Name: Tibor KÖRNYEI
Address:
Columbus utca 65/d, V/15.
1145 Budapest
Hungary
Tel./fax/modem: (36-1) 252-6076
Email: tkornyei@enternet.hu, tibor.kornyei@gmail.com
Homepage: http://www.wordfisher.com
Year and place of birth: 1953, Budapest
Nationality: Hungarian
Languages: Hungarian (native), English (working language)
Specialist areas
business, finance and accounting, civil engineering, environmental
protection, software localization, advertisement, literary translations
Education and qualifications
1972-1977 Technical University of Budapest; M.Sc. civil engineering
1985-1986 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest; postgraduate
translator training course (technical translator and interpreter diploma)
Experience
1977-1989 Sewerage Works of Budapest; site engineer at the
construction department, later project manager at the R&D department
1990- Freelance translator
Major assignments
Six English novels and three corporate financing/accounting textbooks translated
for various publishing houses.
Foreign Ministry press releases for two years.
Software localization (MFG/PRO, Exact), Corel promotional materials, Xerox manuals, Microsoft Office 2007.
Material Safety Data Sheets.
Detailed references and contact persons upon request.
Hardware/Software
iP4 3.0 GHz, 1024 MB RAM, 160 GB hard disk desktop computer with dual monitors
AMD Turion 64 x2 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB hard disk Acer TravelMate 7520G notebook
ADSL internet access; 56K VFD modem
CanoScan 8400F scanner
HP 1020 laser printer
Windows XP SP3, MS Office 2003/2007, Adobe Acrobat 6CE, dtSearch, PGP, all
available Hungarian/English electronic dictionaries, other English dictionaries,
encyclopedias, reference CDs (more than 60)
SDLX Trados Freelance 7.5, Transit Smart XV and MemoQ Translator Pro translation memory suites, Terminology Extractor 3.0, Concordance
Other information
Moderator of the Translators' Electronic Forum in Hungary (since 1995)
IT columnist for the Newsletter published by the Association of Hungarian Translation
Companies
Developer of a commercial macro kit for translators (WordFisher)
Guest lecturer on CAT at a postgraduate university translator training course
(BKÁE)