MaLgorzata Pachol

As an integral part of the editorial team, I prepared finalized documents for publication by ensuring appropriate grammar, consistent tone and style, proper data sourcing, and factual correctness of MNT's varied content.

My collaboration with Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art consisted in reviewing and copyediting English texts as well as carrying out comparative proofreading of English translations of Polish articles.

At 15 Writers, I proofread academic texts, from essays to reports to theses.

At Science Connected Magazine, I draw on my editing skills to support scientists in their efforts to shed light on such disciplines and issues as astronomy, biology, botany, climate change, genetics, meteorology, mineralogy, and photography.

By proofreading femLENS’s We See magazine, which discusses such topics as photography, feminism, human trafficking, and migration, I made certain that each issue was free of grammatical, typographical, and punctuation errors. I also copyedited promotional materials, proposals, and blog entries that femLENS publishes on a regular basis.

At Reuters News Agency, I edited images sent in by photographers from the world over. That entailed—among other things—ensuring quality, accuracy, and style compliance of the captions that accompanied the pictures.

As a copy editor, I edited various works in English on a freelance basis, including a travel blog and a travelogue.

Enrolling in this course enabled me to strengthen my copyediting skills and therefore obtain qualifications needed to work with experienced professionals in publishing.

Having revised grammar and usage of English, I got an overview of the editorial process and familiarized myself with the three levels of editing—light, medium, and heavy—for a number of audiences. Following a broad curriculum, I became adept at using style manuals and reference materials, composing style sheets, and querying authors.

I supported FactCheckEU, Europe’s first crowd-checking platform, in the capacity of a translator. I was responsible for converting the message of articles written in English into Polish.

Collaboration with this platform helped me increase my knowledge of EU-related issues and strengthen my intercultural communication skills.

At Culture.pl, a comprehensive source of knowledge about Polish culture under the patronage of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, Poland, I worked on Polish-to-English translations of articles devoted to music, literature, and art.

Tackling linguistic difficulties posed by the texts on which I worked greatly improved my analytical skills.

Samples of my translations can be found here, here, and here.

As a localization project coordinator, I allocated work to internal and external translators and provided them with project-specific guidelines and reference materials.

Slipping into the role of a project coordinator entailed conducting a range of tasks virtually simultaneously, which improved my ability to multitask and prioritize my responsibilities effectively.

As an interpreters coordinator, I gained invaluable experience in team management, which necessitated recognizing, scheduling, and distributing tasks among team members. Another responsibility of mine was to give clear instructions and provide support to interpreters prior to and during the MEU conference.

In this role, I was in charge of establishing cooperation with interpreting schools and universities and providing contact persons with necessary information about the MEU project. To this end, I researched the institutions in question and liaised with academics in a professional manner.

As a result, my team and I managed to persuade the authorities of several universities to grant their students financial support and enable them to put their interpreting skills to practice in the European Parliament.

BETA e.V.'s Model European Union (MEU) is a unique simulation of EU decision-making and politics that takes place annually in Strasbourg, France.

My three-year adventure with MEU began in 2011, when I had the privilege of experiencing the EU’s legislative procedure firsthand while providing simultaneous and consecutive interpretation of parliamentary and council sessions and press conferences.

As a freelance proofreader, I reviewed and emended Polish translations of English texts.