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Falls Church, Virginia 22041-1411
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LANGUAGES |
Turkish - English (native)
English - Turkish (native)
French - Turkish |
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EDUCATION |
BA - Foreign Languages (French Lit, German & Spanish) - Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon - 1983
German Language Certificate - Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik - Portland, Oregon 1982
Baccalaureat - Ecole Francaise d'Istanbul - 1979
Translating/interpreting courses in college (French & German) |
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SPECIALIZATION |
Law, business, engineering, social sciences, art & architecture, travel & tourism, health & population |
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EXPERIENCE |
Professional free-lance Turkish <-> English translator/editor in Washington DC since 1983.
Clients include : The US Department of State and other government agencies; US and Turkish organizations, educational institutions and scholars; The World Bank; The National Geographic Society, law firms, etc..
Translating/Editing experience includes contracts, proposals; video transcribing and translation; scholarly articles, travel books, photography books, video scripts, ghost translation of 5 historical books.
Other languages: French (near native); Spanish & German (Intermediate); Hebrew, Portuguese, Italian, Latin (beginner)
- Turkish language teaching experience: Taught Turkish to US diplomats and other government agency officials at various local language schools in Washington DC.
- Institute of Turkish Studies, Washington, DC: Administrative Assistant and Translator/Editor from 1986 to 2000.
- Court interpreting in Turkish in Washington, DC
- Assistant and substitute teacher in the French department, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon (1979-1983)
- Escort interpreting in Turkey to visiting US and British archeologists and historians (1978-1979)
- English/French -> Turkish translations for the annual film festival in Istanbul, Turkey (1978-1979) |
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EQUIPMENT |
Hardware/Software Platforms:
800 Mhz Pentium PC; Mac Powerbook 180; Fax; scanner; 56K modem; laser jet printer; ink jet printer
Word Processors:
WordPerfect Office 2000; Microsoft Office 2000; Nisus Writer; MS PowerPoint; WriteNow |
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