Verena Gale
Translator and Interpreter
PO Box 23
Monterey, CA 93942-0023, U.S.A.
Telephone/Fax: (+1)(831) 658-0359
E-mail: info@verenagale.com
www.verenagale.com

Languages	German/Slovene–native (A)	
	Englishnear-native (B)

Translation and Interpretation Experience
Freelance Translator/Interpreter
Translation–Subject Areas
•	General, administrative and legal affairs (The Changing Nature of UN Peacekeeping, Democratic Control over the Armed Forces, Act Regulating the Bank of Slovenia’s Membership in the Bank for International Settlements, First Pension Fund of the Republic of Slovenia and Transformation of Authorized Investment Corporations Act, decisions, notarial deeds, summonses, statutes, contracts, patents, personal and business documents, etc.)
•	Economic and financial affairs (Investor’s Guide on Hedge Fund Investing, Stock Option Award Program, Mr. Bear and Mr. Bull, Downsizing Crisis, Economics in Action, financial statements, auditors’ reports, guarantees, share certificates, etc.)
•	Technics and engineering (Weapons of Mass Destruction, Internet Call Center, Phone Data Exchange, Desktop Hands-Free Station with Voice Recognition, Easy Install Hands-Free Car Kit, HEPA filtration systems, A Multi-Fuel Concept, civil and electrical engineering project designs, geotechnical reports, operating and user manuals, technical descriptions, car reviews, etc.) 
•	Software localization (on-line help, web pages, accounting package, emergency recovery solution, alignment rack system, etc.)
•	Literature (Treasure Island, The Legend of Mu Lan)
Interpretation
•	At Varian Clinical Systems Seminar in Milpitas, CA 
•	At Microsoft Western European Summit 2000 in Redmond, WA
•	At Civil Aviation Conference in Seattle, WA (Interpretation for US Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater)
•	At NATO-PfP Cooperative Adventure Exchange ’98 military exercise
•	During business negotiations (Ericsson, Kotanyi, Mapis, Lingualink)
•	During court proceedings

Over-the-Phone Interpreter, Language Line Services, U.S.A., 1998-present
•	Interpretation for Language Line Services (formerly AT&T Language Line Services)

Translator/Editor, IAC (now Localize Technologies), U.S.A., 1998-1999 
•	Software localization
•	Translation of software manuals and user guides
•	Editing and proofreading 
•	Linguistic testing of localized software 

Translator to the Governor, Bank of Slovenia, Slovenia, 1995-1996
•	Translation of financial documents (annual reports, instruments of monetary and foreign exchange policies, banking supervision of financial conglomerates, balance of payments, German and US bond markets, emission of bank notes, etc.)
•	Translation of legal documents (Law on the Modifications and Amendments of the Agency for Payments, Supervision, and Information; Draft Law on the Exchange of the Debt for Newly Issued Bonds; Procedures for Troubled Debt Restructuring, etc.)
•	Interpretation at presentations given by representatives of Deutsche Bundesbank

Technical Translator, EE Engineering, Slovenia, 1993-1995
•	Translation of civil engineering projects such as construction of hotels, sports facilities, residental and office buildings, hospitals, service stations, etc. 
•	Translation of projects including electrical installations, security systems, and telecommunications (power supply, lightning protection, emergency exit lighting, video monitoring, antenna system, telephone system, public announcement system, etc.)
•	Translation of projects including mechanical installations (water supply, sewerage system, central heating, air conditioning, ventilation, etc.)
•	Translation of contracts and business correspondence
•	Interpretation during business negotiations with foreign corporate clients

Computer Equipment & Skills
Hardware:	SOHO network of various PCs (Broadband Internet connection, DVD reader/writer, HP laser printer)
Software:		Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, FrameMaker, FrontPage, HomeSite, WinZip, SystemWorks, TRADOS Translator’s Workbench, TagEditor, MultiTerm, working knowledge of IBM TranslationManager and Logos Computer-Assisted Translation

US and European Education
Master of Arts; German, English, 1998
Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation
Monterey Institute of International Studies, U.S.A.
Half-Tuition Merit Scholarship, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Bachelor of Arts; Slovene, German, English, 1993
Faculty of Arts
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Certificate; German, Slovene, English, 1993
Institute of Translation Studies
Graz University, Austria
Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Science and Research, Austria

Professional Accreditations and Memberships
•	Member, American Translators Association, U.S.A., 1997-present
•	Member, Association of Scientific and Technical Translators, Slovenia, 1995-present
•	Certified Court Interpreter for German and English, Ministry of Justice, Slovenia, 1993-present