Working languages:
English to Bulgarian
Bulgarian to English
Zlatina Petrova
Background in Psychology and Social Work

United Kingdom
Local time: 08:56 BST (GMT+1)

Native in: Bulgarian Native in Bulgarian
Send email
  • Send message through ProZ.com
Feedback from
clients and colleagues
on Willingness to Work Again info
No feedback collected
Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter
Data security Created by Evelio Clavel-Rosales This person has a SecurePRO™ card. Because this person is not a ProZ.com Plus subscriber, to view his or her SecurePRO™ card you must be a ProZ.com Business member or Plus subscriber.
Affiliations This person is not affiliated with any business or Blue Board record at ProZ.com.
Services Native speaker conversation, Translation, Language instruction, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling, Transcription
Expertise
Specializes in:
Poetry & LiteratureIdioms / Maxims / Sayings
Cooking / CulinaryLaw: Contract(s)
Law: Taxation & Customs
Volunteer / Pro-bono work Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations
Rates

Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
English to Bulgarian: "The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy" - fragment
General field: Art/Literary
Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English
Long ago, Harold, you said to me: "There are so many things we don't see." What do you mean? I asked. My heart gave a flip. "Things that are right inf ront of us," you said.
We were in your car. You were driving, as you always did, and I was in the passenger seat. Night was falling, I remember that, so we must have been on our way back to the brewery. In the distance, streetlamps sprinkled the blue velvet skirts of Dartmoor, and the moon was a faint chalp smudge.
It was on the tip of my tongue to tell the truth. I couldn't bear it any longer. Pull over, I almost shouted. Listen to me, Harold Fry -
You pointed ahead with your driving glove. "You see? How many times have we come this way? And I've never noticed that." I looked where you were indicating, and you laughed. "Funny, Queenie, how we miss so much."
While I was on the edge of a full confession, you were admiring a roof extension. I unclipped my bag. I took out a handkerchief.
"Do you have a cold?" - said you.
"Do you want a mint?" - said I.
Once again, the moment had passed. Once again, I had not told you. We drove on.		Translation - Bulgarian
Много отдавна, Харолд, ти ми каза: „Има толкова много неща, които не виждаме”. „Какво имаш предвид?”, попитах. Сърцето ми подскочи. „Неща, които са тъкмо пред очите ни”, каза ти.
Бяхме в колата ти. Ти беше зад волана, както винаги, а аз бях на мястото до шофьора. Свечеряваше се, спомням си това, така че трябва да сме пътували обратно към пивоварната. В далечината, уличните лампи обсипваха със светлина сините кадифени поли на Дартмур, а луната беше бледо тебеширено петънце.
Беше на върха на езика ми да ти кажа истината. Не можех да понасям това нито минута повече. „Спри колата”, почти изкрещях. „Чуй ме, Харолд Фрай –
Ти посочи напред с шофьорската си ръкавица. „Погледни. Колко пъти сме минавали оттук? А аз никога не съм забелязвал това”. Погледнах в посоката, която сочеше, и ти се засмя. „Странно е, Куини, как пропускаме толкова много неща”.
Докато аз бях на ръба на пълно признание, ти се възхищаваше на някакъв покрив. Откопчах чантата си. Извадих носна кърпа.
„Да не би да си настинала?”, каза ти.
„Искаш ли ментов бонбон?”, казах аз.
За пореден път, моментът беше отминал. За пореден път, аз не ти казах. Продължихме нататък.

Experience Years of experience: 4. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2020.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials N/A
Memberships N/A
Software N/A
Professional objectives
  • Meet new translation company clients
  • Meet new end/direct clients
  • Work for non-profits or pro-bono clients
  • Screen new clients (risk management)
  • Network with other language professionals
  • Get help with terminology and resources
  • Learn more about translation / improve my skills
  • Learn more about interpreting / improve my skills
  • Learn more about additional services I can provide my clients
  • Learn more about the business side of freelancing
  • Stay up to date on what is happening in the language industry
  • Improve my productivity
Bio

I am a native Bulgarian speaker with a passion for languages. I hold a Cambridge English Assessment Certificate (Level C1) and I have been living in the UK since 2014.

My educational background is in Psychology and Social work and these are topics I can discuss freely. I have been doing freelance translation since 2019, including a Bulgarian translation of an English novel. 

At the moment I am trying to broaden my horizons so I am equally interested in scientific translation, fiction and anything in between :)

Keywords: bulgarian, english, translation, documents, proofreading, fiction, tutoring, lessons


Profile last updated
Jul 16, 2020



More translators and interpreters: English to Bulgarian - Bulgarian to English   More language pairs