View My VisualCV Online: http://www.visualcv.com/mantas

Summary

www.mantas-translations.com | www.medical-translations.gr  | Blog: Greek Translation and the Web

 

For the past 4 years I have been working as a professional freelance translator (English<=>Greek). My fields of specialization are: Medical, Pharmaceutical, Financial, Technical Documents, Translation of Websites and Software (Localization / Globalization), Subtitling. I have collaborated mainly with large corporations and agencies, but also with individual customers, and have worked on several subjects and document formats. 


μετάφραση * μεταφράσεις * μετάφραση Αγγλικά Ελληνικά * Τεχνικές μεταφράσεις * Ιατρικές μεταφράσεις * Greek Translator * English-Greek Translation * French Translation * German Translation

Work History

mantas-translations

Athens, Other, Greece
Jan 2005 - Present
Freelance Translator 

Freelance Translator (English - Greek) collaborating with major corporations such as SDL HELLAS (Translation agency), GlaxoSmithKline (Pharmaceutical company), ORCO (Translation agency), Getremed (Pharmaceutical company)

Education

Heriot-Watt University

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sep 2008 - Sep 2009
M.Sc. with Distinction in Translation & Computed Assisted Translation Tools (Grade A, Distinction), Translation, Linguistics

The MSc course in Translation & Computer-Assisted Translation Tools is designed to provide students with the training required to work as a professional translator in a variety of professional contexts.

 

  • mastery of the skills and techniques of translating to professional standards;
  • critical understanding of translation and interpreting studies theories and concepts, and their application to the processes involved in translating and interpreting;
  • knowledge and understanding of post-war political and institutional developments on a European and international level;
  • critical understanding of, and the ability to use, a range of computer-assisted translation tools.

Meta|frasi School of Translation Studies

Athens, Greece
2004 - 2005
Translation Diploma (grade A-), English<->Greek Translation
  • Translation theory and history
  • Basic translation principles
  • Research and documentation methods
  • Text analysis
  • Methods to tackle a wide variety of translational problems
  • Practical training on the translation of semi- and highly specialized texts
  • Introduction to translation memories and translation tools
  • Useful tips for the translation market

University of Bologna

Bertinoro, Bologna, Other, Italy
Summer School in Screen Translation - Diploma, Subtitling, Dubbing, Audio Description, Accessibility

The objective of the course is to train translators who will specialize in fields pertaining to screen translation: experts in the translation and localization of audiovisual works especially focusing on dubbing and subtitling for TV, cinema and in business.

 

  • Dubbing: Theory and markets;
  • Film language;
  • Dialogue analysis and techniques of creative writing;
  • Language of television;
  • Adaptation and applied technology;
  • Translation for the stage;
  • Subtitling;
  • Accessibility
  • Critical analysis of translation and dubbing;
  • Translation, localization and the Web (audiovisual translation for videogames and business);
  • Comic book translation
  • Translation of advertisements

Meta|frasi School of Translation Studies

Athens, Greece
Feb 2005 - Apr 2005
Certificate in Subtitling, English<->Greek Subtitling
  • Practical training on dealing with certain difficulties
  • Subtitling without the script
  • Subtitling without the audiovisual material
  • Subtitle parsing
  • Creating chapters on a dvd
  • Subtitling commented scenes
  • Brief presentation on the work flow of big subtitling firms
  • Several subtitling programs (EZTitles, Eddie, VDPC, Subtitle Workshop)

Meta|frasi School of Translation Studies

Athens, Greece
Sep 2005 - Oct 2005
Certificate in Translation Memories, Computer Assisted Translation (CAT)
  • Introduction to the theory of Translation Memories
  • Introduction to markup languages
  • Trados Workbench
  • Winalign
  • Multiterm iX & Multiterm convert
  • Trados Tageditor
  • DeJaVux
  • Translation of a wide variety of file formats

Skills

Computers

(Expert)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
Skillometer_4

Windows 2000/XP/Vista. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2007. Experienced user of Internet, Web design & Development (www.mantas-translations.com / www.medical-translations.gr), power user in translation memories and several applications.

 

Software: Translation Memories (SDL TRADOS, DejaVuX), Adobe (Acrobat, Pagemaker, Photoshop, Dreamweaver), Scansoft (Omnipage, PDF Create & Converter), Microsoft (Office 2003 & 2007), Corel (Corel Draw, Paint Shop Pro)

 

Hardware: Laptop (Core2Duo 2,4 GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB Disk Space, Broadband Internet Connection (15994 Kbps down / 996 kbps up)