Aida Wester

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

ATA Active Translator. Editor and Proofreader.

California State Personnel Board, SPB- Certified Administrative Hearing and Medical Spanish and English Interpreter.

English to Spanish Translation, Editing and Proofreading: Audiovisual: Feature Film screenplays, shorts, animation, documentaries, instructional videos, promotional material. Ecology & Education: articles, lesson plans for green youth educators. Legal: agreements and contracts; DMV tests; legal documents. Health & Medical: Health care information; medical records and forms; occupational profiles; performance evaluations; symptom checklist-symptom assessments; psychological assessments. Commercial: press releases; web sites.

Subject Areas: Ecology, Education, Environmental Science, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Film and Cinema Studies, Health, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Law and Legal, Medicine - Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene, Medicine - Public Health Education and Promotion, Non-traditional Alternative Medicine.

Consecutive, simultaneous and sight interpreting: Medical: Doctor-patient appointments i.e. Acupuncture, Audiology, Neuropsychology, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Orthopedic, Otolaryngology, Physical Therapy, Speech Pathology, Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Medical/Legal: Evaluations: AOE/COE, Qualified Medical Examinations (QME), Assessments, Insurance Representation, Pre-Trial Services, Return to Work and Work Hardening programs. Administrative Hearings: DMV, Keheya, Workers’ Compensation: Expedite Trials, Compromise and Release, Mandatory Settlement Conferences, Pre-Trial Conferences, Stipulations and Award. Attorney-Client Interviews. Depositions. Over-The-Phone Interpreting: Auto/Claims, Banking, DOJ, Emergency Services, Hospitality Industry, Hot Lines, Insurance, INS, IRS, IT Support Services for Clinical Trials, Legal, Medical, Public Services, Real Estate/Title Company Services, Shareowner Services, Telecommunications, Travel Assistance, UK City Council Services.

Language Instruction: Spanish Language Consultancy. Destinos Telecourse. High School & Middle School Spanish. Conversational Spanish. BBC Muzzy Spanish.

Extensive reference material in hard copy and CD (RAE, Oxford, Simon & Schuster’s, Beigbeder Atienza, Clave, Seco, Alcaraz Varó, Black’s Law, T. West, M. Orellana, The Interpreter RX, The Interpreter’s Edge & Turbo Supplement, Interpretapes©, The Spanish Talking Manual, etc.) 

Public relations and customer service skills. PC, WinXP, Wordfast Pro, Across, Final Draft, Plantronics Binaural Headset, and Amplifier.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

English to Spanish translation, editing and proofreading. On-Site Legal and Medical interpreting. Over-The-Phone interpreting. High School Independent Study Program Director. 10^th -12^th Grade Curriculum design, implementation and instruction. Beginning, intermediate and advanced Spanish language instruction. Cross-Cultural Skills instruction. Pro bono interpreting and translation. Language Consultancy. Arts & Crafts Director, and instruction. Publication production coordination. Graphic Design & Layout. Advertising. Southwestern and Indigenous art purchasing, display, and sales.

CLIENTS

• Green Translations, Geneva, Switzerland
  
• Cyracom International, Tucson AZ
• California Institute for Rural Studies, Davis, CA
• Solutions Management, Santa Fe NM
  
• Santa Fe Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Santa Fe NM
  
• Akasha Entertainment, Santa Fe NM
  
• LLE-LINK Inc. Washington, DC
  
• Green Teacher-Education for Planet Earth, Toronto , Ontario, Canada
• Sonoma CountySchools, PathwaysCharterSchool, BeniciaCA
• Pacific Interpreters, Inc. OR
• Miyoji Productions, Inc.
• Benicia, CA

• KERN California Corporation, San Francisco, CA, 

• COMMUNICaid, San Jose, CA

• New World Language Services, Inc. San Bernardino, CA

• Interpreters Unlimited, San Diego, CA

• Executive Linguist Agency, Inc. Manhattan Beach, CA

• Neurobehavioral Cognitive Services, (N.C.S.), Dixon, CA

• Hansen and Associates, Sacramento, CA

• Helen Ruiz Interpreting Services, La Mirada, CA
  

• U.S. Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA

• Voluntary Legal Services Program of Northern California, Sacramento, CA

• Carmazzi & Associates, LLC Interpretations & Translations, Carmichael, CA

• Ghost Ranch [Plaza Resolana] Study and ConferenceCenter, Santa Fe, NM

• Santa Fe Boys & Girls Clubs, Santa Fe, NM

• Presbyterian Medical Services, Santa Fe, NM

• SITESanta FeArtGallery, Santa FeNM

• The HughesHouseArtGallery, Santa FeNM

• Alameda Publishing Co. Oakland, CA
  

• Taos Advertising & Design, Taos NM 

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Across
• Wordfast
• Final Draft
  Subtitle Workshop