Itxaso Holgado

Résumé of Ms. ITXASO HOLGADO, BA

PERSONAL DATA

Nationality: Spanish

E-mail address: itxaso.holgado@gmail.com

Alternative e-mail address: sky_blue_sea@hotmail.com

Date of birth: 08-12-1981

                                6+ years professional experience in Translation and Localization

LANGUAGE COMBINATIONS

                                ENGLISH - SPANISH                      

                                ENGLISH - BASQUE

                                GERMAN - SPANISH                      

                                SPANISH - BASQUE

                                ITALIAN - SPANISH                         

                                BASQUE - SPANISH

RECENT PROYECTS / MAIN CLIENTS

SONY

BMW

NOKIA

GENERAL ELECTRIC

GOOGLE

BOSCH

BLACKBERRY

MINOLTA

ARCHICAD

PANASONIC

BANCO SANTANDER

VOGUE...

TRANSLATION / LOCALIZATION EXPERIENCE

Freelance Translator since September 2006:

-          Translated user and installation manuals of mobile telephones, electronic devices and household appliances for several leading companies.

-          Translated various software applications and websites for different companies.

-          Translated several documents for the local Government, courts and councils.

-          Translated technical projects (engineering, architecture, energy, automotive...)

-     Translated sports related news and texts (Formule 1, Moto GP, rallies...)

-          Translated the science fiction novel Idlewild (Código Genético) by Nick Sagan from English into Spanish for Spanish publishing house - published in Spanish in May 2007.

 2004 to 2006 – Translator and Project Manager of the Translation department in the German company Reinisch (Spanish Headquarters, Vitoria, Spain). Clients: SMC, Schindler, Frimo, Viessmann…

2000 to 2004 – English Language Teacher in several schools (Quilligan’s Language School, Vitoria, Spain).

ADDITIONAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND INTEREST

IT: Especially web and multimedia design (Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Adobe Photoshop…)

INTERESTS: Video games and multimedia software/devices; IT; Internet; science fiction; sports; engineering (electronics, mechanics), health and beauty, travel.

REFERENCES

Collaborators: (Upon request)

Companies: 

Reinisch Spain S.L. – www.reinisch.es

 EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Translation and Interpreting from the University of the Basque Country (Vitoria, Spain, 2004).

Course in Web Design in IFES Studies Centre (Vitoria, Spain, 2006).

University students’ Socrates Exchange Programme in the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität (Bonn, Germany, 2000).

Postgraduate course in Social Interpreting (EN-ES) in the University of the Basque Country (Vitoria, Spain, 2004).

• Adobe Acrobat
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• STAR Transit
• TRADOS
• Wordfast