Translator's Portfolio. About me

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TRANSLATOR'S
PORTFOLIO
Darya Didyk
Pa 01-19

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About me
Hello! My name is Darya Didyk
I am Ukrainian native speaker, specializing in
translation and interpreting from English and
Ukrainian and vice versa. I am currently studying at
Kyiv National Linguistic University where I obtain my
Bachelor's Degree.
Although I have not finished my studying, I work as a
freelance translator of articles and texts on different
topics, for example sociology, psychology, web sites
etc.

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Work experience
1 year of Freelance
translation of articles and
web sites
Skills
• in-depth knowledge of
languages.
• fluency in both spoken
and written English
• organized and
responsible
• perform given tasks
efficiently and as soon as
possible
• fast learner

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Sample of my work
In the 1st project, I have
performed translation
analysis. In the other
projects I was translator and
editor.

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Translation Problems of the
There is a plenty of stylistic devices and expressive means here, which may Project
pose certain difficulties during translation. For example, swear words (damn
it, big-ass book, dork, idiot, what the hell, little bitch). The most appropriate
option is to weaken those words during translation in Ukrainian due to
social norms in our country, e.g (damn it – чорт).
The language of the series is simple and contains grammatical
inaccuracies, e.g., various usages of the verb to get (gonna be, get high,
got it, gotta, gotten stuck etc.), contraction (don’t, cuz, we’re, gonna,
wonna, dad, that’s all of ‘em, Gosh, D’you want. bro), colloquial expressions
(show up, get high, screw, suit up, go out, What’s up, freak out, Come on,
chicken out. What are the odds? KEEP IT GOIN' BRO).
Expressive means such as ellipsis (omission of certain parts of speech) and
nominative sentences (Like my shirt. . Or... my underwear. Oh-that's rightI'm not wearing any. Not slightly, aposiopesis (Lily had been...well... extra
affectionate. Yeah-uh-it's. Uh-so if you wanna swing by its-uh-you know).
The humor in the series is created not only by the situations and facial
expressions of the character, but also by stylistic devices such sarcasm,
irony, hyperbole and litote. And it is important to translate them properly
tom make them understandable and funny for the potential viewers.

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GOALS
My learning goals are:
• to improve my translation skills, competences,
• to gain new knowledge in the sphere of audio-visual
translation,
• to enrich vocabulary
• to work as an editor

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TEAMWORK
Our team consisted of 5 people including me: Iryna Loboda, Julia
Koshynska, Kateryna Bulanova, Vladyslav Temnenko. I am
completely pleasedwith the work quality of my teammates. It was
perfect, we have divided responsibilities for our task to be done
quickly and in a proper way. We have helped each other when
someone needed advice or consultation on certain issue.
As for the marks, I put everyone an excellent mark for their great
performance.
Professor`s evaluation of my work
Team's evaluation of my work
5
5
My evaluation of my work

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Julia: Dasha provided us with translation
analysis of the script in time and then she
edited our translations. Her commentaries
were appropriate and meaningful.
MY TEAMMATES' FEEDBACK
Kateryna: Dasha worked persistently and her
notes on our translation were clear and
understandable. I am satisfied with our
cooperation.
Vladyslav: Dasha did her work well and
performed all the tasks in time. I am satisfied
with our work.
Iryna: Dasha is a hard-working student. She
proofread our translations and managed to
find some minor mistakes in order to make
the final text look accurate. I think she coped
with her task.