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|  Valters Feists
Creative. Analytical. Fluent. Excellent
RIGA, Riga, Latvia Local time: 03:47 EET (GMT+2)
Native in: Latvian  | |
Freelancer,  Verified member | | Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, Post-editing, Transcription, Training | | Specializes in: | | IT (Information Technology) | Marketing / Market Research | | Medical (general) | Tourism & Travel | | Computers (general) | Law (general) | | Computers: Systems, Networks | Telecom(munications) | | Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | Computers: Software |
| Also works in: | | Advertising / Public Relations | Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | | Automotive / Cars & Trucks | Business/Commerce (general) | | Medical: Cardiology | Computers: Hardware | | Construction / Civil Engineering | Cooking / Culinary | | Cosmetics, Beauty | Education / Pedagogy | | Engineering (general) | Furniture / Household Appliances | | General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | History | | Human Resources | Internet, e-Commerce | | Law: Contract(s) | Linguistics | | Management | Media / Multimedia | | Medical: Pharmaceuticals | Medical: Health Care | | Music | Other | | Retail | Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | Surveying | Transport / Transportation / Shipping | | Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs |
More Less | Latvian to English - Standard rate: 0.15 USD per word / 47 USD per hour
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More Less | | Questions answered: 361, Questions asked: 4 Easy / 35 PRO, PRO-level points: 784 | Sample translations submitted: 6| English to Latvian: translation of computer operating systems-related article (fragment) | Source text - English
By the 1960s, with computers in wide industrial use for many purposes, it became common for them to be used for many different jobs within an organization. Soon, special software to automate the scheduling and execution of these many jobs became available. The combination of managing "hardware" and scheduling jobs became known as the "operating system"; the classic example of this type of early operating system was OS/360 by IBM.
The next major development in operating systems was timesharing - the idea that multiple users could use the machine "simultaneously" by keeping all of their programs in memory, executing each user's program for a short time so as to provide the illusion that each user had their own computer. Such a development required the operating system to provide each user's programs with a "virtual machine" such that one user's program could not interfere with another's (by accident or design). The range of devices that operating systems had to manage also expanded; a notable one was hard disks; the idea of individual "files" and a hierarchical structure of "directories" (now often called folders) greatly simplified the use of these devices for permanent storage. Security access controls, allowing computer users access only to files, directories and programs they had permissions to use, were also common.
Computer at Wikipedia.
GFDL.
| Translation - Latvian
Jau 20. gadsimta 60. gados datorus plaši un daudzveidīgi lietoja daudzās tautsaimniecības nozarēs, vienā un tajā pašā uzņēmumā – ļoti dažādu darbu veikšanai. Drīz parādījās arī īpaša programmatūra, ar kuru varēja automatizēt dažādo uzdevumu nospraušanu un izpildi, un apvienoto līdzekli datoru aparatūras pārvaldīšanai un darbu pārvaldībai sāka saukt par operētājsistēmu. Klasisks agrīnas operētājsistēmas piemērs ir uzņēmuma IBM izstrādātā OS/360.
Nākamais solis operētājsistēmu attīstībā bija laikdales ieviešana – tās pamatdoma ir ļaut daudziem lietotājiem izmantot datoru it kā vienlaicīgi, jo visas lietotās programmas paliek kopīgā datora atmiņā un tiek izpildītas īsos laika sprīžos cita pēc citas, tādējādi radot sajūtu, ka katram būtu savs neatkarīgs dators. Lai to īstenotu, bija nepieciešams, lai operētājsistēma katra lietotāja programmas darbinātu virtuālā skaitļotājā, jo tad tās nevar cita citai tīši vai netīši traucēt. Operētājsistēmas ar laiku sāka pārvaldīt arvien plašāku ierīču klāstu. Īpaši ir jāpiemin cietie diski un tas, ka ideja datus izkārtot datnēs un hierarhiskās mapēs (agrāk tās dēvēja par direktorijām) jūtami atvieglināja datu pastāvīgu glabāšanu tajos. Bieži sastopama bija arī piekļuves un datu drošības pārvaldība – datoru lietotājam ļauj darboties tikai ar tām datnēm, mapēm un programmām, kuru lietošanas atļauju viņš ir saņēmis.
| | Latvian to English: translation of a 1937 law lecture by Konstantins Čakste (fragment) | Source text - Latvian
Ir valstis, kur likumi stājas spēkā pakāpeniski, atkarībā no attāluma – piem. agrāk Krievijā, Francijā, u.c. Izdots likums ir spēkā nenoteiktu laiku, ja vien likumā šāds laiks nav paredzēts, ierobežots. Tādēļ katrs likums ir spēkā kamēr to atceļ.
