Irina Spinosa

1810 15th Ave., apt. 101

Seattle, WA 98122

Email:

Phone: (206) 427-7758

LANGUAGE PAIR: English, Italian-> Russian (native speaker)

CERTIFICATES: American Translators Association accreditation English->Russian

PROFILE

1997 – present: freelance translator for various translation/localization agencies in the USA and Russia

2004 – 2007: localization project manager at Bowne Global Solutions, Lionbridge, Microsoft (see a separate resume)

1994 – present: Russian language instructor

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Microsoft Applications: Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Localization Software: SDL Trados (analysis, clean-up, WinAlign, TagEditor)

Graphics/Publishing Software: QuarkXpress, PageMaker, Photoshop, ImageReady

Website Design Software: GoLive, Dreamweaver, Flash

Languages: HTML, familiarity with JavaScript, XML, PHP and MySQL

RATES (in USD) $0.11/ word (translation), $0.09/word (editing), $45.00/hour

TRANSLATION / LOCALIZATION EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALIZATIONS:

Biomedical and Life Sciences:

Translation, Editing and DTP for medical and pharmaceutical companies:

§  Voice prompts for medical devices

§  Conference documents

§  Patient education materials and questionnaires

§  Medical records for adoption

Clients:

Welch Allyn (Beaverton, OR); Palmetto Health Richland (Richland, SC); Health Research Associates, Inc., (Mountlake Terrace, WA); World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP) (Renton, WA)

Information Technology:

§  Software localization: resource, help, readme, image and graphic files

§  Documentation translation: user manuals, quick start guides

§  Website localization: HTML, ASP, image and Flash files

§  Linguistic and functional QA and testing

Clients:

HCAP (Beaverton, OR), Transslate.com (CO) for Bekaert Corporation (Belgium), Bowne Global Solutions (Bothell, WA) for GE, City of Seattle, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Seattle (WA)

Healthcare and Social Services:

Translation, Editing and DTP for Social Services agencies:

§  Brochures, flyers, letters, charts and other collateral materials

§  Questionnaires, surveys

Clients:

tmdgroup, Inc (Sacramento, CA) for California Department of Aging, California Department of Insurance, California Department of Healthcare Services.

Legal:

§  Contracts, divorce decrees, adoption documents, immigration forms, claims, articles

Clients:

Dixon and Cannon, LTD, (Seattle, WA); World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP) (Renton, WA)

Business, Business/Social Marketing and Advertising:

Translation, Editing and DTP

§  Ads, articles, posters, brochures, surveys, websites

Clients:

Glyph Language Services (Seattle, WA) for Starbucks, Ameredia, (San Francisco, CA) for Comcast, Times Warner Cable, Transslate.com (CO) for Bekaert Corporation (Belgium), tmdgroup, Inc (Sacramento, CA) for California Department of Insurance

Science and Theology:

Translation and editing for a monthly international online newspaper

§  Articles

Client:

Science & Theology News (Quincy, MA)

Education:

Compiled and edited and proofread a phrasebook RUSSIAN a language map®

Client:

Bilingual Books, Inc (Seattle, WA)

EDUCATION:

Information Technology program, Web Design, Programming, 09/2000–06/2003

and Database Design and Administration Certificates

Seattle Central Community College

Software Localization Program, Certificate in 09/2001 – 08/2002

Project Management and Technical Tracks

Microsoft and University of Washington, Seattle

M.A. in Comparative Linguistics and Translation Theory 09/1992 – 09/1994

Moscow State Pedagogical University

B.A. in Russian Language and Literature 09/1989 – 09/1992

Moscow State Pedagogical University

Italian Language Studies 09/1996 – 09/1998

Moscow State Linguistic University 01/2007 - 04/2007