Translating from:
Dutch
German
French
into:
English
Andrew James
Freelance Translator
8 Hawthorn Close
Dinas Powys
South Glamorgan
CF64 4TD
E-mail:
Telephone +44 (0)29 2051 3003
Fax +44 (0)29 2051 3975
Re: Application to register as a freelance translator
Services Offered
Dutch into English £60 per thousand target language words
German into English £60 per thousand target language words
French into English £60 per thousand target language words
Minimum Fee £15
DTP (QuarkXPress) negotiable
Software: MS Office 2000, Trados, DejaVu, SDLX, QuarkXPress, Macromedia Homesite (HTML)…
Specialist Subjects
Accountancy
Automotive
Civil & Mechanical Engineering
Commercial & Management Reports
Construction
Consumer Manuals
Contracts & Tenders
Computing: Hardware & Software
Defence
EC
Electronics & Electrical Engineering
Environment
Insurance
Music Therapy
Machine Tools
Paper Making, Dyes & Printing Photography
Steel manufacture
Shipbuilding & Navigation
Telecommunications
Technical Specifications
Qualifications:
Masters Degree & Postgraduate Diploma in Translation
University of Kent at Canterbury (1989-1990)
"Vocational Techniques for Career Linguists"
Translation, Interpreting, Mechanical Engineering, Computing.
BA. Joint Honours in French and German lIi
University of Wales College Cardiff( 1985-1989)
Experience:
Full-time Freelance translator from March 1996 to present. Average weekly capacity 15,000 words.
Full-time in-house translator, proof-reader & DTP operator
Sally Walker Language Services (1/10/90 - 31/12/95).
Book Translation Commission for Publication
Specialist work in music therapy - Dutch into English. Summer 1990.
Schalkwijk, F. (1988) 'Muziek in de hulpverlening aan geestelijk
gehandicapten'.
Examples of recent translation projects:
Dutch – English :
Ø Traffic control system report (4K)
Ø Health & Safety manual (10K)
Ø Commercial brochure on wood rot detection (3K)
Ø Radar surveillance mid-life conversion technical report (23K)
Ø Computerised tachometer manual (41K)
Ø Navy technical documents on radar applications (29K)
Ø Navigation instrumentation manual (15K)
Ø Telecommunications draft agreement (3K)
Ø Navy logistics training manuals (100 K)
Ø Navy electronics manual (45K)
Ø Consumer electronics technical report (4K)
Ø Mathematics/physics research paper on vibration (12K)
Ø Navy commander’s order books (50K)
Ø Journal article on the use of analgesics in dentistry (4K)
Ø European company newsletter (3K)
Ø Research paper on algorithms & mathematical formulae in copy protection (3K)
Ø Dynamic traffic management report (3K)
Ø Mathematical analysis of traffic management (9K & 5K)
Ø Insurance report (13K)
Ø Invitation to tender (10K)
Ø Medical resources stock control system overview (4K)
Ø Technical specifications of box filling equipment (3K)
Ø Narcotics traffic security brief (13K)
Ø Navy inventories and manuals (18K & 17K & 15K & 9K & 5K)
Ø Clean soil and building materials test and enforcement protocols (72K)
Ø Information Technology publications document (3K)
Ø Contract of employment (4K)
Ø On-line credit card validation software manual (19K)
Ø Customised company accounts software manual (8K)
Ø Civil engineering report on prestressed bars (3K)
Ø SIC company descriptions (5K)
Ø Electronics technical specification for traffic control system (86K)
Ø Cigar rolling machine specification (3K)
Ø Biaxially drawn PVC pipe production manual (14K)
German – English :
Ø DIN standards relating to paving bricks (3K)
Ø Research paper on fuzzy logic (5K)
Ø Auditor’s report (10K)
Ø Telecommunications commercial contract (8K)
Ø Extract from German Insurance Supervisory Legislation(6K)
Ø Two construction-related extracts from ‘Deutsche Institut für Bautechnik’ (8K)
Ø Local government planning document on traffic flows (4K)
Ø Health & Safety document (6K)
Ø Trademark dispute (4K)
Ø Brick product brochure (9K)
Ø Environmental report (10K)
Ø Two interactive teaching CD ROM’s on eczema and psoriasis (53K)
Ø Standard for injection moulding tools (9K)
Ø CD sleeve for Mahler symphony No. 3 (4K)
Ø User manual for alpine safety equipment (7K)
Ø Sextant instruction manual (3K)
Ø Automotive technical specifications (8K & 20K & 19K & 4K)
Ø Medical report on Parkinson’s disease (3K)
Ø Contract of employment & restrictive competition agreement (4K)
Ø Plaintiff’s brief in relation to the unlawful imitation of scaffolding equipment (13K)
Ø Fire fighters’ clothing specifications (7K)
Ø Dispensing weighing system instruction manual (8K)
Ø Sub-tenancy and lease agreements (5K)
Ø Notorial act and company agreement (5K)
Ø Web pages for an international finance conglomerate (14K)
Ø Bank personnel training manual (8K)
Ø Franchised dealership finance software manual for top car manufacturer (6K)
Ø International politics journal article on recent Russian political history (9K)
Ø Management report for finance company (10K)
Ø Research paper on the History of Ethiopia (10K)
Ø Installation and operating instructions for thermostatic controls (3K)
French – English :
Ø Bank refurbishment proposal (11K)
Ø EC report on oncology nursing training (17K)
Ø Insulin pharmaceutical labels (4K)
Ø Invitation to tender (6K)
Ø Commercial contract (6K)
Ø Company accounts and auditor’s report (3K)
Ø Asbestos removal environmental report (4K)
Ø Fire fighters’ clothing specifications (5K)
Ø Journal article on child care provision in France (14K)
Ø A set of banking standards (17K)
(K = thousand words)
Valid as of Jan’98