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Icelandic Translations
Curriculum Vitae
Thor Kristinsson
Member of "Félag Atvinnuþýðenda" (Icelandic Association of Professional Translators)
Founder/partner of Icelandic Translations in 2000
Education
College of Armuli, Reykjavik. Graduated 1991 from:
Language field (Icelandic, English, French, Danish, German, Latin).
Secondary field: Natural Science
University of Iceland: Biology studies for 2 semesters.
Postgraduate Musical Theatre Diploma in 1997 - The Arts Educational London Schools.
Background
Partner in Icelandic Translations since 2000.
Trained actor/singer.
Voice-over artist.
Some of the Translations/Clients
User Manual for Tokheim fuel dispensers, Linguatec, UK
Various Subtitling Projects
IBF, London, UK (since 2001), ECI, London, UK (since 2000), SDI Media (since 2003),
TCS (since 2003)
Letter to the Prime Minister of Estonia – NASCO ltd. Iceland
Various Pharmaceutical Translations
– Communicare UK Ltd, Eurotraduction Paris, La Traduction Médicale Paris
– Bayer Industry Services, Germany
Asset Language Management (Microsoft Download Center, Cashier software and various other projects).
The Icelandic Saga – Proofing and typesetting of a PH.Dthesis – Liaison Multilingual Co. USA
Legal Writ – Aberdeen University UK
The Tellit A77 Manual - Surrey Translation Bureau UK
Icelandic Translations
Curriculum Vitae
Thor Kristinsson
Special areas:
Medical/biology/pharmaceuticals, financial, forklift OM, subtitling.
Software:
Windows XP (PC environment)
Office 2000
TRADOS 6.5
Other
Thor is a trained actor and singer. Some of his work includes:
The title role in Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera UK national tour
Les Miserables UK national tour/West End
Jesus Christ Superstar The London West End show
Examples of Voice Work:
Western Union - Telephone system.
Happaþrenna – Radio Commercial , S. Gudjonsson Productions
Corporate Video, SheDevil Productions
Various training videos, WhisperAudio
Rates
Translation: £120/1000 words (up to 30% discount off simple texts)
Proofing: £15/1000 words
Hourly fee: (editing etc)
Minimum fee: £30
Voice-overs: £140/hour
References:
Louise Gurr (mailto:), ECI Subtitling 1st Floor, Holborn Towers, 137 High Holborn, London WC1V 6PL, UK
Sonali Joshi (), IBF, 15 Monmouth St,
London WC2H 9DA