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Nathalie LEHAIRE
FREE LANCE TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETOR Translator and Interpretor diploma from ISIT (Institut Supérieur d'Interprétation et de Traduction), Paris. Licence LLCE (French equivalent of BA). (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Dorothea Schurig
Free Lance Translator in Portugal for 25 years, mostly legal and economics; portuguese to german, french to german, english to german translations (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Mohammed Musa
Certifications: PG Dipolma, Translation Professional Affiliations: - Part-time Translator - Centre for Languages & Transaltion, University of Juba, Sudan. - Part-time Translator - Centre for Arabicization & Transaltion, University of Khartoum, Sudan. - Free-lance Translator (1997 - 2008) - Part-time Translator - Centre for Languages & Transaltion, University of Juba, Sudan. - Part-time Translator - Centre for Arabicization & Transaltion, University of Khartoum, Sudan. - Part-time Translator - Various Local Newspapers (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Claire Wright
...English: - General materials: news articles, web sites, interviews, letters. (3 years experience, working as a linguist for Diplomatic Language Services, Arlington Virginia) - Biomedical translation experience, including clinical trial documents, consent forms, web sites, scientific articles, patent abstracts, scripts. One year experience as a free lance translator; one year working for Hemosystem SA (France and US), French Manager for the R&D in the US. 3 years working for the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda USA). - Legal documents: related to intellectual property, copyrights, contracts. One year experience as a free lance tanslator. French Interpreter: Volunteer interpreter for the interview of... (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Ruslan Kassabov
May 2008 - present Senior translator for Integra Research and Development (Austin, Tx) · Responsible for English-to-Russian /Russian-to-English translation of technical and financial texts 2005 - April 2008 Editor/translator for Grant Thornton Russia (Moscow, Russia) · Responsible for editing the outgoing business correspondence of the GT partners in English · Responsible for editing the English-language documents drawn up by the company’s auditors, corporate finance specialists and lawyers · Responsible for English-to-Russian /Russian-to-English translation of texts on audit and accounting, taxes, legal matters and corporate finances. · Responsible for translating to Russian the Special Advisory Services Manual of Grant Thornton International: Business Risk Services, Capital Markets, Lead Advisory, Transaction Services, Valuations, Project Finance, Recovery and Reorganization 1990 – present Free-lance writer / translator · Writing articles and book reviews for “Nezavisimaya gazette” (since 03. 2004) (see e-links attached) · English-to-Russian translations of literature on management and finances for “Olimp-Business” publishing house (Moscow) (since 07. 2005) (Last translation: Laura Fredricks. The Ask. Towards Effective Fundraising) · English-to-Russian/ Russian-to-English translations for “Russian Newsweek” magazine (since 05. 2004). · English-to-Russian/Russian-to-English legal and technical translations for several U.S. companies: PCI Inc. (Kansas City, Ks), Promatec Inc. (Cypress, Tx), Matsea Corp. (Los Angeles, Ca) (since 1990 г.) (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Ilja Moser
MA in Slavonic and Romance languages, Humboldt University Berlin VÜD, Israel Translators Association Simultaneous interpreter and technical translator Languages: German, Russian, Hebrew A: English, French, B: Polish, Italian 30 years 1968-1973 Technical translator and interpreter at the Berlin Patent Office 1973-1989 Free-lance simultaneous interpreter and technical translator in occupational medicine, electronics, computer science in Berlin /translation of technical projects for Germany , Russia ,France, Swityerland, Algeria, and Morocco) 1990-1993 Translator at the German-language newspaper “Israel-Nachrichten”, Tel Aviv 1993- Free-lance technical translator and simultaneous interpreter in Israel and Germany (work for Mrs. Batia Frost, Mrs.Miriam Shlesinger, Esther Gilon, Ecoute, Myriad, Electric Fuel and the German Post, the Postal Authority of Cyprus), translation and localization of hi- tech user guides and GUIs (several thousand pages for Myriad Ltd., Orckit, Radguard, Telrad, and Telekom Deutschland through translation agencies), as well as for Prof. Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski, The Bund Deutscher Architekten, the European Union of Architects. And the International Union of Architects, and for KERN AG , and Intertext in Berlin. About 130 published translations, among them 2 omnibus volumes from German to English for UNESCO Paris, 1 omnibus edition on philosophical problems of modern science from the German Academy of Sciences Berlin published in New York, as well as medical research papers from the Charité Teaching Hospital, Berlin published in Argentina Special experience in translations from French to German and German to French: Selling two major industrial projects for the Port of Casablanca, Morocco, simultaneous interpreter in Senegal and Mali simultaneous interpreter at the Geneva-based UN headquarters, for the World Health Organization in Geneva, for the Ministries of Public Health of France and of Germany, for a government agency in Iraq ( a PC users guide) , for the Union of European Insurance Companies, for the International Architects Union, as well as for the European Architects Union, for the German Architects Union, and the twin cities of Leipzig and Lyon, and at the Lyon trade fair, at the Leipzig trade fair, and also for German TV, and for German and French youth organizations and women’s organizations, and Union delegations at conferences. Special fields: high-tech, localization, IT and CT, patents , medicine, civil engineering, architecture, business texts, insurance,sociology, film scenarios Technical translator and simultaneous interpreter (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Louis Salmon
1975–Now Free-lance Reseda & Los Angeles Free-lance , Accredited Translator for English into French  Technical Proposals, Owner’s Manuals of Industrial Equipment, Marketing Documents, Business Letters, Patents, etc.  Automobiles, Turbines, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Products, Materials, Control, Computer Accessories, etc.  Translation, Proofreading, Editing; Word-processing using Word 97 for Windows 95. For 14 months University of California Los Angeles, CA Post-Graduate Student Research Assistant  Work on Optical Properties of Unidirectionally Grown Alkali Halide Eutectics (Solidification on earth and in space).  Work on Probabilistic Methods of Nuclear Reactor Safety. For 14 months University of California Berkeley, CA Graduate Student Research Assistant  Work on Unidirectionally Grown Oriented Eutectics (Al-Al2Cu).  Operating a Crystal Growth Furnace.  Measuring Temperature Gradients.  Characterization of structures (Micrography). For one year University of Alabama Huntsville, Al Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering  Helped for Radar Tracking Research (Computer Simulations).  Taught Electrical Engineering Science.  Helped for teaching FORTRAN. For 2 + 2 months Saint-Gobain Techniques Nouvelles Courbevoie, France Consultant for Shielding Design. For seven years Saint-Gobain Company, France Nuclear Engineer, Studies relating to the Design of New Plants in a Chemical Laboratory of Process (one year); then six years as Chief of a Mathematical Section in charge of Radiobiological Shielding for all projects (Plants for the Chemical Processing of Nuclear Irradiated Fuels, Gaseous Radioactive Releases, Hot Laboratories, Fission Products, etc.); supervised two assistants; assisted other engineers for programming; studied Criticality Control Methods. For 18 months Société des Aciers Fins de l’Est, Steelworks in Hagondange, France Assistant of Head of Laboratory, Micrography and Quality Studies of Low Carbon, Low Alloy Steels used mainly by the automotive industry. For one year Boillat S.A., Reconvilier, Switzerland, a Brass Manufacturing Company Assistant of the Technical Manager, Studies on Electrical Demand and Distribution Problems, Changes in Processes caused by the order of a new rolling mill, Thermal Releases in shops, Power of Electrical Motors. Lycée Carnot, Paris, France: Old Latin, Old Greek, French Literature, English for the first part of the French “Baccalauréat”; Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Philosophy for the second part. Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, Paris (now in Chatenay-Malabry), France: Basics of Engineering plus a specialization in Metallurgy; field trips; final project of Steelworks including Control of Furnaces and Evaluation of Investments; Diploma of “Ingénieur des Arts et Manufactures, rank of 16th out of 214. Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, Malakoff (now in Gif-sur-Yvette), France: Accelerated training in Electrical Engineering for graduates from other schools; reports on Corrosion of Air Heaters at the Nantes-Cheviré Power Station and Influence of Secondary Channel Shape in Induction Furnaces at the Plant of Cegedur, Dives-sur-Mer; Diploma of “Ingénieur électricien E.S.E.” University of California, Berkeley, Program of Materials Science and Engineering; emphasis on Solidification & Crystal Growth (Metals and Semiconductors); degree of Master of Science. University of California, Los Angeles, Courses required for an eventual Ph-D; Quantum Electronics, Electron Microscopy, Advanced Solidification, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Failure Analysis & Reliability, etc.; took also Courses on Linear and Non-Linear Programming, Combinatorial Programming and Network Theory. California State University, Northridge, Program of Business Administration; Economics, Business Laws, Managerial & Financial Accounting, Marketing Concepts, Production Concepts, Business Communications, Statistics, Seminar on International Trade; MBA degree. Other data, Accredited for English into French by the American Translators Association (1983); California Community Colleges Instructor Credentials; attended Symposiums on Criticality Control in Karlsruhe and Stockholm. (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Hélène Tagand
