Translation from Spanish to English and English to Spanish

Editing and Proofreading

Transcription

Web production (Dreamweaver, GoLive, Photoshop, ImageReady)

Desktop publishing for print (Quark, PageMaker, InDesign, FrameMaker)

Video/film subtitles (Avid, etc.)

Radio transcription and translation for voice-over

Software/website localization, internationalization, and QA

Stanford University BSE Product Design 1992
Interdisciplinary major in mechanical engineering, design, art, and liberal arts - with special emphasis on project management, entrepreneurship, creativity, human factors, and marketing

San Francisco State University Certificate 2005
Legal/Court Spanish Interpreting Program
Sight Translation, Consecutive, Simultaneous and Medical-legal Interpretation

Continuing Education and Professional Workshops

FCICE Oral Test Prep Seminar, Susana Stettri-Sawrey, National Center for Interpretation Testing, Research and Policy, The University of Arizona, College of Humanities, June 2007

Court Interpreter Ethics Workshop, Panelists Judge Garrett Wong, SF Superior Court, Steve Wagstaffe, Chief Deputy, San Mateo County District Attorney, Ed Rojas, San Mateo Private Defender, December 2006

Gang Violence Case Theories in Asylum, Cesar Ternieden, Ben Winig & Veronica Ramirez, McDonough Holland & Allen, Merav Avital-Magen & Chris Howald, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, October 2006

Conference Interpreting: Vocabulary & Technique, Nestor Wagner, Director, Southern California School of Interpretation, CFI Conference, October 2006

Dealing with Contempt, Al Menaster, Deputy-in-Charge Appellate Branch, Los Angeles County Public Defender, CFI Conference, October 2006

Procedimiento de la Extradición en El Salvador en Relación con el Derecho Internacional Público (Extradiction Procedure in El Salvador and International Law), Lic. José Díaz Bernabé, CFI Conference, October 2006

Interpreting the News, Analia Sarno-Riggle, KTLA Simulcaster, CFI Conference, October 2006

Tattoos On The Heart: Putting A Human Face On Gang Members, Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., E. Jobs For A Future / Homeboy Industries, CFI Conference, October 2006

Advanced Spanish Vocabulary Workshop, Dennis McKenna, CFI Conference, October 2006

The Criminal Court Dictionary: Analysis & Overview, Dennis McKenna, CFI Conference, October 2006

Ballistics, Philip M. McVey, Firearms Instructor, CFI Conference, October 2006

Asylum Spring Seminar, LCCR, by Kate Jastram, Boalt Hall School of Law, March 2006

Deposing an Expert in an Employment Case, Hastings Civil Justice Clinic, by Brad Seligman, The Impact Fund, January 2006

Occupational Health and Safety, by Frances Schreiberg, CalCOSH/Worksafe!, Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center, December 2005

Parrots or Cultural Ombudsmen: Verbatim v. Cultural Interpretations, by Holly Mikkelson, Adjunct Professor of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), at 3rd Annual CFI Conference, October 2005

Normalization of Legal Terminology, by Nestor Wagner, Director of the Southern California School of Interpretation, at 3rd Annual CFI Conference, October 2005

Business Side of Translation seminar, Accent On Languages, June 2004

Literary Translation workshop, Center for Art in Translation (CAT), May 2004

Introduction to Family Law, VLSP (SF Bar Assoc), April 2004

Trados workshop, NCTA, Feb 2004

Tax Workshop for Translators, NCTA, Dec 2003

Trados workshop, NCTA, Oct 2003

Translation and Legal Translation workshop series, Oakland Legal Language Access Project, May 2003

6 years of experience in interpretation, translation and translation-related services

Fully fluent in Spanish, lived in Spanish-speaking Latin America for 5 years, work with native Spanish-speaking colleagues on translation

Certification

California certified interpreter

Court (Judicial Council master list)

Administrative Hearing (CPS master list)

Medical (CPS master list)

Professional Associations

Member, American Translators Association (ATA), Spanish Division, Interpreters Division

Member, Northern California Translators Association (NCTA)

Member of Governing Board, California Federation of Interpreters (CFI)

Member, National Association of Judicial Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT)

Listserv, California Interpreters Union (CIU)

Former member, California Healthcare Interpreters Association (CHIA)

Pro Bono

VLSP, Volunteer Legal Services Program of the SF Bar

LCCR, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights

Founder, SFCIT, San Francisco Community Interpreters and Translators

Babels (the World Social Forum)

(former volunteer) Access, Self-help Center of the SF Superior Court

Awards

2005 Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service, VLSP

2004 Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service, VLSP (Volunteer Legal Services Program of the SF Bar Association)

2004 Certificate of Recognition for Public Service, California Senator Carole Migden

2 Certificates of Appreciation, 1/14/04 and 3/5/04, Access Center, SF Superior Court

Contact

Call or email for availability and quotes/rates

References and samples available upon request

Legal, Design, Marketing, Internet, Localization, Business

Bilingual Paralegal Stephen J. Perelson Esq. Jan-Feb 2005

Personal Injury casework

Screening, research, admin, prepare demands

Marketing and Design Consultant 2000-current

Develop and implement advertising and direct mail projects for Goat Hill Pizza, Potrero Hill neighborhood of SF

Research, strategy, print design

Menu design

Website design and production

Localization Manager ezboard.com Apr-Dec 2000

Managed internationalization and localization of web site, 8 languages (3 in production)

Hired, coordinated and managed all contract translators

All related HTML production work, including hard-coding

Maintained internationalization of back-end software in Smalltalk (object oriented, similar to Java)

Managed customer support and quality assurance (QA) testing of intl. versions

Web Graphics Production Tech ezboard.com Jan-Apr 2000

Photoshop production, converted all GIFs into 8 different languages (4 different character sets), including 5 European, Russian, Japanese and Chinese

Writer and Translator 1998-current, Buenos Aires and San Francisco

Dictionary of Argentine culture and slang translated to American English, personal project

Designed and implemented relational database for the content, including interface between MS Access and Quark Xpress

Graphic design, typography and layout

Currently designing online edition in HTML (see sample)

Marketing Manager GourmetMarket.com 1999

Managed online promotions, maintained relationships with major portals, managed affiliate program, developed new marketing partnerships

Coordinated print advertising, hired and managed graphic designer

Managed shipping, billing and customer service for monthly chocolate clubs

Corporate sales

Freelance Language Services 1997-98 Buenos Aires

Spanish to English translation and copy editing

Taught English and Spanish to all ranges of ability and age, both individual and groups, private and corporate clients

Bilingual Layout Tech 1995

Exchanged translated copy for original in commercial documents, making necessary corrections in layout

Free-lance work for translation agency, in Quark and Pagemaker

Operations Director Artists' Television Access (ATA) 1994-1996

Co-director of community video art center with 1/2" video and multimedia Macs

Managed rental facilities and workshops. Duties included grant writing, hiring teachers, publicity, receivables and payables, purchase and maintenance of equipment

Freelance video editing and teaching