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United Kingdom (6:36 AM)
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Joined on May 18, 2012
$20 USD / Hour
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I am a qualified professional linguist with 6 years of experience and demonstrable professional successes in the language services industry, and provide primarily copy-editing, translation/localisation and proofreading services. I translate from Italian into my mother tongue, British English, and am a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, the Society for Editors and Proofreaders and the Royal Society of Arts. As a passionate academic, I am concurrently preparing for a part-time PhD in Linguistics in 2013.!
Verifications
Copy-editing of DPhil thesis
Translation of business plan
Copy-editing of research proposal
Copy-editing of DPhil thesis
Translation of business plan
Copy-editing of research proposal
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Experience
Freelance Linguist
Feb, 2007 - Present
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19 years, 5 months
Home office
Feb, 2007 - Present
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19 years, 5 months
I currently work from my home office as a professional linguist, offering primarily copy-editing, translation/ localisation and proofreading services. Over the last 6 years, I have translated, copy-edited or proofread over 2 million words for businesses, students and individual writers. My subject areas of expertise are: o Research and academia o International relations, politics, nuclear governance, maritime law o Medical (esp. allergology, dermatology, immunology, nephrology, obstetrics, pharmacolog
Feb, 2007 - Present
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19 years, 5 months
Co-founder/Communications Director
Jun, 2009 - Aug, 2012
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3 years, 2 months
Veritas Language Solutions
Jun, 2009 - Aug, 2012
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3 years, 2 months
I founded Veritas with a fellow graduate in 2009. Now a highly successful language services provider, Veritas was founded in response to low quality standards and a clear lack of knowledge of translation at the owner/ managerial level of other major LSPs. In the early years of the company I focussed on vendor recruitment and management, quality assurance, project management, and financial aspects. I also worked on translations and editing work in my language pairs. As the company grew, my role evolved to in
Jun, 2009 - Aug, 2012
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3 years, 2 months
Education
MA Translation/Linguistics (Distinction)
2009 - 2012
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3 years
2009 - 2012
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3 years
SDL Trados Level 2 (Intermediate)
2010 - 2010
2010 - 2010
SDL Trados Level 3 (Advanced)
2010 - 2010
2010 - 2010
Qualifications
SDL Trados Levels 1 - 3 (Advanced)
2010
SDL / Swansea University
My advanced level certification essentially means that I have developed an advanced level of proficiency in the SDL Trados software package, which is the major computer-assisted translation tool. "The SDL Certification Program is the industry's premier technology based certification which provides a recognized standard of excellence in SDL software knowledge. It's a comprehensive professional education program designed to develop and validate expertise in the use of SDL translation technology tools."
2010
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