Since May 2008 Free-lance translator Translation of a report about IT projects to strengthen health systems in Côte d'Ivoire Translation of a training about industrial risk management Translation of a management and operational service agreement, toll manufacturing and service agreements, a sponsoring agreement Translation of a manuel about employment policies for an industrial company Translation of two institutional documents about HR reforms in EU member states Translation of a user’s guide for a piezo-velocity transducer Sept. 2007-April 2008 : Raptrad Sud-Ouest Translation agency Toulouse Translator Technical (user manuals, specifications…), legal (contracts), commercial (calls for tender, product information…) marketing (newsletters, brochures), IT (software and hardware manuals, trainings and brochures), translation and proofreading from English and Spanish. Feb. – August 2007 : FM Global Insurance company – world leader of industrial risk management Annecy Translator/editor Technical translation and proofreading of loss prevention and risk management reports from English and Spanish. Translation/edition of all kinds of corporate documents (publications, online trainings, software manuals, mails, marketing texts) from English and Spanish. Evaluation of the opportunity to adopt Trados as a tool for the translation department. May – Dec. 2006 : Legrand Wiring devices and information networks specialist Limoges Trainee translator Technical translation in various types of file formats from English and Spanish Marketing, IT and legal translation Proof-reading, Consecutive interpreting both in English and in Spanish (visits of Legrand sites, trainings) Project management Sept. 2005 – June 2006 : Atlas Association Junior enterprise (translation) Grenoble President of the Atlas association, the Master students’ translation agency Translation (ecology, IT, history, education, archaeology medical field) Terminology Proof-reading Project management Administrative tasks OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Since May 2008 International Poverty Centre (joint project between UNDP and Brazilian gvt) Translation (on a voluntary basis) of five little reports on poverty, economic policy and micro-finance Translation of a newsletter about the Brazil-Africa Cooperation Programme July 2008 - currently Africa 2000 Network Translation and proofreading of reports, fundraising and communication tips (writing news articles, writing an annual report) and of the success story of a businessman-farmer in sustainable agriculture. June 2008 Climate Change Adaptation Project UNDP Translation (on a voluntary basis) of two presentations of community based projects in Marocco aiming to building new capacities to struggle against climate change and the consecutive desertification. 07/07 Translator of an article about the work and theory of the psychologist Erik Erickson, for the cross-disciplinary group of the schools of Guéret. 01/07 Interpreter for a specialist of thermoplastics injection for a commercial negotiation. 02/06 Interpreter during the visit of British teachers in French schools organized by the British Council. 02/06 Translator of a documentary film (Life in the Undergrowth – David Attenborough, BBC, 2005.) for the International Festival of the Environmental Film of Grenoble. 01/06 Translator Global Plan to Stop tuberculosis 2006-2015 of the Stop TB Partnership for a free-lance translator working for the WHO. 05-07/05 : Trainee translator at the Plan International (NGO) offices in Paris : Translation English<>French and Spanish<>French, proof-reading, enrichment of the glossary, consecutive interpreting in Spanish. O2/05 Translator of a documentary film (Platypus: World's Strangest Animal - David Parer, ABC, 2003) for the International Festival of the Environmental Film of Grenoble. (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Tonia Wind
08/03–Present Freelance Translator & Interpreter Freelance Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish language translator and Interpreter. Areas of translation expertise: International Business, Marketing, General Business, Import/Export, Legal, Literature, Children’s Literature, Internet, amongst others. 10/04 – 10/05 ESOL Teacher & Hispanic/Brazilian Outreach Coordinator Successfully started outreach program for school including afternoon help desk in Spanish and Portuguese, English language classes for parents and translation services. Responsible for all Spanish and Portuguese language translation of official school documents, general school information and PTA announcements. 07/01 – 07/03 Brazil - International Business Manager Reporting to the Vice-President of the company, responsible for all international market research, business and channel development, product licensing, registration and marketing for line of 125 pharmaceutical products for the Brazilian pharmaceutical company. 