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Member since May '03

Working languages:
English to Romanian
French to Romanian
Hungarian to Romanian
Romanian to English

George Blum
Translating in the customer's shoes

Ploiesti, Prahova
Local time: 23:20 EET (GMT+2)

Native in: Romanian Native in Romanian
Willingness
to Work Again

3 Positive entries

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization
Expertise
Specializes in:
Automotive / Cars & TrucksChemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Engineering (general)Manufacturing
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)Military / Defense
Petroleum Eng/SciScience (general)
Medical: Instruments

KudoZ activity Questions answered: 111, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 17 PRO, PRO-level points: 244
Blue Board entries made by this user  2 entries

Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 2

Experience Years of translation experience: 17. Registered at ProZ.com: Sep 1999. Became a member: May 2003.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English to Romanian (Asociatia Traducatorilor din Romania)
French to Romanian (Asociatia Traducatorilor din Romania)
Hungarian to Romanian (Asociatia Traducatorilor din Romania)
Romanian to English (Asociatia Traducatorilor din Romania)
Memberships ATR
Software Adobe Acrobat, DejaVu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, STAR Transit
Website http://translations.rdslink.ro
CV/Resume CV/Resume (RTF)
Professional practices George Blum endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me

During the first part of my professional life, as a chemical engineer, I was involved in R & D in the petro-chemical industry, authoring technical reports, patents and papers.

After the downfall of communism in 1989, the forced development of the chemical industry came to a halt, my research institute was liquidated, so I decided to make a living from my life-long hobby: foreign languages. Thus, for the last 17 years I have been translating technical literature from English & French into Romanian as a freelancer.

Since 1999, I am a proud owner of a DejaVu license, the best translation software in the world.

My major customers have been/are: General Motors Europe, Microsoft, U.S. DoD & FBI, Daikin, Lincoln Electric, Discovery Channel, LEGO, Bang & Olufsen, and Caterpillar.

I spend the November - May period in my apartment in Ploiesti, an industrial city 60 km from Bucharest, while during the warm period of the year I live/work in my country house, near a beautiful forest, thanks to a very good Internet connection.
This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 244
(All PRO level)


Top languages (PRO)
English to Romanian204
Romanian to English28
Hungarian to Romanian8
French to Romanian4
Top general fields (PRO)
Tech/Engineering172
Science24
Other16
Art/Literary8
Medical8
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Top specific fields (PRO)
Automotive / Cars & Trucks64
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng24
Mechanics / Mech Engineering16
Energy / Power Generation16
Engineering (general)16
Marketing / Market Research12
Medical (general)12
Pts in 14 more flds >

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Profile last updated
Oct 16, 2009