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Member since Dec '06

Working languages:
Russian to English
French to English
Spanish to English
Romanian to English
Portuguese to English

elherrera
Experienced multilingual translator

San Marcos, California
Local time: 03:01 PST (GMT-8)

Native in: English Native in English
Willingness to Work Again info
2 Positive entries

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Post-editing, Transcription
Expertise
Specializes in:
Law (general)Law: Contract(s)
Medical (general)Medical: Health Care
Military / DefenseGovernment / Politics
Business/Commerce (general)Finance (general)
Advertising / Public RelationsCertificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs


Rates
Russian to English - Rates: 0.06 - 0.12 USD per word
French to English - Rates: 0.06 - 0.12 USD per word
Spanish to English - Rates: 0.06 - 0.12 USD per word
Romanian to English - Rates: 0.06 - 0.12 USD per word
Portuguese to English - Rates: 0.06 - 0.12 USD per word

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 167, Questions answered: 129, Questions asked: 46
Blue Board entries made by this user  2 entries

Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 4
Glossaries Bosnian, Croatian & Serbian, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch medical, health care & other, English to English translations, French medical, other, Macedonian - abbreviations, initialisms & other, Macedonian Technical & other, Romanian, Russian Abbreviations, initialisms, other

Translation education Master's degree - UCLA
Experience Years of translation experience: 8. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2001. Became a member: Dec 2006.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials Russian to English (Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, SWSEEL, verified)
French to English (University of California at Los Angeles - UCLA)
Spanish to English (San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, verified)
English (ABA-Approved Paralegal Certificate, UC San Diego, )
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, MemoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Excel, Lexis-Nexis, MS Office, MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS
CV/Resume CV available upon request
Training sessions attended 101 - Legal Terminology for New Legal Translators: Patent Terminology [download]
102 - Legal Terminology for New Legal Translators: Commercial Law Terminology [download]
103 - Legal Terminology for New Legal Translators: Family Law Terminology [download]
104 - Legal Terminology for New Legal Translators: Real Estate Law Terminology [download]
105 - Legal Terminology for New Legal Translators: Wills and Estates Law Terminology [download]
Official Document Translation: Creating an Important Translation Specialty [download]
Professional practices elherrera endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines (v1.0).
About me
Translation from Russian/south Slavic, Romance and Germanic languages into English. Translation of legal, business, medical, immigration documents, news & journal articles, international relations topics, expository prose, literature, marketing materials, documentation, manuals, personal correspondence, academic credentials, civil status documents, surveys-questionnaires, transcription of audio/video broadcasts.

Russian Language Proficiency Certificate - Highest Level (5th-6th year course), Indiana University, Bloomington

M.A. French Literature, UCLA

B.A. French and Spanish Languages & Literatures, San Diego State University

ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate, University of California San Diego Extension

Indiana University, SWSEEL - Summer Workshop in Slavic and Eastern European Languages, Intensive Elementary Azerbaijani - completed as the top-ranked student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

ASU summer Critical Languages Institute, Intensive Elementary Tatar - completed "with Distinction" as the top-ranked student, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Graduate year abroad at Universite de la Sorbonne, Paris (UC Education Abroad Program), CIEE Critical Studies Center & La Sorbonne, Paris IV

CELTA, Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults, Cambridge University/International House, Portland, OR

Undergraduate semester abroad at La Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, California State University International Program CSU IP

Experienced in - Russian to English official correspondence, business analysis forms, summaries, & various other document translations, military-defense, political-economic texts; French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romance languages to English legal, business, medical, marketing texts; Dutch, German, Scandinavian languages to English medical, social benefits & civil status & personal documents, marketing, short documents; editing of German, Russian, Romanian, medical device patent summary and personal documents, and various other short document translations & editing for Romance, Slavic & Germanic languages. Qualified/tested for medical/social benefits short documents from Romance, Germanic & South Slavic languages. Able to translate short personal documents from Turkish

1 year full-time experience as an in-house editor/translator Romance languages to English at Berlitz Translation Services, Woodland Hills, CA, USA

Various freelance projects from Slavic, Romance, Germanic languages to English, journalism, literary, marketing, medical certificates, short documents, legal texts

Volunteer interpreter/translator experience at UCLA Medical Center

12 years post-secondary teaching experience in French and Spanish

Experienced translator/editor of all types of short documents from Romance, Germanic languages into English


