1824 North Van Ness Ave. home : 323-960-9233
Los Angeles, CA 90028 cell : 323-836-2297
ax: : 832-634-8192
Mary Jane Shubow
HEBREW-ENGLISH TRANSLATOR / INTERPRETERWORK EXPERIENCE
Clients in Last Year: Akorbi Consulting; ALTCO Translations;Atkinson-Baker, Inc.;Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTIC);Cyracom International, Inc.; David Craig Bernstein, Attorney at Law; Languages4You;Lex Reporting and Interpreting; Linguatheque; Mayari Soto Interpreter Services;Optimal Care Transportation and Translation; Orit Moskalensky, Esq.; RR Donnelley, Translation & Multilingual Communications;Superior Courts of California, San Bernadino;Tamar Translations, Israel; Tony Barriere Interpreting Services; Transperfect; Translation.ie – FC Translations, Ireland
1990 to present: Hebrew to English translator and consultant for business, marketing, technical, and general material. Translations include When I First Held You; A Lullaby from Israel, Kar-Ben Publishing Inc., Minneapolis, MN;medical, legal, and financial documents; personal memoirs; source material for documentary film.
As of December 2008: Registered California Court Interpreterproviding Hebrew-English interpreter services at legal depositions and medical examinations.
March 2008 to March 2009: Hebrew Language Consultant for the National Foreign Language Center’s LangNet Project, University of Maryland. Responsibilities included developing course material for state-of-the-art online Hebrew language learning and maintenance system, and reviewing Hebrew transcripts of Hebrew audio files.
May 2004 to July 2008: Contractor at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA
Senior Technical Writer editing long and complex documents.
December 2005 to August 2008: Magic Software Enterprises, Inc., Laguna Hills, CA
Free-lance technical writing projects: editing PowerPoint presentations, installation documents, product demos.
October 1995 – Dec. 2003: Magic Software Enterprises, Ltd., Tel Aviv
MSE produces and provides software development and integration tools
Technical Communications Writer; Department Manager since 2000
- Translated technical, marketing, newsletter, and business material from Hebrew to English
- Managed, edited, and produced worldwide bi-lingual employee newsletter
- Coached high-level managers in the English language
June 1990 – September 1995: Fourth Dimension Software Ltd. (today BMC Software), Tel Aviv
BMC is a leading provider of enterprise management systems
Administrative Manager – Marketing - Edited and rewrote promotional, technical, and marketing material in English; translated marketing and business documents from Hebrew to English, oversaw production of marketing material
SKILLS
- High-level writing, editing, translating, and tutoring
- Excellent interpersonal relations
- Works well on a team and independently
- Excellent computer skills: familiar with wide range of software tools, including MS Word/Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoShop, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Acrobat, Project, HDK, and RoboHelp
- Can easily learn, operate, and teach PC software applications
LANGUAGES – Native English speaker, fluent in spoken and written Hebrew
EDUCATION
Beit Berl College, Cfar Saba, Israel; Certification, ESL Tutor
Simmons College, Boston, MA: MS, Library Science
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: BA, English Literature
Ruppin Institute & Israel Ministry of Social Welfare: Certification, Social Worker
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