• A native bilingual speaker (English/Slovak)
• Practiced Medicine and Cardiology in both, Slovakia and the UK for many years
• The last clinical post: Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, 2007- September 2015
• Published in peered medical journals in both languages (Slovak and English)
• Proficient in using the SDL Trados
• Graduated from the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
• Completed the State Language Exam in English in 1988 in Zilina, Slovakia
• Born and educated in Slovakia, moved to the UK in 1997
• Completed ELT level 7 in 1998
• Extensive knowledge of medical terminology in both languages
• Worked as an Associate Medical Director of the Quintiles Cardiac Alert (CRO) in London in 1999-2001
• Currently providing professional medical translation for a major corporate international client |