Becky Barath

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Rebecca E. Barath
Member of American Translator Association (ATA) 238661
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Moderator at Translatorscafe 
 
Freelance Translator
Native Norwegian, Norwegian/English bilingual upbringing 
Good working knowledge of Swedish and Danish.
 
Source languages
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
English
 
Target languages
English
Norwegian
 
Software MS Office 2003 Pro, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Trados 7.1 / SDL Trados 2007, 
Abbyy finereader Pro 8.0
 
Professional experience:
 
Translation of 19 page document for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Written in 
1890 by a Norwegian immigrant from the Civil War in ‘old’ style Norwegian. 
Translation of 25 newspaper and magazine articles about famous 
Norwegian Artist, Helge Segrov, 14 000 words.
Instruction manual tools, 10 000 words Eng - No
Employee training manual, 5 000 words No-Eng
Employee training manual, 5 000 words Dan-Eng
Hospital design building manual, 12 000 words No – Eng 
Accounting documentation, 5 000 words Swe – Eng
Immigration papers, 4 500 words No - Eng 
Company product manuals, 62 000 words No - Eng
Court Case Documentation, 9 000 words Dan - Eng
Clinical trial consent forms, 6 500 words No - Eng
Clinical Trials, 12 000 words No - Eng
Government contract, 3 000 words No - Eng
QA Eng-No Screenshots / text for major electronics manufacturer.
Purchasing agreement / Retail contract, 6 500 words No - Eng.
Company Article, trades and industries, 11 000 words Swe - Eng
Proofreading, Financial Documents, 12 000 Words Eng - No
Proofreading, Medical documents, 15 000 words Eng - No
Clothing chain, general guidelines, 7 500 words Swe - Eng 
Proofreading, Company Program manuals, 12 000 words Eng - No
Medical Transcripts, 5000 words No - Eng 
Financial statements, 7 500 words Dan - Eng
Power Point presentation, 6 500 words Swe - No
Series of letters and e-mails, 6 000 words Dan - Eng
Clinical Trials, 10 000 words Eng - No
Proofreading clinical trials, 15 000 words Eng - No
Re-writing / editing of subtitles, 45 minutes of video Eng - No
Patent application, 7 000 words No - Eng
Proofreading PhD dissertation, fisheries 5 000 No - Eng
Proofreading Marine documentation, 6 900 words Eng - No
Medical trials, 6 000 words Dan - Eng 
Medical journals, 40 000 words Dan - Eng 
Proofreading Marine documentation, 125 000 words Eng - No
Ongoing Medical proofreading project, 15 000 words Eng - No
Marketing project, 16 000 words Eng - No
Proofreading, Marine Documentation, 47 000 words Eng - No
Proofreading, Business Management Program, 18 000 words Eng - No
Numismatic History manuscript, 14 500 words No - Eng
Proofreading and trans. of medical documents, 13 000 PR/15 600 words Tran Eng - No
Proofreading Marine documentation, 25 000 words Eng – No
Medical, 5 000 words Swe – Eng
Medical instrument manuals, 8 000 words Eng – No 
Medical survey, 6 000 words Eng – No
Surveys Entertainment, 5 000 words Eng - No/No - Eng 
Surveys Automotive, 5 000 words No-Eng
Journals, 10 000 words Swe - Eng
Security manuals, 14 000 words Eng – No
Financial documents, 10 000 words No – Eng
Proofreading, website adult entertainment 30 000 words Eng – No
User manual safety gear, 17 000 words Swe – Eng
Marketing materials, 5 000 words Swe – Eng
Air/sound pollution report, 18 000 words No – Eng
Technical manual, coolers 6 000 words Eng – No
Legal documents, 5 000 words No – Eng
Medical Instrument, proofreading 30 000 words Eng – No
Website adult content, 9 000 words Eng – No 
Lease agreements, 10 000 words No – Eng 
Medical instruments, proofreading 30 000 words Eng – No 
Food and drink recipe book, 25 000 words No – Eng 
Medical Instruments, 25 000 words Eng – No
Medical Instruments, proofreading 45.000 words Eng – No 
Medical Instruments, 50 000 words Eng – No 
Patent document, 8 000 words Eng – No
Medical instruments, proofreading 250.000 words Eng – No 
IT documentation, 11 000 words Eng – No 
Medical equipment, 10 000 words Swe – No 
Medical Equipment, 7 500 words Eng – No 
IT strings instruction manuals, 12 500 words Eng – No 
Medical instrument, 65 800 words Eng – No 
Website ongoing, 25 000 words Eng – No 
Medical doc, 6 500 words Dan – Eng 
Maritime doc, 15 000 words Eng – No 
Proofreading, software strings 17 000 words Eng – No 
Marine software development, 16 000 words Eng – No 
Proofreading, Financial website 15 000 words Eng – No 
Medical instruments, 14 000 words Eng – No 
Proofreading, medical 20 000 words Eng – No
Health related documents, 22 000 words Eng – No 
Proof/edit medical pdf files, 15 000 words Eng – No 
Proof/edit financial documents, 175 000 words Eng – No 
Medical Surveys, proofreading, 125 000 words Eng – No 
Travel website, proofreading, 250 000 words Eng – No 
Financial documents, proofreading, 150 000 words Eng – No 
Bio-chemical research documents, proofreading, 67 000 words Swe – Eng 
Variety of minor translations: including diplomas, licenses, medical journals and brochures. 
Several rush jobs delivered within requested timeframe, often earlier. 
 
Skills
 
Translation, proofreading and editing.
20 years’ experience with Customer Service; retail, restaurant and financial.
Traveled extensively all over the world, gaining first-hand knowledge of various countries and cultures.
Professional and personal references available upon request.
 
 
I collaborate with other Norwegian proofreaders/translators with 
highly specialized knowledge in the Legal, Medical, Technical and Marine/Fisheries, 
Politics, Pedagogy areas. 
I also collaborate with Danish/English, English/Swedish/English and 
English/French translators 

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• Windows XP Pro
  Office 2003 Pro
  TRADOS Freelance 7.0
  SDL Trados 2007
  Frontpage
  Visio
  Abbyy Finereader Pro 8.0