Halli Kristjansson
Writer - Translator
Los Angeles, CA. Tel: +1-310-980-2806
Email: &
Languages:
Icelandic - English: Born and raised in Iceland, 18 years in Los Angeles, CA.
I write and speak both languages daily.
Tools:
PC, DSL, MS Office, Wordfast Pro, +Tools,different virus software, firewall and more.
Pricing:
$0.15 per source word($ 0.19 medical), $40 hourly, $40 minimum.
Negotiable depending on workload.
Expertise:
Arts, humanities - broadcasting, media - government, sociology - legal, corporate -marketing, sales - computers, IT - construction, engineering – automotive- nautical, sailing.
Work Record
Apr 15 Editor/Proof. EN>ISLanguage on Demand, ESTAweb site for Homeland Security.
Nov 14 – pres.Translator EN>ISTranslations.com, NY, Enterprise Car rental web site.
Shell down stream, web material and SDS'.
Sep 13 – pres.Transl. EN>ISPolyglot Transl. CA. Directions for Sunless spray tan.
Mar 13 – pres.Transl/Proof. EN>IS ICD translations WI. Manuals for Blendtec blenders.
Oct 12– pres.TranslatorEN>ISIceland Naturally, KEXP 90.3 FM’s news release on live broadcast from Iceland Airwaves.
Mar 12– pres.TranslatorEN>IS M. Alianelli Translations,Subway international website.
Feb 12 – pres.Translator/QC EN>IS Translations.com, Barcelona, IKEA HR training material.Coca Cola and the World Wild Life Fund, Arctic Home – Polar Bear Animation.
Jun 11TranslatorEN>ISCaptions Inc. Glee, season 2.
Apr11Translator/QCEN>IS Transperfect Barcelona, COCA COLAcorporate video.
Jan 11– pres.Translator/QC EN>IS, Deluxe Digital Studios, lyrics and digital screeings for theaters of RIO, RANGO,THOR,Transformers 3,The DictatorBrave, GI Joe, Anchorman 2, Noah, Terminator Genesis and Kung Fu Panda 3.
Dec 10Translator EN>IS, Feature Subtitling, The Hunt for Red October, Ghost and The Untouchables.
Jun 10Translator IS>EN Harper's Magazine NY, Policies of the Icelandic Best Party.
Oct 09Translator/Copywriter EN>IS Wordbank UK, Hilton Hotels greeting material.
Aug 09– pres.Translator/Copywriter IS>EN Icelandic Consulate in New York and the Icelandic Tourist Board, jobs: Iceland Naturally contracts and marketing campaigns.
Dec 08Translator EN>IS Language Connections. EH&S training for Alcoa.
Jan 07 – pres.TranslatorEN>IS Translations.com, web and print material for Hummer.com
Apr 06 – 2010 Translations/QCTechnicolor Creative Services, Burbank. Jobs include: Lost, Mission Impossible III, Desperate Housewives, The Practice, Pirates of the Caribbean, Iron Man I & II.
Jun 06 – pres.Translator/Copywriter EN>IS O’Sullivan Menu Publishing, for British Airways.
Oct 05 – pres.Translator IS>EN Business Lang. Services, Wales. Client fromLloyds of London.
Oct 05 – pres.Transl. IS>EN EN>IS Worldwide Translations Ltd. MN, Jobs incl: A thesis on medieval music for Harvard University,the Icelandic Insolvency Actand accounts of the Turkish Raidin Iceland.
2003 - 2005Subtitle Editor/Transl. EN>IS SDI Media, LA. Films for Warner Bros, SonyFox.
Jul 2001Translation/Polishing IS>ENPegasus Films, False Bird; screenplay, based on the bestseller Falskur Fugl by Mikael Torfason.
2000 - 2003Copywriter (Icelandic and English). The Creator (Icelandic ad agency). Jobs include: Icelandair - flight kitchen brochures, cargo and shipping print ads, radio and TV spots, marketing plans and more;Eli Lilly - print ads and survey;Saga Publishing - print ads and radio spots;Sagafilm - news for sagafilm.is; Vefur.is - brand name and print material for Outcome.is.
Oct 2000Screenwriter, Icelandic Film Corp., development deal Fighting Kid Cooper!
June 1999Screenwriter, Fighting Kid Cooper! Grant writer, film about troubled youth in Iceland.
Nov 1998Screenwriter. Nazareth Films, feature assignment Guardian: The Beginning.
1995 – pres.Location manager, production coordinator and more:
Film/TV: Green Dot Films, Ridley Scott Assoc. LA, MJZ, Clockwork 906, Area 51 Films, R/GA, Full Blue, Cineworks Production Group, Gartner Grasso, Sagafilm, Pan-Arctica, Image Factory, Wild Scientific.
Jobs: Shell, McDonalds, American Airlines, Firestone, Gallo, Serta, Kleenex, Honda, Home Depot, Pergo, Major League Baseball Campbell’s, Ericsson, Hallmark, Home Depot, Johnny Walker, Lark, Max Factor, Mazda,Mitsubishi, Nikon and others.
1994 - 1995Writer/Host of LA weekly radio shortsIcelandicBroadcasting Service, Channel 2.
Until 1994Writer/Producer/Host, programs and commercials. Icelandic radio.
Until1994Translator/Voice over for Radio and TV spots for theatrical film releases. Clients: Universal Studios, Warner Bros., MGM, Fox and others.
Education
BA Cinema, 1996, Columbia College-Hollywood, CA.
AA-comparableSociology/Journalism, Hamrahlid College, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Awards
Awardee of IMARK (Icelandic Marketing Club) for PEPSI bitur filinn. Three-time nominee for best/most-original radio ads.
Bronze awardee of the Charleston International Film Festival for The Night on the Bare Mountain, a dramatic montage and a trailer for my screenplay Vinland.
Member of ATA