Angélica G Portales

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Contact Information

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Joined: Aug. 2, 2002, last update Sep. 17, 2007
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Website: http://www.spanish-translator.net

Working Language Pairs

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English > Spanish, Spanish > Spanish

Language locales: Spanish - Mexico

Services

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Editing, Project Management, Proofreading, Translation

Specialization

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Subject Areas

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Biomedical, General, Health, Information Sciences and Systems, Law and Legal, Medicine - Medical Technology, Medicine - Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene, Medicine - Pharmacology, Medicine - Public Health Education and Promotion, Telecommunications

Background

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OVERVIEW

• Mexican Spanish translator with 15 years of professional experience, with an innate ability to accurately grasp the meaning of the source text and successfully conveying it into target language

• Translating for some of the major players in the Pharmaceutics industry since 1997

• Growing collection of specialized dictionaries and personal glossaries

• More than 700K words translated on pharmaceutics, diagnostics, healthcare and related subjects; more than 250K words on telecommunications; and several thousands more on other specialty subjects

SKILL SUMMARY

• Knowledge of the subject matter, attention to detail, good research capabilities, experience, honesty, and love for the trade.
  
• Highly PC-literate, ability to easily understand new software and computers. Very important if your source document has a complex format or special requirements!
  
• Translation subjects include: Telecommunications, Diagnostics, Pharmaceutics, Health Care, Technical, Computers & Software, Legal, Human Resources.
  
• Formats & Software handled:
  @ MS Office 97 / 2000
  @ Lotus SmartSuite
  @ Corel WordPerfect 8
  @ FrameMaker 5.5
  @ PageMaker 6.5
  @ QuarkXpress Passport 4.0
  @ CorelDraw 8.0
  @ MS Publisher 2002
  @ 1st Page (HTML editor)
  @ SDLX 4.0
  @ Trados Freelance 3 & 5.5
  @ Tag Editor
  @ Wordfast 3.35
  @ Dragon Naturally Speaking
  @ Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Exchange
  @ Help files
  @ Operating System: Windows 98 & Windows XP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• As a freelance translator:
  Ongoing translation work in projects for both translating firms (Mexico & US); as well as for direct clients including industry-leading companies.
  @ Websites
  @ Operator/Owner/User Manuals
  @ Package inserts
  @ Laboratory and Assay Protocols
  @ Documents for product registration
  @ Patient education, informed consents
  @ Training course material
  @ Questionnaires & surveys
  @ Brochures and catalogs
  @ Corporate communication, letters, notices
  @ Marketing and promotional material
  
• As in-house translator:
  Project management and translation for various important clients, on various subjects. Worked at different translation agencies and at a renowned Patent Attorney's office. Please request an updated copy of my résumé for more detailed information.

COURSES

• SLDX
  December 2001
• TRADOS
  August 1999
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  Franklin-Covey
  August 1999
• TIME QUEST
  Franklin-Covey
  April 1999
• INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
  By the Project Management Institute
  February 1997

Software

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• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe InDesign
• PageMaker
• PowerPoint
• QuarkXPress
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• MS Office 2000 (Word, Excel & PowerPoint); PageMaker 6.5; QuarkXpress Passport 6.0; MS Publisher 2002, Translation Memories (Trados, SDLX), Tag Editor, 1st Page (html editor), FTP client
  

Hardware

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Desktop and laptop, Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz, 512MB RAM, 100MB Zip Drive, DVD-RW/CD-RW, B&W & color scanners, laser & inkjet printers, Broadband DSL Internet connection, FTP site

Payment Options

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