Aikaterini Spanakaki

CONTACT INFORMATION

Aikaterini Spanakaki

Linguist (BA), Translator-Interpreter (MA), Tutor (TEFL), Author (Learning Greek as a Foreign Language)

Registered Company Address:          

Greek Translations

44 Barrack Road

Bexhill-On-Sea,

East Sussex,

TN40 2AT, United Kingdom

Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 7870 271323

Cell phone:  +44 (0) 1424 217241

E-mail: info@greek-translations.co.uk

URL:   www.greek-translations.co.uk

QUALIFICATIONS

Present:           BA (Hons) Law - Open University, UK

2009:               TEFL (Teaching English As A Foreign Language)

2004 - 2005:    MA Translating, University of Salford, Manchester - Dissertation Title: “Translating Humour for Subtitling”. 

2000 - 2003:    BA (Hons) Linguistics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston - Dissertation Title: “Gender Differences in Language”.

CERTIFICATIONS

Institute Of Linguists (IOL)

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

Instruction /User Manuals

IT documentation

Software/Hardware

Technical / Scientific / Medical Texts

Software and Website
Localization

Editing & Proofreading

Legal Documents

RESOURCES

Notebook PC: Compaq Presario CQ71-305SA, Dual Core, Windows 7

Always-On 8Mb ADSL Connection

Laser Printer: Samsung Color Xpression CLP-315

Scanner 

UPS Protection

Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000 Pro, Linux Fedora 12

CAT Tools:  Trados 6.5 Freelance, SDLX 2005, WordFast 3.35.

DTP Tools:  Office XP, OpenOffice, Photoshop 7.0,
Illustrator, Acrobat 7.0 Pro,  DreamWeaver,
Mozilla, FrontPage, PageMaker 7.0, FrameMaker 7.1, Flash Player 9, CorelDraw
11, Passolo 5.0.

A rich collection of Monolingual and Bilingual,Technical Dictionaries and Glossaries.   

RATES

Standard Rate per source Word: £0.05

Express Rate (next day delivery) per source Word: £0.10

Minimum Charge: minimum payment for less than 500 words is £26.00

Very short translations and proofreading e.g. one line or a few sentences £15.00

Editing & Proofreading: £0.03 per target word (minimum charge applies)

For long translations and orders outside UK the following terms and conditions apply:

50% upfront payment is required and rest 50% to be paid upon receipt of the invoice before the translated documents are released.

Delayed payment beyond the agreed date, is subject to 10GBP charge per day.

PUBLICATIONS

Words of Greek Origin.Translation Journal Volume 16, No. 2, April 2011 (http://translationjournal.net/journal/56greek.htm)

Translating Humor for Subtitling.Translation Journal Volume 11, No. 2, April 2007 (http://accurapid.com/journal/40humor.htm)

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Déjà Vu
• MetaTexis
• PageMaker
• PASSOLO
• PowerPoint
• QuarkXPress
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• SDLX 2005, TRADOS 6.5 Freelance, Photoshop 7.0, Acrobat 7.0 Pro