Meet Global Voices Polska

1. Meet Global Voices Poland Information about the Polish team of Global Voices Lingua Sylwia Presley, co-editor

2. Agnieszka Kwiatkowska translator Profile on GV Polska Blog / Twitter / Facebook Currently based in Utrecht, works in Amsterdam as coordinator of creative translations in an advertising agency. Location : Utrecht, The Netherlands Languages : English, Dutch Favorite region : South- East Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos About: Born in Poland, studied Advertising and Marketing Communications in the UK. Blogger, observer of life on emigration, literature lover, interested in foreign languages and discovering new cultures.

4. Aleksandra Kaniewska translator Profile on GV Polska Twitter / Facebook Journalist working for dailies and magazines Location : London, United Kingdom Languages : English, Japanese, a bit of French Favorite region : Japan About: I love reading, Japanese pop culture, culinary experiments and long sleep.

6. Anna Maria Boland translator Profile on GV Polska Facebook Stewardess for Transavia.com, in September starts Polish Major Location : Haarlem, Netherlands Languages : English, Dutch, basic Italian and French Favorite region : Europe, Japan, China About: Generally speaking I am a boring person, who likes work, healthy diet and sports :) I like reading books, I read a lot actually. GV is my first serious project, but in the future I hope to work with languages.

8. Barbara Głód translator Profile on GV Polska Translator Location : Cracow, Poland Languages : English, German Favorite region : United Kingdom, Australia, North America About: I am a translator and I love my job. Translating for Global Voices is a very pleasant and useful occupation, which gives me a lot of satisfaction.

10. Barbara Trzmiel translator Profile on GV Polska Studies translations Location : Edinburgh, United Kingdom Languages : English, Spanish, German Favorite region : Central and Eastern Europe About:  At GV Polska since the 29 th of June 2009

11. Dorota Lisowska translator Profile on GV Polska Translator, English teacher Location : Wadowice, Poland Languages : English Favorite region : Balkans, France About: I am trying not to get lost in translation :) Both literary, as well as in life.

13. Izabela Jędrasiak translator Profile on GV Polska Facebook After graduating from English Studies in Łódź, in Poland, works as a translator in the Netherlands Location : Tilburg, The Netherlands Languages : English About: 

14. At GV Polska since the 2 nd of June 2009

15. Karolina Blachucka translator Profile on GV Polska Facebook Studies translations at Uniwersitat de Pompeu Fabra Barcelona Location : Barcelona, Spain Languages : English, Spanish Favorite region : Asia About: 

16. At GV Polska since the 14 th of January 2010

17. Katarzyna Otulakowska translator Profile on GV Polska Twitter / Facebook PhD student at Aesthetics Institute, Philosophy Dept., Jagiellonian University, Cracow Location : Cracow, Poland Languages : English, German, basic Arabic Favorite region : Central and Eastern Europe About: I'm interested in various areas of cyberculture: studying it from philosophical and artistic sides, and discovering it in any other dimension. I'm sure that nowadays, the powerful impact of new media is changing human lives all around the world; letting us hear the dialog of world's cultures on social level, makes me believe in a multicultural societies, and in a co-existence of open-minded citizens.

18. At GV Polska since the 19 th of February 2010.

19. Krzysztof Pawliszak translator, co-editor Profile on GV Polska Blog / Twitter / Facebook Blogger, just graduated from English Studies and plans his MA in Applied Linguistics Location : Lubycza Królewska, Poland Languages : English, German, Spanish, Italian, basic Chinese Favorite region : Australia, Africa About: Person with passion for media and foreign languages. He believes that he will be able to combine business with pleasure and thanks to language skills get a job as a foreign correspondent. Likes travelling, photography.

21. Magda Zając translator Profile on GV Polska Student of English and American Studies at University in Bielefeld in Germany Location : Hanower, Germany Languages : English, German Favorite region : Europe, USA About: Studies English, at the same time working in graphic design, painting ad drawing.

23. Magda Piłat author, translator Profile on GV / Profile on GV Polska Blog / Facebook Blogger, property management specialist, currently in search of a new challenge Location : Bicester, United Kingdom Languages : English, Spanish Favorite region : Central and Eastern Europe About: My car accident made me look at my life with very critical eye. I decided to leave properties and work behind the desk. I do not want to waste my life on useless typing. I am searching for answer to: what next? I dream of a house in countryside, away from civilization. I could not do without Internet there though.

25. Małgorzata Patoka translator Profile on GV Polska Translator Location : Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Languages : English, Russian Favorite region : Central and Eastern Europe About: I was born and studied in Poland. After graduating from Russian Studies at Warsaw University I moved to Scotland. I am based since 5 years in Edinburgh. I spend most of my free time on various translations and reading books. I like B&Jerry’s ice-cream and spending my time with the family and friends.

27. Marta Janik translator Profile on GV Polska Facebook Studies translations at the University of Portsmouth Location : London, United Kingdom Languages : English Favorite region : Central and Eastern Europe About: I believe in multicultural society and co-existence of similarly minded citizens.

28. At GV Polska since the 4 th of February 2010.

29. Marta Korona translator Profile on GV Polska Teacher, translator Location : Lublin, Poland Languages : English Favorite region : Poland About: Girl from the Subcarpatian region. Shameless lover of criminal stories and Bollywood. Attempts to cook in free time.

31. Jakub Górnicki author Profile on GV Blog / Twitter / Facebook Jakub blogs on KosmoReporter.com about challenges to old media in the new era and writes for Global Voices. As a new media trainer he was invited to the OSGF-organized Media Forum in Tbilisi, and held sessions on online television and for GIPA students. He was also an invited speaker to the World Blogging Forum in Romania in 2009. Location : Warsaw, Poland Languages : English, German, Russian About: Jakub started as a journalist covering sports and youth issues in Poland for a Poznan newspaper before moving on to online activities in 2005 (he assisted in developing the refugee.pl website for a Polish Humanitarian Organization and also became an evangelist for Prezi.com). Later on, he worked for mixxt.com as a corporate developer where he was primarily responsible for the Polish market as well as developing the platform on Central Eastern Europe. Currently he is heading Online Relations at Beamups.com - a global news marketplace. Combining journalistic and web experience he started KosmoShow.

32. At GV Polska since the 19 th of November 2009.

33. Sylwia Presley author, translator, co-editor Profil na GV / Profil GV Polska Blog / Twitter / Facebook Blogger, social media consultant, photographer Location : Wantage, United Kingdom Languages : English, German, Hungarian, basic Russian Favorite region : Mexico, Hungary, Asia About: I love new media and the fact that I meet wonderful people and take part in projects improving lives by amplifying stories and connecting people. Photo by Eduardo Avila

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