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LINNEY BA, MA, DipTransIoLET, MCIL
Native
Language
British English
Language
Combinations
Portuguese-English and Spanish-English
Translation
Tools Used
Trados Freelance 6.5.5
Recent
Translation Jobs
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Articles on tourism for IFEMA (Spanish-English)
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Technical manuals for a major car manufacturer
(Portuguese-English)
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Technical book on papermaking technology (Spanish-English)
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Film treatment for a Spanish production company (Spanish-English)
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Business and legal contracts (both language pairs)
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Sports articles for the FIFA website (Portuguese-English)
Education
and Qualifications
Jan
2007
Diploma in Translation, Chartered Institute of Linguists (Portuguese
– English)
Jan
2004
Diploma in Translation, Chartered Institute of Linguists (Spanish –
English)
Oct
2002
MA with Merit in English, King’s College London
June
1993
BA with First Class Honours in Spanish with Portuguese, University
College London
Career
History
Mar
2004-present
Freelance Translator
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Translating from Spanish
and Portuguese into English
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Specializing in
automotive engineering, IT, journalism, tourism, marketing and media
·
Member of the Chartered
Institute of Linguists
Feb
2001- Oct 2005 Part-time
IT Co-Coordinator, Edwards Language School
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Designed school website
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Designed and built
student enrolment database
Dec
1999-Sept 2001 Senior
Programmer, i.teba
· Assisted in maintaining various websites for EMAP
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Managed database
maintenance team at US Navy
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Developed application for
Greenwich Social Services
Jul
1998-Nov 1999 Analyst
Programmer, Andersen Consulting Services, Worthing
·
Worked as part of a team
maintaining the customer database for Seeboard Electricity
Jul
1996-Apr 1998 Senior
Teacher and IT Co-ordinator, Edwards Language School
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Taught
English at all levels from Elementary to Proficiency
Nov
1993-Jul 1996 English
Teacher, Briam Instituto, Madrid, Spain
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Taught English at all
levels from Beginners to Advanced.