Sakarā ar likumu izdošanu, paceļas jautājums par likuma spēku laikā. Ir princips, ka likumam nav atpakaļejoša spēka. Tiesības un pienākumi dibinās uz kādu juridisku faktu, kas izbeidz, pārgroza vai nodibina kādas attiecības. Ja runā par likuma spēku laikā, tad jāiziet tieši no šī juridiskā fakta. Jaunais likums ir pielietojams tad, ja viņa laikā ir radies šis juridiskais fakts. Turpretī, ja šis juridiskais fakts ir radies pagātnē, tad, kad spēkā bija vecais likums, tad arī jāpielieto šis vecais likums.
| Translation - English
There can be countries where a newly adopted law becomes effective gradually, that is, in function of the distance [from the place of legislating] -- this was the case, e.g., in Russia and France. A law that has been pronounced remains effective infinitely, unless the law provides for a limited time. Thus, every legal act is effective until it is revoked.
Legislating also brings up the question about the chronological effectiveness of a given law. One principle says that a law may not retroact. Rights and responsibilities arise from a legal fact that establishes, changes or terminates a relationship; as concerns effectiveness of a law at a given moment, it should be based on that legal fact. If, on the contrary, the legal fact has occurred in the past, when an older law was effective, then the older law should be applied.
| | French to Latvian: translation - localization of software. Traduction français-letton (sujet : logiciel). | Source text - French
#: ../src/Prefs.cpp:108
msgstr "Certaines de vos préférences provenaient d'une version antérieur d'Audacity et ont été réinitialisées."
#: ../src/effects/ladspa/LadspaEffect.cpp:157
msgstr "Désolé, les effets du module (plugin) ne peuvent être réalisés sur des pistes stéréo dans lesquelles les canaux individuels de la piste ne correspondent pas."
#: ../src/Project.cpp:2304
msgstr ""
"Le fichier sélectionné est un projet Audacity.\n"
"\n"
"Seuls les fichiers audio peuvent être importés dans un projet existant,\n"
"pas les fichiers Projets. Pour ouvrir un fichier Projet,\n"
"faites Ouvrir dans le menu Fichier.\n"
#: ../src/prefs/SpectrumPrefs.cpp:148
msgstr "La fréquence maximum doit être une intégrale"
#: ../src/AudacityApp.cpp:841
msgstr ""
"Le système a détecté qu'une autre copie d'Audacity était ouverte.\n"
"Ouvrir simultanément deux sessions d'Audacity peut provoquer des pertes de données\n"
"ou provoquer une défaillance du système et n'est donc pas permis\n"
"\n"
"Utiliser Nouveau ou Ouvrir dans la session actuelle d'Audacity\n"
"pour ouvrir plusieurs projets simultanément.\n" | Translation - Latvian
#: ../src/Prefs.cpp:108
msgstr "Daži iestatījumi, kas bija saglabājušies no agrākas Audacity versijas, tika atiestatīti."
#: ../src/effects/ladspa/LadspaEffect.cpp:157
msgstr "Diemžēl ar spraudni nevar pievienot efektus stereoieskaņojumam, ja abi tā kanāli ir savstarpēji nesaderīgi."
#: ../src/Project.cpp:2304
msgstr ""
"Atlasītā datne ir Audacity projekta datne.\n"
"\n"
"Bet projektā var importēt tikai skaņas datnes,\n"
"nevis projektu datnes. Projekta datni var atvērt,\n"
"izvēlnē Datne nospiežot Atvērt.\n"
#: ../src/prefs/SpectrumPrefs.cpp:148
msgstr "Maksimālajai frekvencei ir jābūt izteiktai ar veselu skaitli."
