Angélica G Portales

OVERVIEW

• Mexican Spanish translator with 23 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
  @ MS Publisher
  @ 1st Page (HTML editor)
  @ Trados Freelance 5.5
  @ Tag Editor
  @ Wordfast 3.35
  @ Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Exchange
  @ Help files
  @ Operating System: Windows XP & Windows 7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Project Management / Account manager (liasion between clients and translation teams)
• 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.
  @ Informed consents, study protocols
  @ 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

• 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