GEORGE RABEL
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ENGLISH-SPANISH / SPANISH-ENGLISH TRANSLATOR
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Highly skilled professional English-Spanish, Spanish-English writer/translator/editor with over 14 years of experience writing, translating, proofing, and editing materials from a wide variety of fields, including, but not limited to marketing, government, health care, tourism and travel, computer hardware and software, and telecommunications
SKILL SET
Superior writing skills and verbal communication ability in English and Spanish.
Native fluency and extensive vocabulary in both languages.
Familiar with the nuances and subtleties of both languages.
High degree of creativity.
Ability to adjust style and tone to target audience.
Highly developed editing and proofreading skills.
Native Spanish speaker. Resident of the USA since 1980, with native fluency in English as well as in Spanish.
Truly bilingual AND bicultural. Accurate, knowledgeable and resourceful.
Works well either independently or as part of a team, enjoys sharing knowledge with others, and has a proven ability to lead.
Software: MS Word, Excel, In-Design, PowerPoint, Trados, Quark Express, Adobe Photoshop, Lotus Notes, Dreamweaver, DejaVu, Wordfast, IBM Unica, others.
EXPERIENCE
May 2014-present
Tracfone Wireless, Inc., Medley, Florida (as consultant through TEAM Concepts, Miami Lakes, Florida)
Campaign Specialist
Performes a variety of tasks for the Customer Retention Team, which include reviewing marketing content such as e-mail campaigns, website banners, seasonal promotions, printed letters, and SMS messages.
March 2012-November 2013
Tracfone Wireless, Inc., Medley, Florida (as consultant through TekPartners, Coral Springs, Florida)
Bilingual scriptwriter / translator
Performed a variety of tasks for the Scripting Team, including writing, reviewing and translating marketing content such as e-mail campaigns, website banners, seasonal promotions, printed letters, and SMS messages.
2005-2011
Motionpoint Corporation, Coconut Creek, Florida
Translation Account Manager
Managed the daily updates of the website contents for a variety of clients of all sizes, from a wide range of industries, including retail, travel and tourism, health care, telecommunications, and government (local, state and federal.)
Ensured the timely completion, as well as the quality and accuracy of the translated content.
As lead of the Translation Quality Team, designed and developed a translation quality measurement tool, and conducted site-wide reviews of the Spanish websites of several major clients.
2001-2005
IBM Corporation, Boca Raton, Florida
Translation Team Leader for the Personal Computing Division, Latin America
Coordinated and supervised the work of a team of translators.
The team performed a variety of translations, including marketing deliverables, press releases, product brochures, presentations, Web pages, spec sheets, training courses, white papers, and interactive visual tours, among others.
Translated and subtitled a series of webcasts hosted by the CEO
1998-present
Freelance translator
In addition to my full-time jobs for corporate employers, I have been a freelance translator since 1998. My clients include both translation agencies and end-clients. I have also and collaborated with other translators in large projects.
A+ Translations: Translation for their Website. http://www.aplustranslations.com/en
Newsweek en Español: Almost every issue of the Spanish edition of Newsweek from October 1998 through December 1999 contains several of my translations.
Random House: Copy editing of the Spanish translation of “The Healing Powers of Peppers.”
Corpore Sano Staffing: Translated their Web page into Spanish.
EDUCATION
2001
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
Translation and Interpretation Studies (English-Spanish)
1986
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Partial fulfillment of requirements for degree in Public Relations, with emphasis in Written Communications. A partial list of courses completed includes Journalism, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, Radio-Television Production, Public Speaking and several levels of English Composition.
1979
University of Havana, Cuba
Bachelor’s Degree in English Language