutch to Hungarian

Peter Simon
ATA cert.,EN<>HU transl.,MA,MS, Netherl.

Netherlands
Local time: 07:31 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: Hungarian (Variant: Hungary) Native in Hungarian, English (Variant: British) Native in English
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Identity Verified Verified site user
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Affiliations This person is not affiliated with any business or Blue Board record at ProZ.com.
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, MT post-editing, Transcription
Expertise
Specializes in:
Poetry & LiteratureBusiness/Commerce (general)
Education / PedagogyTourism & Travel
Law: Patents, Trademarks, CopyrightMarketing / Market Research
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVsGeography
Government / PoliticsHistory


Rates
English to Hungarian - Rates: 0.08 - 0.12 EUR per word / 25 - 30 EUR per hour
Hungarian to English - Rates: 0.08 - 0.12 EUR per word / 25 - 30 EUR per hour
Dutch to Hungarian - Rates: 0.08 - 0.12 EUR per word / 20 - 25 EUR per hour
Dutch to English - Rates: 0.07 - 0.12 EUR per word / 20 - 25 EUR per hour
English - Rates: 0.07 - 0.12 EUR per word / 20 - 25 EUR per hour

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 364, Questions answered: 263, Questions asked: 57
Project History 17 projects entered    3 positive feedback from outsourcers
Project DetailsProject SummaryCorroboration

Translation
Volume: 3000 words
Completed: Jun 2016
Languages:
English to Hungarian
PPT slides on employee/employer benefits

Very interesting text

Human Resources
positive
Translator UK / London Translation Services Limited (previously AOD Translation Services / AOD Acute Business Services Ltd): No comment.

Translation
Volume: 10000 words
Completed: Jun 2016
Languages:
Dutch to English
answers to questions about travel company



Tourism & Travel
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 10000 words
Completed: Jun 2016
Languages:
Dutch to English
answers to questions about travel company



Tourism & Travel
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 13300 words
Completed: Nov 2015
Languages:
Dutch to English
Court decision translation



Law: Contract(s)
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 4300 words
Completed: Dec 2014
Languages:
English to Hungarian
translation of meteorological web-site text from En to Hu

translation and following checking and adjusting its validity to the context of the site

Meteorology
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 46 hours
Completed: Nov 2014
Languages:
Dutch to English
A set of documents describing environmental policy in a Dutch city



Environment & Ecology
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 35 days
Completed: Jul 2014
Languages:
Dutch to English
Translation and data entry into information sheets



Law: Contract(s)
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 2900 words
Completed: Jun 2014
Languages:

Hungarian to English
Business agreement translation



Computers: Software
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 1 days
Completed: Mar 2014
Languages:
Dutch to Hungarian
English to Hungarian
Translation of short video ad script at short nocite



Advertising / Public Relations
positive
Inter Voice Over Nederland: No comment.

Translation
Volume: 1 days
Completed: Mar 2014
Languages:
English to Hungarian
Transl, then "transliteraton" and recording of translation

Client gave hazy information on what he wanted as "transliteration", couldn't accept IPA transcription on dubious grounds, made unprofessional claims afterwards and may not want to pay

Poetry & Literature
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 1 days
Completed: Mar 2014
Languages:
Hungarian to English
translation of short confidential text



Business/Commerce (general)
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 1 days
Completed: Mar 2014
Languages:
English to Hungarian
3 short ad texts on car hire



Automotive / Cars & Trucks
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 3 days
Duration: Jan 2014
Languages:

Hungarian to English
8-page data sheet of employee



Law: Taxation & Customs
 No comment.

Transcription
Volume: 4 days
Duration: Jan 2014 to Feb 2014
Languages:

Hungarian
Transcription of Hu items into IPA langauge



General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 47000 words
Duration: Apr 2014 to May 2014
Languages:

Hungarian to English
Contracts of medical research in Hungary



Law: Contract(s)
 No comment.

Translation
Volume: 187600 words
Duration: Nov 2015 to Mar 2017
Languages:

Hungarian to English
translation of a novel

The novel has been published in Hungarian in Hungary. The English translation is awaiting publisher.

Poetry & Literature
positive
Unlisted info:  No comment.

Translation
Volume: 45 days
Duration: Sep 2017 to Oct 2017
Languages:
English to Hungarian
Third party guidelines, explanations etc.



Business/Commerce (general)
 No comment.


Blue Board entries made by this user  44 entries

Payment methods accepted Wire transfer, PayPal, Skrill
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 9
Translation education Master's degree - Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Budapest
Experience Years of experience: 34. Registered at ProZ.com: Feb 2013.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English (University of Cambridge , verified)
English (Eötvös Loránd University, verified)
English to Hungarian (The Presence Group)
English to Hungarian (Fordító- és Tolmácsképző Tanszék, verified)
Hungarian to English (Fordító- és Tolmácsképző Tanszék, verified)


Memberships ATA
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Trados Studio
Events and training
Training sessions attended
Professional practices Peter Simon endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
Bio
I am a native Hungarian teacher of English with an MA, MEd from the university of Budapest, and a CELTA certificate. Although I haven't received specific training directed at translation (to a large part because in the 1970's there weren't any such trainings in Hungary), I did translation during most of my career as an English teacher if there was a need and I had time for it. For a year at the Budapest High School of Economics I even taught translation and Economics for would-be graduates of Economics. Afterwards I received some training and a translator's certificate at the University of Budapest (ELTE).

As I also have an MSc in Geography, that field, along with politics, Economics, Geology and related subjects as Biology and Medicine are my favourite areas. I also received informal training in Law from my ex-wife, a lawyer, early on. I'm also an amateur musician and have written and published a book about singing techniques, so music also features highly on my menu. Pedagogy is one of my most important areas not only because I'm a teacher, but also because I've worked on an English course-book for Hungarians with colleagues under the British Council for a couple of years. I can translate between English and Hungarian both ways about a wide range of other topics as well. My translation of a Hungarian book (called Angela) has been published in English by Amazon (under the title 'The Good, the Bad and the Beast').

As I've been living in the Netherlands for several years and studied the language, I can translate common texts from that language too. I've worked here as a cook, and this is one of those areas I could translate in all directions, also because I am a self-trained cook in my private life as well. I've also worked as a job-coach interpreting between Hungarian industrial workers and Dutch companies. My other areas with respect to Dutch would be geography, history, literature and health-related matters.

I am a certified member of the American Translators Association in translation EN>HU (see: http://www.atanet.org/onlinedirectories/tsd_view.php?id=16829 ). I am certified by ELTE Budapest in translation HU>EN and EN>HU.
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Total pts earned: 431
PRO-level pts: 364


Top languages (PRO)
English to Hungarian132
English84
Hungarian to English80
Dutch to English44
Dutch to Hungarian24
Top general fields (PRO)
Other67
Bus/Financial63
Law/Patents59
Art/Literary47
Tech/Engineering44
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Top specific fields (PRO)
Poetry & Literature31
Law (general)28
Sports / Fitness / Recreation24
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters21
Human Resources18
Mechanics / Mech Engineering16
Medical (general)16
Pts in 32 more flds >

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Profile last updated
Dec 23, 2023