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Matt Martin

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since Mar. 23, 2008

Matt Martin

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"Have it done right - the first time"

Canada

Mother Tongue: English
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Address: 201-415, rue St. Jean-Baptiste, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 2X6, Canada  (show map Show map)
Phone: 204-231-4128, Cell Phone: 204-471-4809

Joined: July 15, 2006, last update June 23, 2008
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Working Language Pairs

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German > English, Spanish > English, Dutch > English, Flemish > English, English > Dutch, English > German, English > Spanish


Language locales: English - Canada

Services

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Interpreting, Interpreting - Conference, Interpreting - Court/Legal, Interpreting - Medical, Proofreading, Subtitling, Teaching, Translation

Specialization

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History, Legal, Financial, Tourism

Subject Areas

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Education, History, Hospitality, Law and Legal, Linguistics, Literature, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Military Technologies, Music, Music History and Literature, Political Science, Religion, Religion and Religious Studies, Telecommunications, Theatre, Tourism and Travel, Visual and Performing Arts

Background

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Matt Martin

201-415, rue St. Jean-Baptiste * Winnipeg, MB * R2H 2X6

keystonelanguages@gmail.com

Phone: (204) 471-4809

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Objective: to seek language translation/ proofreading assignments from German, Dutch, Spanish and/or French to English

 

Skills/ Qualifications

-able to read, write and speak fluent English, German, Dutch and Spanish, as well as conversational French.

-considerable experience in teaching/education in groups of any size

-able and confident public speaker

-advanced use of Microsoft Office and internet programs; 50wpm typing

-2007 Diploma de Español como Lengua extranjera (advanced diploma in Spanish from the Cervantes Institute)

 

Work Experience

November 2005 – present                            Freelance Interpreter/Translator

                                                                                       Interpreter

-Over-the-phone Interpreter for clients in Dutch, German, Spanish and French

-high-quality professional language services given to clients including customer service/retail, legal and medical callers

                                                          Translated Works include

          Dutch

          -Rental Agreement (10,175 words)

          -Employment Contract (954 words)

          -Last Will and Testament/ related documents (3975 words)          ...et al.

         

          German

          -Article, finances and investing (14,318 words)

          -Court proceedings (8950 words)

          -Divorce documents (1201 words)   ...et al.

 

          Spanish

          -Financial report (3075 words)

          -Legal correspondence (435 words)

          -Mortgage/ Sub-leasing documents (17,300 words)   ...et al.

 

          French

          -Tourism leaflet (4461 words)

          -Last Will and Testament documents (1934 words)

          -Diplomas (594 words)   ...et al.

                  

                                      Proofreader  

-English>Dutch proofreading of bank literature (1764 words)

-proofreading/back-translations of documents for customer surveys in German, Dutch, Spanish and French

          -varied subject matter, including medical, technical and retail

         

         

 

October 2005-January 2008                                       CanTalk (Canada), Inc.

                                                              Language Services Administrator

-tending to daily upkeep of Language Services Dept.

-managing interpreter files and acting as contact point for interpreters

-recruiting and training new interpreters

-training for call center programs in Spanish, French and English

-monitored quality for various multilingual programs

 

 

October 2006 – April 2007                     Collège Universitaire de St. Boniface

                                                                                            Tutor

-tutoring/teaching E.S.L., as well as Spanish and German

-taught to wide variety international students

-base language worked from is French

 

May 2005-Aug 2005     Riechey Freizeitanlage(Wulfen a. Fehmarn, Germany)

                                                                                     Server, Bartender

-multi-tasked between various venues

-trained new employees

 

Education

-Graduated from River East Collegiate with Advanced Languages and Management Diploma (French and Spanish)

-AP National Scholar 2001

-B.A. Classics, University of Winnipeg

-Advanced Spanish course with Spanish Institute, Winnipeg

 

References

*available upon request





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