Ivana Baloska-Parmakovska

Translator / Jewelry Maker

Skopje, Skopje Statistical Region, North Macedonia

About

My name is Ivana and I am an English to Macedonian translator. I started working in 2006 while I was still a student. Through the years I have gained a lot of experience in translating books and TV-shows, but also in subtitling and QC. Apart from my day job, I really enjoy in one delicate form of art, and that is making filigree jewelry. I learned this skill in 2017 and has quickly become one of my favorite things to do. I also love music and playing guitar and, as of some time ago, drums.

Experience

  • Final Fiction (16 yrs 7 mos)
    • Translaton / Subtitling / QC
      2015 - Present · 11 yrs 7 mos

      Translation of TV-shows, movies, and documentaries, subtitling and QC. For the past 8 years I've been working on TV-content for clients such as: FOX, TLC, Discovery, Animal Planet, NGC etc.

    • Translator
      2010 - 2015 · 5 yrs

      Translation of TV-shows, movies and documentaries.

  • Artist / Owner at Purr Jewelry
    2018 - Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

    In 2017 I finally fulfilled a longtime dream - learning to make filigree. It is one of the best skills I have acquired in my life. It opened new doors of creativity for me and it is something I really enjoy.

  • Translator at Congress Service Center
    2011 - Present · 15 yrs 7 mos

    Translating books. So far I have worked on: The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (volume 1 и 2) Essays – W.H. Auden Essays – Ezra Pound Essays – Vladimir Nabokov Divergent - Veronica Roth Staying On - Paul Scott The Children of Noisy Village - Astrid Lindgren The Cactus - Sarah Haywood The Babysitter - Phoebe Morgan Strange Flowers – Donal Ryan

  • Translator and proofreader at Deluxe
    2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

    Translation of TV-shows.

  • Translator at Publishing House "Gjurgja" - Skopje
    2009 - 2009 · Less than a year

    Freelance job that included these three books: Jamaica In - Daphne du Maurier Mario and the Magician - Thomas Mann A Man and His Dog and The Blood of the Walsungs - Thomas Mann