Zaida Machuca Inostroza

Pasaje Aníbal Pinto Nº 99

Población Osvaldo Muñoz Carrasco

P.O. Box Nº 33 – Cabrero – Chile

CP          :        4470000

Landline:       +56 43 401880 (office)

Mobile :         +56 9 81832941

Fax        :         +56 43 401823

E-mail 1: mailto:zaida.machuca@gmail.com

E-mail 2: mailto:zaidita6691@hotmail.com

E-mail 3: mailto:zaida@language.proz.com

Web Site 1:  http://www.proz.com/profile/74613

Web Site 2:  http://zaida.my.proz.com/

Spanish-French Translator and Interpreter

French-Spanish Translator and Interpreter

English-Spanish & English-French Translator

Portuguese-Spanish Translator

Portuguese-French Translator

Native speaker in Spanish

Education and training

1984-1989         French Spanish Translation, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

1990                 English Spanish Translation, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

1992                 Executive Spanish Secretary, Manpower Chile.

Other Courses

2008                 Wordfast Training for Beginers, organized by Proz.com and realized in Neuralis eLearning Center, Santiago Chile, January 12^nd.

2006                 English Course, (functional for specific purposes, level 1) in Berlitz Institute, November 22^nd to December 27^th.

2006                 Excel Advanced Course, INACAP Professional Institute October 6^th, 7^th, 13^rd and 14^th.

2006                 Secretary Functions as Executive Assistant, Manpower Chile, June 16^th and 17^th.

2005                 Spanish Orthography based in the rules of Real Academia de la Lengua Española, Universidad de Concepción, June 11^nd.

2005                 Translators Conference:  Translation in the XXI Century and Round Table:  Associative Life, Universidad de Concepción, May 27^th and 28^th.

2005 & 2006      Muscleskeletic Injury Prevention, Asociación Chilena de Seguridad, ACHS, February 3^rd, 2005 and July 13^rd, 2006.

2004                 Prevention Measures in Digitation Jobs, Asociación Chilena de Seguridad

2003                 Competence for a Outstanding Fullfilment, Humans Systems Consulting, December 2^nd and 3^rd.

2001                 Personal efficiency, Asociación Chilena de Seguridad, October 3^rd.

1999                 Windows 95 and Office 97 Applications, intermediate level (Word and Excel 97), August 17^th to 30^rd.

1998                 Municipal Management, Caser Ltda. Capacitación y Servicios, August 7^th and 8^th.

1995                 Municipal Administration Statute, Instituto Chileno Belga CEDORA, November 23^rd and 24^th.

1995-1997         Organisations Sociology, Social Psychology, Poverty: Surmounting Strategies in Developing Countries, Administration Foundations, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción.

1992                 Diction, pronunciation and Corporal Expression, Manpower Chile.

1988                 Congress "France in the Contemporary World", Universidad de Concepción.

1985                 Computer Science for Translators, Universidad de Concepción.

1984                 Biology for Translators, Universidad de Concepción.

1984-1985         Instrumental English in Basic, Medium and Advanced Levels (three period of six months)

1981-1984         Improvement of Oral French, Language Laboratory,  Experimental High School A-39, Concepción.

Professional experience

1985 – 2007       Freelance translator associated to European, Canadian and Latinamerican teams of translators, working for translation agencies and direct clients from all over the world.

2007                  Support Administrative for Secretarial Duties. Minutes Trascription of  Municipal Council and for the Economic & Social Communal Council (CESCO), and Communication Writing  related with those comunal organisms.

2006                  Trainer of Workshop "Word Tools & their applications in Translation", directed to translators members of the Asociación de Traductores de Chile A.G., march 18^th.

2000 – 2006       Spanish and French Freelance Teacher to business executives.

2000 – 2006       General Management Secretary in Operadora Autopista del Bosque S.A., developing the inherent activities to the position. In addition, as Bilingual Secretary she makes translations in support of the management in the fields of: Human Resources (Training), Maintenance, Road Security and Toll (Signaling) and Management and Finances (Maintenance Agreement of the Toll System) (August 14^th 2000 – October 30^rd 2006)

1993 – 2000       Minutes Secretary of Municipal Secretary, Municipality of Cabrero. Minutes Trascription of the Municipal Council and Writing of Correspondence issued from this Council.  Secretary charge Office of traffic tickets, classifying, registering and distributing the correspondence received in Municipality .

1983 – 1989       French freelance instructor teaching to primary and high school students.

Other Highlights

Software            Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Acces, WordFast, Metatexis, Plustools, Trados, Acrobat, Convert Program to PDF Files.

Main Translations

I’m always ready to look at any document but I’m not afraid of saying that I’m not qualified for translating something. My main subjects are civil engineering, heliculture, agriculture, CV's, dentistry, medical, phonoaudiology, financial, human ressources, human rights, ecology and environmental,  but I also have experience in music, astrology and psychology.

I can translate: brochures, catalogues, leaflets, business letters or documents,  contracts, technical manuals, legal documents, medical texts, advertisements,  scientific texts, websites

I use MetaTexis or Wordfast and I can work with Word, Excel PowerPoint, Publisher, and PDF formats.

For payments I can accept cash by Western Union, transfers by PayPal, Moneybookers and Ikobo.

Further details available at: http://www.proz.com/profile/74613

• Adobe Acrobat
• MetaTexis
• PowerPoint
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• Word, Excel, Front Page, Publisher