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S P E C I A L I Z A T I O N
o ERP
o E-business/E-commerce (Web-based projects)
o Internet (Web site localisation for several companies)
o Software databases (software, help and documentation)
o Legal translation
o Company communications (several internal documents)
o Business Applications
o Economics
o Finance
o Programming Applications (software, help and documentation)
o Hardware documentation
E X P E R I E N C E
WORK EXPERIENCE
· Liaison/Simultaneous Interpreter—English, French, Spanish into English, French and Spanish—at the “World Fishing Exhibition” held in Vigo, Spain in September 1997.
Interpreting in this case required careful research and study of specialised terminology related to both the shipping and fishing industries.
· Technical translator at LCI, Paris, France, October-November 1997.
I worked as an in-house translator, translating French and English telecommunications manuals into Spanish. I had to familiarise myself with all telecom-related terminology for the three different languages and adapt it to the specific requirements of the Spanish market. I would use terminology databases provided by the client company and add the necessary new terms when a translation did not exist in the target language, thus doing the necessary research in order to find the most appropriate terms. I would also proffered and edit existing translations. I constantly had to meet tight deadlines, which meant having to produce a very high volume of text in very short periods of time.
· Software Localisation Engineer at Microsoft Worldwide Products Ireland, 5th January 1998 up to 10th October 1998.
My main tasks as an SLE were localising/translating software products into Spanish and fixing both cosmetic and functional bugs in the actual programmes. I worked with a set of internal tools that allowed me both to localise the software and to manage the terminology that was used for the actual localisation so that all terms could be tracked for consistency and accuracy across different platforms and products. I also used HTML editing tools to localise and resize all the HTML content for my project. I generated and handed off files to building engineers who created a build that I installed and tested. I used a software bug tracking database and made sure any problems having to do with my product build were solved before a new build was made. I had to maintain constant contact with localisers for other languages and projects, language specialists, builders and testers in order to ensure my product met the necessary quality requirements both at a linguistic and functional level. Tight deadlines had to be met so that my other team members could complete their work in time for the product to be released in accordance with the pre-set schedule.
The projects I worked on as the sole localiser for Spanish were: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.
· Spanish Language Specialist at Corel Corporation, Dublin, 19th October 1998 up to October 1999.
As the Language Specialist for Spanish, I was responsible for the linguistic quality of all Corel software, both Graphics and Business Applications.
I performed linguistic reviews on all components of the software and either provided the translators with feedback using a Language Quality Report or implemented the required changes directly into the files myself.
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E D U C A T I O N
HIGHER EDUCATION
1994-97 University of Vigo, Spain.
· Degree in Translation and Interpreting, English and French
SECONDARY EDUCATION
1990-1994 Compañía de María-Maristas, Vigo, Spain.
· B.U.P and C.O.U (the Spanish equivalents of UK Ordinary and Advanced Levels.) The subjects covered by these courses were: Maths, Spanish Language, Physics, Chemistry, English Language, History (both modern and ancient), Philosophy, History of Art, Latin, Literature, Biology, Galician Language and Literature and French Language.
ADDITIONAL COURSES
· Course in Liaison Interpreting English/Spanish/English at the Sampere Academy of Translators and Interpreters in Madrid, July 1996.
· Attended the Galician Symposium of Translation and Interpreting held in Vigo, Spain in December 1995.
· Specialist Galician course, Xunta de Galicia, 1997.
LANGUAGES
· Native speaker of Spanish and Galician (bilingual)
· Near native fluency in English
· Fluent in French (graduated in English and French translation and interpretation)
CERTIFICATES GAINED:
· Trinity College London - Grade 12, pass with merit, Dublin, August 1994.
· Cambridge Proficiency English, Cambridge University, June1996.
· Higher grade English at the Official School of Languages in Vigo, 1996.
· Diplôme de Langue Française de l’Alliance Française in Vigo, June 1996.
· Higher grade French at the Official School of Languages in Vigo, June 1997.
· Certificate of Distinction, class French 3 (Advanced), University of Glasgow, 1996-97.
· Dutch Language Course at The Sandford Language Institute, Dublin 1999.
LANGUAGE STUDY PERIODS ABROAD:
· University of Glasgow, Scotland - September 1996 to July 1997
· Dublin, Ireland – June 29th to August 24th 1994
· Paris, France – July 1995
· Cork, Ireland – August 1995
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L A N G U A G E S
English - Spanish (native)
English - Galician (native)
French - Spanish (native)
French - Galician (native)
Spanish - Galician (native)
Galician - Spanish (native)
E Q U I P M E N T
Pentium 4 - 2.5 Ghz., 512 RAM, 80 GB HD, CD Writer, DVD, 100 MB ZIP Drive, Toshiba Handydrive (20 GB), Hewlett Packard DeskJet 970 Cxi
Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 95 (OSR 2.5) (English), Windows 98 2nd Edition (English & Spanish), Microsoft Office 95, Microsoft Office 97 Pro (Spanish), Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition (English & Spanish), Microsoft Office XP Professional, Corel DRAW 9 (English & Spanish), McAfee VirusScan 4.0.3., Trados Translator's Workbench (2.2.5.79), Multiterm '95, Corel Catalyst 2.5 Enterprise Edition, various other small applications.
Trados Freelance Edition 3 and TRADOS Freelance 5 and 5.5
ADSL Internet Connection
C O N T A C T
5, lot de la gare
40170 - Uza
France
40170 Uza
France
CONTACT
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