06/00 – 07/01 Atlanta, GA Events Marketing Manager 06/99 – 06/00 Bilingual Executive Assistant 06/98 – 06/99 English & Portuguese Language Teacher / Free-lance Translator English and a Second Language Teacher. Responsible for administering intense language and culture course to Corporate Executives and their families relocating to Brazil. Accompanied clients to business meetings and other social events as Portuguese language interpreter. 08/97 – 06/98 ESL Instructor / Translator / Interpreter Responsible for teaching English language and culture classes to native Portuguese-speaking students as well as training other teachers in the school. Completed Portuguese-English-Portuguese translation of documents, training manuals, and books for the school. I am a professional translator with over ten years of experience performing Portuguese, Spanish and English language translations. My areas of translation expertise are Official Documents, Legal, International Business, Marketing, General Business, Literature, Education, Technical, Manuals, Financial, Internet, amongst others. I graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Spanish language with a minor in both Portuguese and English. I have also completed various Translation, Interpretation, Project Management, Managerial and Financial post-graduate courses. While at school my primary focus was on Spanish/Latin American literature and translation both to and from my native language. I am a professional English language and Foreign Language teacher having taught both children and adults. I have also previously held corporate positions such as Events Marketing Manager, Hispanic Marketing Research Manager and International Business Manager in the Internet, Advertising & Publishing, Telecommunications and Pharmaceutical industries. This varied career experience provides me with a unique capability to effectively handle translation projects from many different industries. I am skilled in Internet, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, PageMaker, Trados and Wordfast. I have successfully completed professional training such as the Georgia Commission of Court Interpreters Training and achieved Advanced High rating on the foreign language Oral Proficiency Exam in Portuguese and Spanish administered by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language. I am a Notary Public for certified translations in the United States. My varied background and upbringing of being born in the U.S., raised and educated in the United Kingdom, and having lived,worked and traveled extensively in Europe and South America, provide me with the cultural experience and knowledge with which to carry out complex translation projects from differing genres and industries. In my home office I use the following hardware/software: Compaq Presario 1.0 GB memory and 250 GB hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Epson Stylus Cx4200 Printer/Scanner/Copier, Panasonic Fax/Copier, DSL 24-hour Internet access, Microsoft Office Professional (Access, Excel, Infopath, Word, PowerPoint and Publisher), Adobe PageMaker, Trados and Wordfast. I am currently available for upcoming translation projects and my typical daily output is 2000 words. My average per word price is 0.07 for normal projects, and 0.08-0.10 for technical/rush texts. I comment also that I have a PayPal account for easy online payment of services. (Click here to see this translator's profile)

Maria Giulia La Rosa
I have been a free-lance translator from English to Italian and Italian to English for several companies in Italy and abroad since 1990 . Particularly I worked for “Progetto Sud”, an institution promoting third world development, where the topics of my translations were related to economics and politics. This followed a four year-long temporary residence in London, UK . My specialization is therefore in English to Italian translations. Italian being my native language. I occasionally translate Italian into English and American English as well. I often work as consecutive interpreter and have some experience in voice-over and transcriptions I learnt Spanish for business reasons and I am now fluent enough as to do Spanish to Italian translations and Spanish to English translations. Language Pairs English to Italian (native) daily output 3500 words Spanish to Italian (native) daily output 3500 words Italian-to-English daily output 2000 words Spanish to English daily output 2000 words Proofreading of English to Italian and Spanish to Italian projects Areas of Competence as a free-lance translator General English,Tourism and Hospitality,Travel,Education,Legal,Economics and Finance, Politics, Cinema, Sports,Instruction Manuals, Sciences, Gastronomy,Health,Technical, Literary, Software services. English to Italian most recent assignments Articles of Association Hospital Website Terms and conditions for online contest Instruction manuals for weather stations Cronograph operating instruction leaflet Survey on tax departments Questionnaires for Oil Company stock area personnel Oil Company safety training sessions Technology of spring coiling machinery Automotive keywords Software Instructions Contract Agreement for Tender in the Construction Sector Memorandum and articles of association Balance sheet Analysis