Max Zalewski

arabic, portuguese, spanish, linguist, translator, project manager, editor, proofreader, proofchecker, transcribe

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Max Zalewski, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic into English Linguist

Email: max.zalewski@gmail.com

Address: 1080 Sherman st. Denver, CO, USA 80203

U.S. Phone #:608.770.5209

Skype: max.zalewski

 

Objective:

• I am currently a Project Manager at a localization company and I am a Graduate student in the Translation Department at Denver University.  I am currently looking for work as a translator, editor or proofreader from Spanish into English. 

 

Academics:
Currently: Denver University Post-Graduate Translation Studies

• Classes Completed: Translation Theory, Computer Technology, Translation Practice

2008: Graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Spanish Literature

• 2006-07: Year Abroad at the University of Complutense, Madrid

 

Project Management:

Wordbank, Denver, CO August 2008-present

• Responsible for managing translations, editing, and proofreading of Word documents, PDFs, Flash files
• Manage entire life-cycle of all projects, workflow and overlapping priorities in a fast-paced environment; establish excellent client relation; understand and abide by individual project instructions and ensure that all deliverables are on time and within budget.
• Experience working with rare languages; including all major Asian languages, Arabic, Hebrew, Sinhalese, Tagalog, Malay, Vietnamese and Indonesian
• Experience working in a large variety of fields, ranging from technical to tourism to children’s video games

 

Transcriptions:

Memorial Library, UW-Madison, Madison, WI August 2007-May 2008

• Transcribed Arabic scripts (Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, etc) into Latin script of book information (title, author, publishing info)

 

Translations:

• Legal:

2008: client: Engineers Without Borders

Content: Customs form for importing electrical equipment

• Technical:

2008: client: Engineers Without Borders

Content: Technical electrical engineering

 

Software:

·       Adobe Acrobat Professional

·       Microsoft Office 1997-2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

·       TRADOS

·       SDLX 2007

·       Wordfast

·       Voice recording programs

 

Payment:

• Paypal, Western Union
• Rate: $0.05 per word