Andrew Bell - Translator, Copy-editor and Proofreader

Source languages: Norwegian, Swedish and Danish

Target language: English (UK./US/AUS)

Contact: Andrew Bell MITI, ATA, AUSIT

Address: 29 Eclipse Drive, WA 6330, Australia

Cell: #61(0) 407 38 66 82

T/F: #61(0)8 98 44 11 15

Email/Skype: andytrans@scandinaviantranslations.org
URL: www.scandinaviantranslations.org

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About me:

I am a married father of four and a native English speaker. I specialise in medical/pharmaceutical translation/editing/proofreading and have been a full-time translator/editor since 2001. I have also worked as a registered nurse in Norway, the United Kingdom and Australia and have passed the U.S. NCLEX-RN in Atlanta, GA.

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My client list includes, but is not limited to, the following companies:

• Apex Translations (NC)


• Corporate Translations, Inc. (CT)


• Eriksen Translations, Inc. (NC)


• Dora Wirth Languages (UK)


• Eriksen Translations, Inc. (NYC)


• Foreign Exchange Translations, Inc. (MA)


• KJ International Resources (MN)


• Aquent Translations (UK)


• First Edition Translations (UK)


• Lionbridge Denmark


• Lionbridge Norway


• Lionbridge Sweden


• Lingtech AS (Sweden)


• Medax (Germany)


• MediLingua Medical Translations B.V. (Belgium)


• Miles Translations (Belgium)


• Medizinisch-pharmazeutische Übersetzungen GmbH (Germany)


• Mt-G (Germany)


• Nordic International (UK)


• Noricom (Norway)


• Norsk Språkservice (Norway)


• Tamarind Translations (Sweden)

Professional memberships:

• American Translators Association (ATA)


• Examined Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (MITI)


• Australian Institute for Interpreting and Translation Inc. (AUSIT)


• Recognition by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI)


• Network of Medical and Pharmaceutical Translators and Interpreters (ITI MedNet)


• Mensa Australia

Services

Medical and pharmaceutical translation

• I have close to 20 years first-hand experience of healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway and United States (U.S. NCLEX-RN), and am optimally positioned to meet the specialist requirements of this area of translation/editing work.


• I will consider ANY medical or pharmaceutical translation/editing project, including patient notes, research articles, medical publications, summaries of product characteristics, package leaflets, medical insurance claims, PhD theses etc.


• I am familiar with the ICD codes and the EMEA templates and standard dosage forms.


• I have an extensive contact network within the medical and pharmaceutical translation community including membership of the ITI Network of Medical and Pharmaceutical Translators and Interpreters (ITI MedNet), the ATA medical division and several language-specific e-groups (Noreng, Norskjal, Dan_Eng, Swenterm and Sweng, to name a few).


• Project size is no problem: I have no upper limit in terms of word count, and am willing to work within a Trados (or other CAT tool) matrix and can provide details of our rates for repetitions/100% matches on request.
  
  

  General and technical translation

  
  
  • I have considerable experience with general/technical translation including employment contracts/legal documentation, annual reports, in-house magazines, tourism/marketing texts
    etc.
  
  
  • I understand the complex nature of specialist/technical texts and outsource projects, where appropriate, to specialist, field-specific translators. All translations are revised/proofread in-house, unless otherwise agreed with the client.
  
  

  Website translation

  
  

  Why jeopardize the success of your business with a poorly translated business or personal website? I have considerable experience in localising Scandinavian website content into English, whilst retaining the style and tone of the source language original. Native fluency, substantial marketing knowledge, and a solid background in English grammar, syntax and punctuation, will ensure smooth transition of your website—and therefore your business—onto the global marketplace.

  
  
  

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  Speed and accuracy

  
  

  I use cutting-edge OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software and a Translation Environment Tool (TenT), which allows me to convert almost any document into electronic format (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.). This enables me to use translation memory in order to shorten deadlines and achieve optimum accuracy and consistency across projects.

  
  

  Skills:

  
  
  • SDL/Trados (6 years)
  
  
  • Wordfast (6 years)
  
  
  • Tag Editor (6 years)
  
  
  • ABBYY FineReader (6 years)
  
  
  • PowerPoint
  
  
  • Adobe Acrobat Professional
  
  
  • Microsoft Office 2003
  
  

  Copyediting/proofreading:

  
  

  I am currently studying for the Diploma in Publishing (Book Editing, Proofreading and Publishing) as an adjunct to my ongoing continued professional development and language maintenance, and to help achieve accreditation according to BS EN 15038.

  
  
  

  Friendly and accessible:

  
  I believe that success in business is largely a question of a can-do attitude and accessibility. I take pride in being friendly and approachable and will try and find a quick and effective solution for any translation, revision or proofreading project. I have an "always-on" broadband Internet connection and emails are checked at least hourly during the day. All project enquiries are treated as urgent and whenever possible I will respond within one hour. You can also contact me via fax/phone/cellphone/SMS or Skype. I keep flexible and extended business hours; however, if you need to contact me outside these hours, please leave a message by email or Skype and I'll respond as soon as possible. We do use an auto-responder for emails outside our office hours, but we will respond promptly to all business emails at start of business on the following day.
  
  Just email your proposal, or phone/fax Andy Bell on +61(0) 40 73 38 66 82 for an obligation-free quote. Please feel free to email in your Scandinavian language or German. Obs. Morsmålet er engelsk men jeg snakker norsk og forstår svensk og dansk.
  

  Best regards
  Andrew Bell
  
  
  
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