Safety procedures for a LNG offshore terminal website on English Language Course Search website on studying English in the Uk French radio User’s manuals for 3 different models Instruction guide for outdoor furniture Several instruction leaflets for Children’s toys and tools Irish Guide brochure for Construction Skill Certification Scheme University Degree and Legal Documents for students applying for placement in Italian Universities Spanish-to-Italian Tourist information on Canary events Tourist Information on Spanish fiestas Travel website Application form instructions Italian to English General conditions of sale Hosting Company website Survey on e-learning in the banking sector Quarterly review of US Economy Hearings Report of EU antitrust proceedings in the oil sector Critical review of Dietary Supplements Food and Wine festival Official Programme Marriage Certificates Birth Certificates Spanish to English Tourist information on sport tournaments, music events and religious events Tourist information on Spanish Fiestas School Certificates Proofreading of several legal documents Book on Yoga Techniques (Proofreading of English-to-Italian translation) Obituaries (Proofreading of English-to-Italian translation) Website on Business search for overseas Companies investing in Scotland (Proofreading of English-to-Italian translation) Interpreter for American Journalist interviewing my hometown’s Mayor Interpreter for local Electronics Factory for Visiting guests Interpreter for local Wine Company for Visiting tasters Interpreter for a Canadian Film Crew shooting in Italy Home address: Vicolo della Pace 29/a 05018 ORVIETO Italy Yahoo messenger contact available on request Msn contact available on request Can accept Paypal payments Availability : Monday- Friday 09:00 – 14:00 after this time if I am not at my desk I can be reached via mobile text message Saturday : only if given 24 hour notice My professional experience will also explain why I can translate on so many different topics February 2006 - XX Winter Olympic Games, Turin, Italy - Member of the Protocol Crew at The Olympic Palasport in Turin January 2002 - January 2006 - Municipality of Orvieto - Conference and Events Bureau For the past four years I was deputy manager in the Local Conference Centre (200 working days a year with events from 20 to 1000 people) and promoted the local conference center to perspective clients cooperating with the organization of their events . I also worked for the past four editions of my hometown main events such as the "Premio Barzini", an award to the best foreign correspondent of the year, and "Orvieto con Gusto", a nine day food and wine festival in cooperation with Slow Food attracting thousands of visitors from Italy and abroad. I was in charge of: liaison with printers, secretarial work, staff recruitment and management, hotel reservations, clients bookings and ticketing ,final accounting. December 1996 - December 1999 - Sales Agent for Studio Uno, the advertising Agency for the local daily newspaper "Corriere di Viterbo" I developed a portfolio of approximately $ 150,000 in yearly sales, an amazing figure for a new agent in a studio that had already been operating for ten years with several agents in a small province near Rome. Apart from sales of advertising spaces, my tasks included writing of editorial for my clients, task which I greatly enjoyed and was greatly appreciated. From 1985 to 1989 I lived in London, UK and worked as : Reservation supervisor for Italian Esacapades,(1988-1989) a tour operator specializing in made-to-measure package tours to Italy . I was selling package tours over the telephone and coordinating sales office personnel. I was responding directly to the Reservation Manager. Bilingual Secretary for Alfred Dunhill ltd, (1988)a corporation with business on several fronts, from luxury leather accessories, to tobacco, to menswear etc. I was working for the merchandise manager in the leather division and, besides ordinary secretarial jobs I was in charge of liaison with suppliers for spare parts and repairs as most of the suppliers were Italian. Reservation Clerk for Island Sun Ltd, (1985 -1988) a tour operator specialized in package tours to Islands of the Mediterranean sea. That was my first job, I started by selling package holidays over the phone to British clients . After one year I was also put in charge of booking reservations for the "Tour of Sicily" where I also looked after the hotel rooming lists and bookings and coordinated the groups in Sicily itself. Other current activities involve my great passion for basketball, which I played in my school years. I have been a basketball official for fifteen years now and took part in International Competitions and Major League Matches. I now work on local matches and am a qualified instructor for young officials. I have managed to conjugate my passion for this sport with my experience as an event manager: I organize local basketball tournaments and work as a Tournament Manager with A.S. Sportevents, a company specializing in youth basketball tournaments in Italy and Spain , looking after paperwork, bookings, accounts . (Click here to see this translator's profile)