Rafal Uzar

Current

• Language Coach/Interpreter at European Film Academy
• DJ/Expert at Polskie Radio
• Senior Lecturer at Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej w Warszawie

• Senior Lecturer at Universytet Warszawski

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Past

• HR Trainer at Institute for International Research
• Language Consultant; Translator; Editor; Journalist at Newsweek (Poland)
• Editor/Translator at Polish News Bulletin - Legal Supplement

• Consultant/Editor at Nowa Era Publishing House
• English Editor at Hi Magazine
• Senior Lecturer at Universytet Lódzki (in cooperation with Lancaster University)
• Senior Lecturer at Universytet Lódzki
• Lecturer at Wyzsza Szkola Pedagogiczna Towarzystwa Wiedzy Powszechnej w Warszawie
• Translator at PWN-Oxford Polish-English Dictionary
• Assistant Language Teacher at Japanese Ministry of Education

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Education

• Advanced Corporate Training - ACT
• Uniwersytet łódzki
• Polish-American Management School (Uniwersytet Lódzki, University of Maryland)

• Uniwersytet łódzki
• Lancaster University

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Rafal Uzar’s Summary

a) translation
b) translation training
c) media monitoring
d) publishing
e) education management
f) teacher training

Rafal Uzar’s Specialties:

Translation Training, Journalism, Media, E-learning, Web-design

Rafal Uzar’s Experience

• Language Coach/Interpreter

  European Film Academy

  (Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

  December 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  I was language coach for one of the presenters of the 2006 and 2007 European Film Academy Awards Gala and also undertook interpreting/dubbing/voice-over services for the two Galas.

• DJ/Expert

  Polskie Radio

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2006 — Present (4 years 1 month)

  I have a short 15-minute slot on Polskie Radio Bis/Euro and sometimes guest on Polskie Radio Jedynka.

• Senior Lecturer

  Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej w Warszawie

  (Higher Education industry)

  2005 — Present (5 years )

  I teach a variety of courses and specialise in e-learning and translation.
  Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities (SWPS)

• Senior Lecturer

  Universytet Warszawski

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2005 — Present (5 years )

  Teach Interpreting
  University of Warsaw - Institute of Applied Linguistics

• HR Trainer

  Institute for International Research

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Events Services industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  I run workshops/seminars for IIR concerning Human Resources.

• Language Consultant; Translator; Editor; Journalist

  Newsweek (Poland)

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; WPO; Publishing industry)

  2005 — October 2008 (3 years )

  Primarily, I am responsible for the editing of Let's Newsweek, an innovative online English learning website. I am also a language consultant and translator for Newsweek Polska.

• Editor/Translator

  Polish News Bulletin - Legal Supplement

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

  I managed the weekly publication (editing and translation) of a journal which presents the newest legal news from Poland.

• Consultant/Editor

  Nowa Era Publishing House

  (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

  I was head of the "Gymnasium" level, in charge of preparing, setting up a team of authors to write English books for this series. I am now only marginally affiliated to the company occassionally undertaking consultanting/editing work.

• English Editor

  Hi Magazine

  (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

  (a bilingual Polish-English educational magazine for young people). Responsible for the editing of all English texts and head of the translation team.

• Senior Lecturer

  Universytet Lódzki (in cooperation with Lancaster University)

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2001 — 2004 (3 years )

  Developed & taught on the 'COBAL' distance-learning MA programme. (Computer-Based Englsh Language Research)
  University of Lodz - Department of English Language

• Senior Lecturer

  Universytet Lódzki

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1996 — 2004 (8 years )

  Department of English Language
  Teaching listening, reading, translation studies, interpreting, conversation, practical English grammar and computational linguistics.
  University of Lodz - Department of English Language

• Lecturer

  Wyzsza Szkola Pedagogiczna Towarzystwa Wiedzy Powszechnej w Warszawie

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1999 — 2003 (4 years )

  Taught a variety of courses here including advanced translation and culture.
  TWP Higher College of Pedagogy

• Translator

  PWN-Oxford Polish-English Dictionary

  (Public Company; Translation and Localization industry)

  1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

  Worked on the production (part of the translation staff) of the largest lexicographic project in Poland in modern times.

• Assistant Language Teacher

  Japanese Ministry of Education

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year )

  Worked as a teacher in Kobayashi Technical High School and Takaharu High School in Miyazaki prefecture.

Rafal Uzar’s Education

• Advanced Corporate Training - ACT

  NLP Practitioner , NLP , 2008 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of the NLP Society - Qualified NLP Practitioner

• Uniwersytet łódzki

  Incomplete PhD Research , Linguistics, Translation, TEFL , 2000 — 2006

  Advanced Work on Corpus Linguistics, TEFL and translation.

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of PELCRA; TEFL Unit

• Polish-American Management School (Uniwersytet Lódzki, University of Maryland)

  Mini MBA , Management, Marketing , 1997 — 1997

  IT, Labour Code, Accounting, Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Financial Markets and Strategic Management

• Uniwersytet łódzki

  MA , Linguistics, TEFL, Translation , 1995 — 1997

  Help set up the PELCRA (advanced corpus research) team.

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of PELCRA (corpus) team, Member of University TEFL Unit.

• Lancaster University

  BA Honours , Linguistics & English , 1991 — 1994

  Highly involved in the corpus linguistics department.

  Activities and Societies:

  Vice-President, Bowland College; Editor, Linguistics Magazine; Member of University Senate.

Additional Information

Rafal Uzar’s Groups:

PELCRA (Polish and English Language Corpora for Research and Application) - Joint Founder.

•    Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group
•    Translators Worldwide
•    NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming)
•    Verbatin
•    Professional Translators and Interpreters (ProZ.com)

Rafal Uzar’s Honors:

[1995] Received ‘Miyazaki Cultural Ambassador’ award for work in promoting cultural awareness in Miyazaki-ken, Japan.
[1995-1996] Received 18-month scholarship from the Polish Cultural Institute in London to undertake research in Poland.