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Slovak Republic
Švecová Mária
Scraps of Memory
A full-length documentary film about Rudolf Wels (1882-1944), a distinguished but forgotten Czech architect (a pupil and collaborator of Adolf Loos) and scenographer of Jewish origin, who was killed along with his wife and younger son in Auschwitz during the greatest mass murder of Czech citizens towards the end of World War II.
Resident of: Slovak Republic
Lived for five years abroad (Ghana – Accra, West Africa)
Academic background: Comenius University, Bratislava, Faculty of Arts
Programme field: Translation – interpreting, English/Russian
Honoured degree: PhD.
Employment: free-lance translator/interpreter
Previous engagements: interpreting for central government agencies, Slovak and EU institutions (the European Commission), local and foreign companies, collaboration with Slovak TV and Slovak Radio (interpreting at workshops and translation of TV plays),
Translations of a number of theatre plays for the Slovak Theatre Institute, translations for Drama and Film Institute
Collaboration with Drahoš Šišovič on various projects.