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Working languages:
Estonian to English
English to Estonian

Kati Metsaots
Experienced and reliable

Vinni vald, Laane-Virumaa, Estonia
Local time: 10:38 EET (GMT+2)

Native in: Estonian Native in Estonian

Account type Freelancer
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization
Expertise
Specializes in:
Law: Contract(s)Accounting
EconomicsFinance (general)
Business/Commerce (general)Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
ManagementEducation / Pedagogy
Energy / Power GenerationRetail

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 39, Questions answered: 14, Questions asked: 6
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 2
Experience Years of translation experience: 15. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2002.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials N/A
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint
CV/Resume English (DOC)
About me
Born in Tallinn, Estonia, studied in an English language school and worked at a British company right after finishing school. That was where my translator's career really got started.

After that I worked in two insurance companies and while I translated insurance documents, interpreted for a foreign consultant and studied the intricacies of the insurance business, I also studied accounting and banking law on my own to be able to translate financial statements, IPO documents, contracts, notarial deeds and the like. Insurance, accounting and legal texts are my forte until now.

After a while I gave up the nine-to-five world and translated books for a few years, working when I wanted. During that time I also set up relationships with several translation agencies, with whom I work closely together even now. Over the years, I have honed my skills, learning new things in the course of work and studying various subjects on purpose, on my own and with the help of specialists.

By now, I have moved away from the capital and live - already for 11 years - in a beautiful country house in the forest in Estonia with my family.

I now work as a freelancer for translation agencies and clients both here in Estonia and abroad and I love my job. I can get up at 4 in the morning and do the job so I can go mushroom-picking or swimming or sledging with the kids during the day, or I can clean the house in the morning, work in the afternoon and play computer games or watch films with the kids in the evening. Or - if there's a big urgent job on - I get up early, work all day, the kids look after each other, husband cooks dinner and I get to click "Send" on time.

All in all, I consider myself very lucky to have found a beautiful place to live, a good partner, clever kids (well, I didn't really "find" them!) and a profession I am good at and immensely enjoy.

My specialties:
legal texts, contracts, administration, accounting, business, banking, transit, shipping, insurance, scrap metal, gambling, fiction, arts and literature, management, investment funds, pension, telecommunication, social

accounting (IAS, IFRS), banking (contracts, investment funds, market overviews, Internet banking), insurance (liability, medical, life, TPL, etc.), social (housing, special needs, social sector in figures) projects; fiction: Douglas Adams' 'The HitchHiker's' trilogy, Martin Amis' 'Dead babies' and others.
Keywords: legal, contracts, accounting, banking, transit, shipping, insurance, administration, literature, metal, business, scrap metal, gambling, general fiction, books, investment, funds, pension, social, welfare


Profile last updated
Dec 22, 2011



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