Working languages:
English to Polish
Polish to English
Michal Koskowski
PhD in Cultural Studies

Durham, England, United Kingdom
Local time: 15:04 BST (GMT+1)

Native in: Polish Native in Polish
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English to Polish - Standard rate: 0.07 GBP per word / 15 GBP per hour
Polish to English - Standard rate: 0.07 GBP per word / 15 GBP per hour

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 4, Questions answered: 3, Questions asked: 2
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
English to Polish: Article for a bi-lingual "Gazeta z Highland"
Detailed field: Journalism
Source text - English
A new official body, taking care of the needs and addressing the problems of Poles, has been set up in the Highlands.

The Polish Scottish Union in Highland is a break-away group from the Inverness Polish Association and has ambitious plans which its members felt were being blocked at the existing organisation. (...) The decision to split from IPA was not an easy one to take, revealed Sylwia. “We were leaving something that made sense to us…” she recalled. “We went with Darek, Aldona and Andrzej to the shores of Loch Ness to have a long, serious chat.” Andrzej added: “It was a very strong board.” The union officials admit they felt they had done a lot of useful work while with the board of the association. Aldona, a law graduate, pointed out: “I myself was heavily involved in preparing the organisation’s statutory documents. But despite our efforts, our initiatives were mostly ignored. We also had particular reservations, that we feel had not then been satisfactorily addressed - for example about not having an auditing committee at the IPA,” she added.

“Sadly, there was not enough time to clarify everything during our meetings,” revealed Z. W-F, chair of IPA. But she also stressed: “IPA is run according to Scottish law. It has specific requirements that are different to the ones that people are used to in Poland and we comply with those laws in every way as can be verified by the Scottish Executive.”		Translation - Polish
W Inverness zarejestrowana została nowa polska organizacja, Zjednoczenie Polonii Szkockiej w Highland.

Zjednoczenie powstało, gdy istniejący już Związek Polaków w Inverness (ZPI) opuściło kilkoro osób, które uważały, że ich pomysły i inicjatywy są tam blokowane. (...) Decyzja o odejściu nie była łatwa. „Odchodzisz od czegoś, co dla Ciebie miało sens...”, zauważa Sylwia, i wspomina:
„Pojechaliśmy z Darkiem, Aldoną i Andrzejem nad Loch Ness i odbyliśmy długą, poważną rozmowę”. “To był bardzo silny zarząd,” wspomina Andrzej. Również pozostali przedstawiciele Zjednoczenia wspominają czas spędzony w ZPI jako okres pożytecznej i w dużej mierze satysfakcjonującej pracy. Aldona, absolwentka prawa, dodaje: „Ja sama brałam udział w tworzeniu statutu organizacji. Jednak pomimo naszego zaangażowania nasze inicjatywy w większości nie były brane pod uwagę. Mieliśmy również konkretne wątpliwości dotyczące aspektów funkcjonowania Związku, które nie spotkały się wówczas z satysfakcjonującą nas reakcją - jak np. kwestia braku komisji rewizyjnej.”

“Szkoda, że nie starczyło czasu na wyjaśnienie wszystkiego na naszych spotkaniach,” komentuje Z. W-F, prezes ZPI. Dodaje jednak: “ZPI funkcjonuje według zasad, jakie dyktuje szkockie prawo, i które w wielu momentach są odmienne od przyjętych w Polsce. Spełniamy te prawne wymagania w pełnym zakresie co zostało ostatnio potwierdzone przez szkocki rząd.”

Experience Years of experience: 20. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2007.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English to Polish (Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, PL)
Polish to English (Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, PL)
Memberships Rotary International - Professional category: 'Interpreting'
Software Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, QuarkXPress
Website http://uk.linkedin.com/in/michalryszardkoskowski/
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Oct 3, 2013



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