Other:

I am the only person ever in Slavic Department memory at Indiana University, Bloomington to have been awarded the Russian Language Proficiency Certificate - Highest Level (a functional M.A. level) in only 10 months of total study of the Russian language (5 summers in the U.S.A. only/UCLA-2 summer + I.U.-3 intensive summer courses = the total extent of my study in the language up to that time). This was true up to the time of my completion of Level 8 of the 9 level Russian language program at Indiana University. To my knowledge, I am the only person in the history of the I.U. Slavic Department to ever have earned the Russian Language Proficiency Certificate after completing Level 8 of 9 possible Levels (Level 9 = the highest level) of the Russian Language Certificate program at the I.U., Bloomington campus Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and to have earned this Certificate in only 10 months of study in the U.S.A. only. I believe this feat has never been repeated.

Rated near native pronunciation in Russian by special phonetic analysis at Indiana University, Bloomington, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, intensive SWSEEL - Summer Workshop in Slavic and East European Languages phonetics course

Slovenian for short personal documents

Conversational Turkish + Advanced Intermediate listening/reading skills in Turkish, knowledge of Turkic languages.

Able to translate short personal documents/correspondence from Turkish with terminology support.

Intermediate Azerbaijani - advanced intermediate reading and intermediate listening/reading skills

Elementary Tatar - intermediate level understanding.

Understand/read elementary/conversational Uzbek, Kazakh, Turkmen and other Turkic languages.

Structure of Iranic, intermediate Farsi & understanding of elementary-intermediate Dari and Tajiki, interest in Iranic languages in contact with Turkic languages.

Completion of intermediate Modern Persian 202 (second semester, second year) at San Diego State University, June 2011. Completed 1st & 2nd year Modern Persian courses composed of 98% heritage speakers of varying ability. 97%-100% average on all coursework, near native pronunciation. Persian Conversation 250A completed May 2011. All courses completed as the top-rated non-heritage speaker student in each class.

Elementary Arabic Fast-track 1st year course, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA, completed May 2011. All classes completed as the top-rated non-heritage speaker student in each class.

DLI, Foreign Language Institute, Rapport Training Course - Dari, Certificate of Completion

DLI, Foreign Language Institute, Rapport Training Course - Arabic-Iraqi, Certificate of Completion

DLI, Foreign Language Institute, Headstart2 Training Course - Uzbek, 50% complete to date

DLI, Foreign Language Institute, Headstart2 Training Course - Dari, in progress

DLI, Foreign Language Intstitute, Headstart2 Training Course - Iraqi Arabic, in progress

Read & write Korean Hangeul script, elementary Korean, intermediate listening skills, near native pronunciation.

Able to read Japanese Hiragana and Katakana script and approximately 300 Kanji, intermediate Japanese, advanced intermediate listening skills. Daily exposure to spoken Japanese of wife and children in the home throughout the day, near native pronunciation.

1 year English teaching experience in South Korea, Seoul greater region. Developed cross-cultural skills.

United States Marine Corps Reserve, service complete.
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: 179
PRO-level pts: 167


Top languages (PRO)
Swedish to English20
Romanian to English16
Russian to English16
Spanish to English14
Italian to English12
Pts in 10 more pairs >
Top general fields (PRO)
Law/Patents48
Other37
Bus/Financial31
Medical20
Art/Literary14
Pts in 2 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Law: Contract(s)20
Medical (general)20
Law (general)16
Finance (general)12
Other12
Construction / Civil Engineering9
Military / Defense8
Pts in 15 more flds >

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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects55
With client feedback2
Corroborated2
100% positive (2 entries)
positive2
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Translation44
Editing/proofreading11
Language pairs
Dutch to English15
German to English10
Romanian to English8
Russian to English5
Danish to English4
Spanish to English4
Portuguese to English3
2
Bulgarian to English2
Macedonian to English1
Romanian1
Specialty fields
Medical (general)36
Medical: Health Care21
Other14
Business/Commerce (general)2
Law (general)2
Medical: Instruments2
History1
Government / Politics1
Military / Defense1
Marketing / Market Research1
Advertising / Public Relations1
Construction / Civil Engineering1
Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright1
Other fields
Medical: Pharmaceuticals6
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng1
Accounting1
Medical: Cardiology1
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Profile last updated
Feb 3