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Member since Apr '08

Working languages:
English to Turkish
French to Turkish
Turkish to French
Turkish to English

Buket Yilmaz

Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Local time: 01:47 GMT (GMT+0)

Native in: Turkish Native in Turkish

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Software localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling
Expertise
Specializes in:
Advertising / Public RelationsIT (Information Technology)
JournalismManagement
Poetry & LiteratureMedia / Multimedia
Marketing / Market ResearchInternet, e-Commerce
Business/Commerce (general)Medical (general)

KudoZ activity Questions answered: 12, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 7 PRO, PRO-level points: 8
Translation education BA
Experience Years of translation experience: 5. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2005. Became a member: Apr 2008.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials French to Turkish (Notary of Public in Istanbul)
English to Turkish (Notary of Public in Istanbul)
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, FrameMaker, Frontpage, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Passolo, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, SDLX
SDL TRADOS Translator's Workbench Certified
CV/Resume English (PDF), English (PDF)
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About me

I have 8 years of experience in translation and localization and I've been working as a freelance notary sworn translator for 4 years.

I am a native speaker of Turkish. I've graduated from a French High school (Galatasaray High School) where I have studied French for 8 years, and graduated from Boğazici University BA where whole education is in English. I've lived, studied and worked in Paris for 4 years. I have many years of experience in teaching English/French Language to Turkish speakers, in France and in Turkey.

In addition of my MBA on Management of Telecommunication and New Media (University of Paris Dauphine/France) and my bachelor degree (Business Administration /Turkey),
I've worked as translator, editor and articles writer in Capital Magazine and Internet Securities, Inc. (Euromoney Institutional Company). (English/French)


Besides, I've worked with publishing houses and I have 19 published books, which include literary and personal development books. (English/French)

I've completed a lot of subtitling projects of movies of major companies, documentaries and television series, for television channels. (English/French)

- Localization services and in-house product testing for one of the world's most important company in the IT/Computer sector
- Preparing various kinds of business documents, including contracts, business presentations and information documents, and newspaper article.
- Translation/editing/proofreading articles, mostly about new technologies and Internet (English/French)
- Translation/editing/proofreading of financial and economical reports, investment and market researches, stock market reports (English/French)
- Translation/editing/proofreading of marketing materials and sales materials
- Translation of advertisement and marketing texts, adaptation of slogans and brochures in a wide range of areas (pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, home electronics and entertainment) (English/French)
- Marketing translations for personal and household hygiene products, cosmetics (English/French)
- Translation and proofreading of marketing surveys and questionnaires (English/French)
- Translation of operating instructions and user interfaces for GSM and digital home electronics products
- Translation of marketing software which gives to customer the opportunity to communicate directly with related business
- Instructional texts for technical audience
- User instructions, installation guides related to software for mobile phone, digital cameras.
- Translation of an Intranet website for a mobile telephone company
- Translation, subtitling (time-coding) & editing for various dubbing studios and production companies in Istanbul, working on behalf of TV companies
- Translation of subtitles for highly accredited Istanbul International Film Festival (English/French)
- Translation of various historic and tourist guides
- Various documents related with cosmetics

My educational and professional experiences (detailed information can be found on my CV) provided me a valuable knowledge and experience to be able to translate in a variety of fields.

With my strong ability to meet deadlines, accurate, fast and dependable works I’m ready to create a mutually beneficial relationship.
Keywords: User's manual Medical new technologies Télécommunications Nouveaux médias Internet Subtitling Dubbing marketing digital presentations software advertising

Profile last updated
Jun 3