Hanna Glanvill, BA Hort. Arch.
Details
5 Vergezicht, Carob Crescent, 7530 Tygerberg Hills, ZA
Skype Id: hanna.b.glanvill, Cell: +27 74 292 4265
Email: or
Online profiles: Odesk (hglanvill), elance (hglanvill), ProZ (hannaglanvill), PPH (Hanna Glanvill)
Skills
- Languages
Native speaker of Danish. High level of fluency both written and spoken.
Spoken as mother tongue and main language of education (primary school through to universitylevel). Danish language skills continuously improved through working over the past two years as a full time freelance translator in the language pair DA/EN. Travel activities include extended working holidays to Denmark each year of 1-2 months duration.
Excellent English skills. High level of fluency both written and spoken.
Spoken from an early age, and formally learned as second language throughout school and university. Used as home language for the past 14 years, and spoken on a daily basis since relocating to Cape Town, South Africa,in 2003.Obtained English proficiency certificate (TOEFL) as entry requirement to attend post-graduate course at University of Cape Town.
- Computing
Fully computer literate.
Strong working knowledge of the Office environment, including MS Word, MS Excel, OpenOffice, and Adobe Reader.Highly experienced and professional Internet researcher. Have used the Internet on a daily basis for the past two years, working in programs like Firefox, MS Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Gmail, and Google Docs.
Experienced user of CAT-tool MemoQ.
- Communication
Good communicator with excellent people’s skills
Able to to build and maintain longstanding online relationships with a variety of clients through email, Skype calls/IM, and telephone.
Accustomed to following instructions and/or making judgment calls, if required, when adhering to customer needsand dealing with requests accordingly.
- Administration
Well organized with a natural tendency for paying attention to detail.
Striving to provide a high level of service when working independently or as part of a team.
Creative, resourceful, and quick to adapt to new working environments and routines.
Experience
- Freelance translator:’10-‘12
Since the beginning of 2010 I have been working full time as a freelance translator and global media analyst in the language pair DaEn. As a remote provider,servicing companies all over the world, my main tasks have been to provide various types of translated documents, online financial/general news research as well as writing content. I have passed several online En-Da translation tests with good result (>95%), and I continuously strive to improve my language skills through both projects and self-paced studies.
Translation portfolio to date:
1. Ad Verbum, Bulgaria/Latvia; En-Da translations/proofreading of various medical, IT-related, and technical manuals/documents. All translations are subjected to testing with a 99.5% accuracy pass requirement.
Ref:
Att: Anita Kamenova, Katrina Soloha, Yana Stoeva, Linda Sveile
2. Leemeta, Slovakia; En->Da translations/proofreading of various certificates, and other general documents.
Ref:
Att: Marija Vilč, Tina Makovec, Sanja Zabav
3. Wolfestone, Wales; En->Da translations/proofreading of various medical, manuals/documents.
Ref:
Att: Marie-Ange West
4. GIC, Inc, US; Global Media Analyst, Real-time Da-En translations, online global news analysis and content writing of summarized portfolio-based financial key information.
Ref: Odesk Candidacy: 8373482 – En-Da translation & analysis of global online business news.
Att: Kevin Baxpehler, Melodie Mane, Jacob Hertz
5. TransPerfect, US; Transcription linguist of Da-Da sound files, Da-En legal translations.
Ref:
Att: Liam Sproat, Farhana Fazleabas
6. Spintelligent, South Africa; En-Da translations of press releases for global industry conference events.
Ref:
Att: Annemarie Roodbol
7. Localization, US; En-Da translation of technical computer related user manuals, using MemoQ software.
Ref: Elance job: En-Da translations of technical manuals, client: tparker
Att: Yvonne Chow
8. Webpals, Israel; En-Da translations and content writing of gambling related text
Ref: Odesk Candidacies: 7204278 - Danish translator and content writer for IGaming,
Att: Ethan Klein
9. Djeeo, Denmark; Da-En translation of educational material and website.
Ref: Odesk Candidacy: 7637253 – Da-En translation of support pages.
Att: Henriette Raabo
10. Terraternal, US; En-Da translations of website.
Ref: Odesk Candidacy: 7197166 – En-Da website translation
Att: Mary Ann Sebastian
11. ActionCaller, Denmark; En-Da translation of articles on broadband.
Ref: eLance Candidacy: 20499243, feedback: 205513977
Att: Jakob
12. Big_nachalnik inc., Canada; En-Da translations of iPhone promotional material
Ref: oDesk Candidacy: 8292096 – Danish translator
Att: Sonya Stewart
13. Navman, UK; GPS Software and online translation tool, En-Da translation
Ref: PeoplePerHour job ID: 21561 - English to Danish translation for GPS Software Att: Barry Neill
- Garden designer:
Freelance Garden Design projects, Denmark and South Africa,'05-'09
Designing and planning residential gardens in Denmark and South Africa. Responsibilities include all design aspects of soft and hard landscaping elements, sourcing of materials and plants, customer relations and consultation, management of contract builders.
Freelance Garden Design for Blooming Nice Landscapes, Blouberg, ZA.'05-'07
Responsibilities included meeting with clients and discussing design requirements, producing concept sketches and accurate design plans for various projects ranging from single residential plots to townhouse complex open space systems.
Education
- Secondary and tertiary:
Post-graduate MLA program, UCT, ZA'03-'04
BA in Landscape Architecture, Copenhagen Agricultural University, DK'99-'02
Two years of medical studies, Copenhagen University, DK'97-'98
Studentereksamen, Danish matric equivalent, Gladsaxe Gymnasium, DK'93-'95
- Informal:
CREW (Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers) voluntary work, '09
Maret Cronje's Art school, Table View, Oil painting and drawing, '06