#: ../src/AudacityApp.cpp:841
msgstr ""
"Izrādās, ka programma Audacity jau ir iedarbināta.\n"
"Ja atver vairākus Audacity seansus vienlaicīgi, tad ir iespējams datu zudums\n"
"vai pat operētājsistēmas kļūme, tāpēc tāda darbība nav atļauta.\n"
"\n"
"Lūdzu, lietojiet komandu Jauns vai Atvērt aktīvajā Audacity seansā,\n"
"ja vēlaties vienlaicīgi strādāt ar vairākiem projektiem.\n"
^^ profile home \ aller au début ^^ | | Italian to Latvian: Japanese fairytale. Italian-Latvian translation. | Source text - Italian
C'era una volta, in Giappone, un pescatore che si chiamava Urascimatarò. Egli era grande e forte, ma forse appunto per questo, amava molto le creature piccole e deboli, e specialmente gli animali. Un giorno, mentre passeggiava sulla riva del mare, vide un gruppo di ragazzi che si agitavano e gridavano. Si avvicinò, e vide che stavano giocando con una tartaruga, ma giocavano in modo crudele e cattivo, e tormentandola e stuzzicandola in tutti i modi.
[..]
- Sentite, - disse allora ai ragazzi - Volete vendermi la tartaruga? Vi do tutto il denaro che ho: accettate?
I monelli non se lo fecero dire due volte: presero le monete e corsero verso il più vicino negozio di dolciumi. Urascimatarò raccolse la tartaruga e la portò delicatamente fino al mare, poi la mise nell'acqua dicendo:
-Va', povera bestiolina, e un'altra volta cerca di non farti catturare più.
La tartaruga fece un piccolo cenno di saluto, poi scomparve nella profondità del mare.
Urascimatarò la seguì con lo sguardo fin che poté, poi volse le spalle e tornò a casa. Era rimasto senza soldi e senza cena...
http://www.letturegiovani.it/ebooks.php | Translation - Latvian
Reiz Japānā dzīvoja zvejnieks vārdā Uraș̌imatarō. Viņš pats bija augumā liels un stiprs - un varbūt tieši tāpēc viņš tā mīlēja mazas un neaizsargātas radībiņas, it sevišķi - dzīvniekus. Pastaigādamies kādu dienu gaŗ jūŗu, viņš pamanīja bariņu zēnu, kuŗi klaigāja un dauzījās. Piegājis tuvāk, viņš ieraudzīja, ka zēni spēlējas ar bruņurupuci. Diemžēl viņi ar to rīkojās rupji un nežēlīgi - ķircināja un mocīja.
[..]
- Paklau! - Uraș̌imatarō uzsauca puikām. - Varbūt gribat pārdot bruņurupuci man? Varu maksāt visu naudu, kas man ir. Līkop? Puišeļiem tas nebija divreiz jāsaka, viņi paķēra naudu un aizjoza uz tuvāko saldumu veikalu. Uraș̌imatarō saudzīgi pacēla bruņurupuci un nesa to atpakaļ uz jūŗu. Ielaizdams bruņurupuci ūdenī, viņš sacīja:
- Peldi, nu, bruņurupucīt, bet citreiz vairs neļaujies, ka tevi saķeŗ!
Bruņurupucis atvadām no zvejnieka tikai mazliet pamāja ar galvu un tad ienira.
Uraș̌imatarō noraudzījās tam pakaļ, līdz tas nozuda jūŗas dziļumos, tad apgriezās un sāka soļot mājup. Nebija vairs ne naudas, ne arī, ko ēst vakariņās...
^^ Traduttore lettone Valters Feists ^^ | | Lithuanian to English: Fragment from linguistics-related chat on a forum | Source text - Lithuanian
- "Kaip išversti blogą - elektroninį nesąmonių kampelį?"
Ir kas čia dabar? Kodėl nesąmonių kampelis? Kaip ir visur - yra tokių, kurie nusišneka, yra tokių, kurie rašo apie rimtus dalykus. Tarkim keli pavyzdžiai (įmonių blog'ai):
http://blog.ford.com/
http://sellingtobigcompanies.blogs.com/
http://blogs.snapstream.com/
ir t.t.
- "Tie „blogai“ – mados (tad laikinas) arba subkultūros (tad gyvuojantys specialiojo žargono zonoje) daiktas, kai kad dredai, pankai, postmodernizmas, fanki ir džiazas."
Mano nuomonė visai kitokia. Manau tai paslauga, kuri gyvuos dar ilgai. Išvardinsiu kai kuriuos (iš daugelio) šios paslaugos panaudojimo būdų:
- asmeninis dienoraštis
- įmonės naujienos
- tecnologijų apžvalgos
- renginių apžvalgos
- politikos apžvalgos
- fanų klubas
ir t.t. ir t.t.
