Working languages:
English to Bulgarian
French to Bulgarian
Spanish to Bulgarian

Metodi Krastev
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Sofia, Sofiya, Bulgaria
Local time: 09:59 EEST (GMT+3)

Native in: Bulgarian Native in Bulgarian
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Services Translation, Editing/proofreading
Expertise
Specializes in:
JournalismLinguistics
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVsGeography
Printing & PublishingGovernment / Politics

Rates
English to Bulgarian - Rates: 0.02 - 0.02 EUR per word / 10 - 12 EUR per hour
French to Bulgarian - Rates: 0.02 - 0.02 EUR per word / 10 - 12 EUR per hour
Spanish to Bulgarian - Rates: 0.02 - 0.02 EUR per word / 10 - 12 EUR per hour
Spanish to English - Rates: 0.02 - 0.04 EUR per word / 12 - 15 EUR per hour

All accepted currencies Euro (eur)
Payment methods accepted MasterCard
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 3
Translation education Master's degree - Universidad de Sofia "Kliment Ohridski"
Experience Years of experience: 48. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2007.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
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Memberships N/A
Software Google Translator Toolkit, Microsoft Word
Professional practices Metodi Krastev endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines (v1.1).
Bio
METODI KRASTEV
Translator and journalist
[email protected]
Telephone #: 0889 630 983

Personal profile:
Accurate and reliable full-time freelance translator

Experience:
1967 – 1968 - Translator and interpreter in French and Spanish for The World Convention of the International Organization of the Professional Unions and for The Convention of the International Organization of the Democratic Youth that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.

1969 – 1976 - 7 years reception desk manager in the five-star Grand Hotel Sofia in Sofia, Bulgaria/

1976 – 1991 - 15 years journalist in The Bulgarian News Agency (BNA) reporting and translating in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian.

1976 – 1981 translator and reporter – International News Department of BNA.
1981 – 1989 Vice Editor in Chief – International News Department of BNA.
1985 – Special envoy in Italy covering and translating articles concerning The Second Stage of the Legal proceedings for the attempt of the assassination of Pop John Paul II.
1986 - Author, screen play-writer and producer of journalistic film for Nicaragua.
1989 - Author, screen play-writer and producer of journalistic film for South Korea.
1989 – 1990 - Editor in Chief – International News Department of BNA.
October 1990 - March 1991 during the First War in the Gulf – permanent correspondent of BNA in Jerusalem, Israel.

1991 – 1996 - Freelance Translator from and to French for the Bulgarian weekly review “New Times”, translated an English novel and a Collection of Nicaraguan Stories in Bulgarian.

1996 – 2001 - editor and radio host in The Bulgarian National Radio.

2000 – Interpreter for a group of Bulgarian workers passing a preparatory
Course in the socks producing factory La Matec in Scandicci town, Province of Florence, Italy.

2001 – 2006 – newspaper columnist in the International policy department of “Duma” daily. Covering various subjects concerning the EU policy and East-West relations. Translating from English, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian.

2005 – 2006 – Translator from English to Bulgarian for “Sofita” translation agency in Sofia, Bulgaria.

May 2006 - Special envoy of “Duma” in Strasbourg, France to cover the Session of the European parliament

During the same space of time translating from English to Bulgarian and vice versa
For UNHCR office in Sofia, Bulgaria

Since December 2007 – Member of the translating staff of “Monde Diplomatique” (Bulgarian edition) .

As a journalist – special envoy in Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Japan, South Korea, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Vietnam, Laos.

Main subject fields:
Jurisprudence, Business, Economics, Government, Journalism

Other subject fields:
Medicine, History, Sports

Education:
1963 – 1968 - Master of Spanish philology, bachelor of French philology and University certificate after 5 years academic course in Russian – “Kliment Ochridski” University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
1965 – 1968 - Three years Italian course and certification – Alliance Française in Sofia, Bulgaria.
1970 – 1973 - Three years course by A.S. Hornby’s Oxford University Press System of teaching English as a Foreign Language.

Pairs of languages:

Spanish – Bulgarian
French – Bulgarian

English – Bulgarian
Italian – Bulgarian

English-French
Keywords: Bulgarian, government, journalistic, history, social science


Profile last updated
Apr 15, 2020