Karen Tkaczyk

Current

President at Nevada Interpreters and Translators Association
Independent Translation Professional at McMillan Translation

Past

Quality Assurance Manager at DARJA Laboratories
Development Chemist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Development Chemist at GlaxoSmithKline (Smith Kline Beecham)

Research Chemist at Rhone-Poulenc (Lyon, France)

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Education

University of Cambridge
University of Manchester - Manchester Business School

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Connections

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Industry

Translation and Localization

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Karen Tkaczyk’s Summary

Freelance translator from French into English and Spanish into English, specializing in chemistry. Translation of texts relating to the chemical industry, including intellectual property, and most often in the areas of pharmaceutical and cosmetic chemistry.
2009-2011 President of the Nevada Interpreters and Translators Association

Karen Tkaczyk’s Specialties:

Translation, French, Spanish, British English, US English, Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Biotech, Patents, Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Freelance work, NITA

Karen Tkaczyk’s Experience

President

Nevada Interpreters and Translators Association

(Translation and Localization industry)

April 2009 — Present (8 months)

NITA is a non-profit association promoting translation and interpreting in the state of Nevada. My role is to provide strategic leadership that will advance NITA's purposes, which are numerous but include improving awareness of T&I in the state and organizing professional development events for emerging and established translators and interpreters.
Independent Translation Professional

McMillan Translation

(Translation and Localization industry)

October 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

I translate technical material from French and Spanish into English, both UK (native) and US (language of habitual use).
I was trained and employed previously as a chemist and I translate texts that most often come from the chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
I particularly enjoy translating patents and IP-related texts.
Quality Assurance Manager

DARJA Laboratories

(Chemicals industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

Skin care research company, designing both cosmetics and topical medical devices. Initially reworked all laboratory SOPs and Forms for R&D lab and testing, then moved on to updating the whole QA system for manufacturing as well as the R&D lab. 'Many hats' in a small company meant I also did occasional lab work and I handled logistics for outsourcing.
Development Chemist

Bristol-Myers Squibb

(Public Company; BMY; Pharmaceuticals industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland
Process chemistry and development work for scale-up into pilot plant and full scale manufacturing. Substantial trouble-shooting. Included supervision of validation batches.
Development Chemist

GlaxoSmithKline (Smith Kline Beecham)

(Public Company; GSK; Pharmaceuticals industry)

1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

Carrigaline, Co. Cork, Ireland. Temporary position. Process Development Chemistry for scale-up, and also analysis of documents for Drug Master File creation.
Research Chemist

Rhone-Poulenc (Lyon, France)

(Translation and Localization industry)

July 1992 — July 1993 (1 year 1 month)

One year Internship. Synthetic organic chemistry. Three projects, including one involving scale-up for the pilot plant.

Karen Tkaczyk’s Education

University of Cambridge

Ph.D. , Chemistry , 1994 — 1998

Asymmetric Synthetic Methodolgy, in Stuart Warren's group.

Activities and Societies:

Queens' College
University of Manchester - Manchester Business School

MChem , Chemistry with French , 1990 — 1994

UMIST - Final year prizes:
Best Organic Chemistry project
Award for best results among the Chemistry with French students.

Activities and Societies:

Ashburne Hall