- "Taigi yra normalus lietuviškas atitikmuo - Interneto dienoraščiai ar tiesiog - dienoraščiai. Iki šiol kituose lietuviškuose puslapiuose (Bitė plius, Take - takeliai ir pan.) jie taip ir buvo vadinami."
Labai teisingai. Būtent todėl savo naują projektą taip ir pavadinome - dienorasciai.lt.
Audrius
2006-02-06 06:04
[..]
Iki šiol visada naudodavau junginį "interneto dienoraščiai". Jis pakankamai tikslus, bet baisiai griozdiškas.
Kaip žinia "blog" yra ne kas kita kaip žodžių "web" ir "log" junginys. Šis trumpinys pasirinktas greičiausiai todėl, kad angliškai "Weblog" ir "The Blog" skamba labai panašiai. Lietuviškai panašaus žaismo ko gero nepavyks išlaikyti, todėl siūlyčiau pamiršti raidę "b", kurti naujadarą stengiantis ir išlaikyti kiek galima tikslesnę vertimo struktūrą:
"web" - voratinklis, pasaulinis tinklas [tinklas];
"log" - registras, įrašų visuma [raštas].
Mano pasliūlymas atrodytų taip - "tinklaraštis".
http://www.vlkk.lt/diskusijos/tema.1263.2.html
| Translation - English
- "What is the translation of blog (a twaddle area)?"
What's up now? Why do you think a blog is a twaddle area? Same as everywhere else, there are people who just wag their tongues; and there are those who write on serious subjects. Let me list a few examples (corporate blogs):
http://blog.ford.com/
http://sellingtobigcompanies.blogs.com/
http://blogs.snapstream.com/
etc.
- "Blogs are artefacts that belong to a fashion (and therefore, are transient) or to a subculture (and therefore, are part of a particular lingo) just like dreadlocks, punk movement, postmodernism, funky style, jazz..."
I can hardly agree with you and I think that blogging will continue long into the future. Here are just a few — of the many — possible ways of using the service:
- personal diary,
- corporate news bulletin,
- technology reviews,
- reviews of various events,
- political commentary,
- fan clubs
and so on and so forth.
- "Thus, there is a corresponding ordinary term in Lithuanian: "Interneto dienoraščiai" ("Internet diaries"), or even more directly: "diaries". And that is how they have been referred to until now on some of the Lithuanian websites (Bitė plius; the "takeliai" section of Takas.lt; etc.)."
Exactly! That's why we chose the same word as the name of our new project: dienorasciai.lt.
Audrius
2006-02-06 06:04
[..]
I've been using to this day a compound term: "interneto dienoraščiai" ("internet diaries"). That's precise enough and yet awfully long-winded.
In fact, "blog" is nothing else than a compound made from "web" and "log". The shortened form is favoured most likely because "weblog" and "the blog" sound very similar in English. In Lithuanian it will not be possible to keep a similar play on words, therefore I'd propose to forget about the letter "b" and create a neologism by sticking as much as possible to an exact mechanism of translating:
"web" - voratinklis ("spider web"), pasaulinis tinklas ("global network") [tinklas] (network; the web);
"log" - registras ("registry", "journal"), įrašų visuma ("collection of records") [raštas] (article; writings; works; handwriting).
Hence, I would come up with "tinklaraštis" (webwritings).
| | German to Latvian: linguistics, literary analysis, sociology and politics. | Source text - German
Ein Synonym für Euphemismus ist das englische Kunstwort Doublespeak. Das Wort wurde in den frühen 1950er Jahren geprägt. Es wird oft - jedoch fälschlich - dem Schriftsteller George Orwell zugeschrieben, der in seiner Novelle "1984" die Begriffe Newspeak ("Neusprech"), Oldspeak ("Altsprech") und Doublethink ("Doppeldenk") schuf - zusammengesetzte Worte mit dem Hauptwort Sprache, die zuvor nicht bekannt waren. Es ist nicht bekannt, warum sich im Volksmund Doublespeak als Ausdruck verbreitete.
Doublespeak kann im Sinne Orwells als Ersatzwort für Newspeak ("Neusprech" in der dt. Übersetzung von "1984") betrachtet werden: Worte, bewusst entworfen um politischen Zwecken zu dienen; Worte, die nicht nur in jedem Fall eine politische Folge haben, sondern die die Absicht haben, eine erwünschte Einstellung auf die Person, die diese Worte benutzt, zu projizieren.
