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Let me introduce myself. My name is Renata Korpak-Langdon. I was born in the region of
Silesia, on the Czech-Polish-Slovak border in what used to be Czechoslovakia – a real cauldron of nations with a varied history and a very interesting local identity.
If you grow up in such an environment, speaking not just one but more languages fluently becomes part of your life. I spoke Polish at home and at school, Czech in the street and at school and everywhere else, including at university. My mother taught me German since I was 12 and it became my “third mother tongue” to such an extent that when I went to Germany, I was considered to be a native speaker. I learned to speak Slovak during the many summers I spent there, walking in the Slovak mountains.
I took up English when I was 14 and learning to know it really well took much longer. After all, I lived behind the Iron Curtain then... And then the Velvet Revolution broke out and I went to work translating, interpreting and researching for the BBC... and met my future husband. Now, English is my language of everyday use and I couldn’t live without it!
I studied English and German at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and graduated there with a PhD. Then I worked as a teacher, translator and freelance interpreter in Prague.
I have been working out of the UK since 1994 but have a flat in Prague and go back there several times a year. I also visit Poland at least once a year. I now have over 16 years´ experience of working as a linguist.
So trust me! With this expertise, I can help you get your message across in the best possible way...
email me with questions or requirements
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NOT my translations And finally....some useful links
Renata Korpak PhD
Member of the Institute of Linguists
48 Upper North Street
Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3FH, UK
Tel./fax +44 (0) 1273 772 001
Mobile tel. +44 (0) 7703 627 279
korpak@nildram.co.uk