Nick Peris

•  Localisation Engineer with over 8 years experience.
•  Expert user of all industry-standard CAT tools (Trados Advanced Certified, Catalyst etc.)
•  Expert in Translation Memory and Terminology management strategies.
• Single Source Publishing solution designer (xml/xslt).
• Bilingual (French/English) professional with impeccable and effective communication skills, who excels in a dynamic international corporate environment.
• Proven track record in training and content creation.
• Innovator in the field of cost cutting and quality control processes applied to localisation.

• Localised Websites, Software and Documentation for all product categories and languages.
•  Automated localisation of Marketing content in 14 languages for multiple output types.
• Created a Terminology Portal for vendors, QA, Engineers and Project Managers.
• Designed and implemented a worldwide process for real-time Translation Memories update.
• Optimised use of fuzzy matches and multiple sources leveraging for software.

• Analysed and evaluated cost of localisation projects.
• Researched opportunities to lower external cost by evaluating process options.
• Performed sophisticated leveraging processes and prepared translation kits.
• Co-ordinated schedules with counterparts in various functions and international sites.
• Provided localisation vendors with reference material, technical and linguistic.

• Designed and implemented quality controls for marketing source files authoring.
• Documented and published processes and guidelines for multiple international audiences.
• Co-founded a website to provide practical advice to Localisation professionals.

• Published training and documentation on commercial and internal tools including Trados.
• Setup, trained and managed a team of in-house translators equipped with state of the art TM technology and processes.
• Provided induction and follow-on technical training to Software Engineers, Project Leaders, linguistic reviewers, QA Engineers and Technical Support Advisors.

• Supported in-house tool developers at design stage and with pre-release.
• Designed and implemented post-engineering quality check processes on localised.
• Evaluated localisation-readiness during Alpha stages of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Consolidated, produced and distributed reference material for translators and QA testers.
• Designed, implemented and managed linguistic review processes.
• Ensured the consistency of the corporate message across all European.

Provided translations into French.

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• Robohelp
• TRADOS
• Alchemy Catalyst 7
  MultiTerm
  QA Distiller
  Altova XML Spy and StyleVision 2007 for Developers
  Dreamweaver 8
  DemoShield