I am English and Russian to Polish translator with a master's degree in literary translation and a passionate bibliophile. My affair with literary translation began at a young age when I had just discovered the Harry Potter series. Each book provided a chapter written by the Polish translator that explained the creative origins of all his decisions. It opened my eyes to the magical powers that lay in the hands of translators and made me realize my destiny to become a Wizard of Words too.

University education in Literature/Linguistics

Over 10 years' experience as a professional freelance linguist translating
press articles,
shorts stories,
exhibition material,
poems,
speeches,
non-fiction,
dissertations, etc.

Correcting/rewriting services

Writing privately as well (better understanding of the writing process)

Combining my all-round linguistic competences with writing skills, multicultural experience and creativity, I’ve translated some pieces of literature, such as "25 mini-retirements" –a medley of autobiography, travel book and a guide to better living by Polish bestselling author J.B. Bączek, Stageman, 2017.

I have a minor private literary portfolio myself, and I wish to further explore the adventures in translating works of literature, in particular, in English to Polish and viceversa.

I'm a translator and project coordinator at Radical Theory and Practice publishing coop from Moscow which deals with publishing non-fiction by left-wing authors translated into Russian - social sciences, politics, anthropology, radical psychology, etc. Among my works are Emma Goldman's memoirs (a 1000-pager, translation), Fragments of Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber (editing), Handbook on Consensus by Seeds for Change (co-translation and editing), and others.

Anna Blasiak (Anna Hyde) translated over 40 books from English into Polish (mainly children’s and YA) and some fiction from Polish into English (by M. Czubaj, W. Grzegorzewska, J. Krasnowolski. K. Malanowska, D. Odija, M. Szychowiak and I. Amiel). She also translated poetry into Polish (by M. Jastrzębska, M. O’Donnell, N. O’Mahony, V. Goldsworthy and M. Evans) and into English (by M. Szychowiak and R. Wiśniewski). More at annablasiak.com.

My main genre is speculative fiction - fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and all of the sub-genres. Even though my dissertation ("Is Techno Babble Redundant? Translating Specialised Language in Science-Fiction Movies and TV Series in the Light of Relevance Theory and Practical Constraints of Subtitling") concerned AVT mainly, almost half of it spoke of verisimilitude of narratives and the mechanics that allow authors to convince others that what is presented should seem real, at least for a second.

I have translated a lot of song lyrics into Polish for stage performance. I am also a singer-songwriter under a nickname Apolinary POlek. You can find some of my translation and transcreation works here: https://apolinary.pl/przeklady/
I have also translated some poems, lyrics and comics along with a lot of literary text for video games localization with QLOC S.A. Details are confidential, but you may ask for references via q-loc.com website.

I've been providing literary translation on a regular basis as a freelancer for 3 years,gained experience in translating and proofreading English stories and Polish young poets.

I've translated a book called "the nightingale of Broadway" from english to italian, of Stanley Tocci. I translate songs from english to italian and poems.

Starting in 1971, I attended the English Philology Institute of the University of Warsaw, Department of Foreign Languages. As I had a few years of experience as a student of theatrical arts in Hungary, I started to translate Polish and English plays and poems into Hungarian, partly on the request of Hungarian theaters. I worked on translations of some of the best known Elizabethan plays, including works of Thomas Dekker, John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle.

Exceptional Outcomes
I can translate your text or article from these languages: German, English, Polish. To any of the mentioned ones.

I've translated a lot of short poems, websites, articles and a 100-year-old book, written in Old German, containing old tales and poems. Also tales and odes.

I've been translating books from English and French to Polish for over 15 years. I've collaborated with many Polish publishing houses (Wydawnictwo Literackie, Znak, Krytyka Polityczna, Czarne, WAB, Wilga, Harper Collins, PWN, Olesiejuk, Sonia Draga, GW Foksal, Agora, WAM, Wielka Litera, Świat Książki). I specialize in non-fiction, essays, children's literature, fiction, as well as academic books about film, history of cinema, sociology, history, history of art etc.