"Wikipedie", August 2006. | Translation - Latvian
«Eifēmismam» ir sinonīms – angļu valodā mākslīgi radīts vārds «dubultruna», kas ir tapis 20. gs. 50. gadu sākumā. Par tā ieviesēju maldīgi, tomēr diezgan bieži tiek uzskatīts rakstnieks Džordžs Orvels, kurš savā romānā «1984» radīja jēdzienus ‘jaunruna’ («newspeak»), ‘vecruna’ («oldspeak») un ‘dubultdoma’ («doublethink») – agrāk nepazīstamus salikteņus, kurus it kā vienotu atslēgvārds «runa», t.i., «valoda». Nav zināms, kāpēc tautas mutē ir izplatījies vārds «doublespeak» – ‘dubultruna’.
«Dubultruna», orveliski raugoties, jaunrunas (darba «1984» vāciskajā tulkojumā – «Neusprech») leksikā darbotos kā aizstājējvārds – vārds, kas apzināti veidots, lai kalpotu politiskiem mērķiem; vārds, kam ir ne tikai acīmredzamas politiskas sekas, bet kurā ir arī ietverts nolūks radīt cilvēkā, kas lieto vārdu, noteiktu attieksmi pret lietām. |
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More Less | | OTHER-attendance of college programmes: English philology; professional translation; courses and native-speaker tutorials in French language | | Years of translation experience: 12. Registered at ProZ.com: Dec 1999. Became a member: Dec 2005. | | N/A | English to Latvian (IT&T Terminology Committee, Latvian Science Acad.)
Latvian to English (IT&T Terminology Committee, Latvian Science Acad.)
French to Latvian (IT&T Terminology Committee, Latvian Science Acad.)
German to Latvian (IT&T Terminology Committee, Latvian Science Acad.)
| | Telecommunications Association of Latvia | | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Frontpage, LocStudio, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, OmegaT, Subtitle Workshop (2.51), Other CAT tool, Other CAT tool, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, Wordfast | | http://www.latvian.ws/translator/ | | About me
My main specialisation is business and technical documents, many of which are published and read (or used in other ways) by humans: press releases, websites, project papers, agreements, etc. These require more than just acceptable translation but also creativity, understanding the target audience, mastery of idiomatic language and, obviously, full factual adherence to the original writer's intent.
I am native speaker of Latvian, highly proficient in English and deal with most of my working languages professionally since 1995. I translate and localise from French and English into Latvian.
In the recent years I have most frequently been assigned translation tasks in these industrial, commercial and service fields:
> Technology: computers, peripherals, software interfaces, telephones
> User manuals: household and kitchen equipment, consumer electronics
> Art, culture, history and society: news articles, interviews, essays, media releases
> Personal documents and correspondence
> Medicine, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals
> Transportation; urban development; machinery
> other persuasive, legal and narrative topics.
I possess considerable experience in editing, proofreading and backtranslation. It is equally enjoyable for me to write or review a literary text or to work in a technical setting with localisers or terminologists. My experience includes journalism, editorial work, copywriting, public relations and occasionally teaching Latvian as a foreign language.
I am especially well-practiced with computers: since 1987 I have learned and worked in various platforms, operating systems and applications.
In 1995-1998, I studied translation and English at the University of Latvia, where I even took simultaneous interpreting classes in order to test my fluency.
You are welcome to order translations of both short texts and larger ongoing projects, such as websites or software localisation. My website reflects my experience as Latvian translator working with English and French (traducteur letton) and with localisation.
Valters Feists, ValtersF@parks.LV
Tel. +371 29 666 322 -- day and evening (time zone: GMT+2 hours, EDT+7 hours)
More about my background I participated in the creation and approval of new technical terms in the Latvian language, while acting as a member of the Information Technology Terminology Subcommittee of the Latvian Academy of Sciences from 2000 to 2008. I am accredited as a contributor to the newest Latvian Information Technology dictionary (printed in 2001).
Alongside the translation work, I have written several dozen articles about information technology, modern communications, corporate culture and the Internet - for specialised press, national dailies and business magazines.
It is simply logical that I have become a technical linguist: I have been enthusiastic about languages since young age.
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