 Member since Jul '03
Working languages: English to Swedish
Japanese to Swedish
French to Swedish
Spanish to Swedish |
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|  Mårten Engelberg
When I'm not the best, I know the best.
Switzerland Local time: 10:52 CET (GMT+1)
Native in: Swedish  | | |
Freelancer,  Verified member | | Blue Board: Mårten Engelberg | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization | | Specializes in: | | Environment & Ecology | Poetry & Literature | | Livestock / Animal Husbandry | Linguistics | | IT (Information Technology) | Internet, e-Commerce | | Geography | General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Food & Dairy | Tourism & Travel |
| English to Swedish - Rates: 0.09 - 0.12 EUR per word / 25 - 32 EUR per hour
Japanese to Swedish - Rates: 0.10 - 0.15 EUR per word / 30 - 35 EUR per hour
French to Swedish - Rates: 0.09 - 0.10 EUR per word / 25 - 28 EUR per hour
Spanish to Swedish - Rates: 0.08 - 0.09 EUR per word / 25 - 28 EUR per hour
| | Questions answered: 45, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 20 PRO, PRO-level points: 104 | 7 projects entered  2 positive feedback from outsourcers | Project Details | Project Summary | Corroboration |
Translation
Volume: 7130 words
Completed: Dec 2005
Languages:
English to Swedish | Common Technical Document and Package Leaflet
Tablets with modified release for treatment of uncomplicated urine tract infections.
Medical: Pharmaceuticals | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 28052 words
Completed: Dec 2005
Languages:
English to Swedish | Digital Camera Manual
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) | positive
Lingua Port Singapore: Reliable and meet deadlines! |
Translation
Volume: 1127 words
Completed: Dec 2005
Languages:
French to Swedish | Sommation
Business/Commerce (general), Law: Contract(s), Law: Contract(s) | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 1 pages
Completed: Dec 2005
Languages:
Swedish to English | Birth Certificate
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | positive
marvadur: Morten is a very dedicated professional. He took the time to listen and comply with all my requests regarding the translation of my husband's birth certificate. I would highly recommend him. |
Translation
Volume: 6699 words
Completed: Nov 2005
Languages:
English to Swedish | Lean Retailing Manual
Business/Commerce (general), Cooking / Culinary, Retail | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 349 words
Completed: Sep 2005
Languages:
French to Swedish | Instructions d'emballage
Transport / Transportation / Shipping, Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 13466 words
Completed: Jul 2004
Languages:
English to Swedish | Asthma Medicine Patent Application
Medical: Pharmaceuticals | No comment. |
More Less | 28 entries| Outsourcer name | Country | LWA  | Comment | Outsourcer feedback | | Kalimeh | Hidden | 5 | Supportive, prompt payment, excellent project-coordination: When you forget why agencies can be useful, Kalimeh shows you why. Thanks Jeannie! | ... | | Asap QA Localization / Sandra Pillas LLC (E-traduit; Polylangus) | Hidden | 5 | Prompt communication and payment. Merci beaucoup:) | ... | | Languages Unlimited | Hidden | 5 | Quick to assign (=time to work), communicate. Payment after 17 days. Thanks, Joel! | ... | | Grande-Allée Translations Inc. | Hidden | 3 | Had to wait almost 3 months for one done in 2003. Recent restaffing might have improved things? | ... | | Ferdosi Language Services | Hidden | 5 | Paid promptly, a pleasure to work with. | Thank you Morten. It was a pleasure for us as well to work with you. I will surely contact you for future projects. | | Skansa Translations | Hidden | 4 | Only had to remind for payment once;) Available to me 12 days late. Not bad. And Astrid is nice. | ... | | Baodian Technical Translations | Hidden | 1 | One invoice overdue by 11 days, another by 2 days. But much worse: When prompted for payment, makes up stories about sub-standard work... | ... | | METAFRASI SCP | Hidden | 2 | Rec'd 45 days past due-date, 10 days after comment on BlueB., 1 day before my collection order reached Euler-Hermes. Thanks! | ... | | Transitalia | Hidden | 4 | One paid early, another late (3 reminders and dito weeks). All in all an excellent experience! Thanks Tricia:) | ... | | Aardvark Translations / pointblank / Point Blank | Hidden | 5 | Quick to communicate, confirm & pay (ultraquick this time :o) ). Tack Mattias och Johannes! | Thank you! | | Horizon Translating & Interpreting, LLC | Hidden | 5 | Quick to communicate, confirm & pay (within 1-2 days for instant jobs/low rates). Thanks Maria! | Thanks for the nice comments! | | Adverbage, Ltd | Hidden | 5 | One interesting piece of fun done and paid for, with, I hope, many more to come: Thank you Giovanni ! | ... | | All Tasks Traduções Técnicas | Hidden | 4 | Paid on time, thank you Nathália /Sinthon Engelberg | ... | | Foreign Language Services Ltd. | Hidden | 5 | Proofreading rates modest (GBP 0.0055: yes, ha'penny), but payed on time (or even within a week, like last time: Thank you Audrey!). To be recommended, to be sure:) | thanks for this feedback - only just became a full member - so didn't see this till now! Ann - FLS | | e-Word On-line Translation Services Bt. | Hidden | 5 | Have worked for my fav! Bela for about a year; there are always jobs and quick confirmation. Pays 2-3 mo. | ... | | PRESTO s.r.o. | Hidden | 5 | Quick comm. and competent PM. Highly recommended! Rem. to ask about min. payment. | ... | | Arancho srl (former Lexis) | Hidden | 5 | Very nice and professional, quick to comm. Prompt payments after 90 pays. 34 projects in 2 years: never any problems! | ... | | LEGALE TRADUCTION / Betta translation traduction / BETTA AIS | Hidden | 4 | Small job Sep 2003. French cheque a couple of weeks late, although it's clear I needed a UK acc. transfer. Cheque cleared when I tried it a year later...Don't I look the fool! Apologies & JoyeuxNoël | ... | | Cabinet Francèze | Hidden | 5 | Quick to communicate and pay (quickest: 1 week!). Merci beaucoup Alain! | ... | | Net-Translations | Hidden | 5 | No complaints; Sandra was quick in communication, never any doubts, plenty of ref's. Gracias! | Many thanks! | | Mølgaard & Nielsen | Hidden | 5 | With bonuses like that - and such timely payment - you could SMS me anytime :-) Tak! | ... | | MT International AB | Hidden | 5 | Great! and pays on average within 3 weeks, but has managed 3 days:-) Stort tack! | ... | | Lingua Port Singapore / Linguaport | Hidden | 5 | Promptness (work and payment), sugar and spice, everything nice:) Can only agree with everyone else here; Strongly recommended!! | Swift response and reliable... | | WordSystem Ltd. | Hidden | 5 | Communication quick and to the point. Payment within 3 weeks. Just the way it should be. Cheers, Karl! | ... | | e-Word On-line Translation Services Bt. | Hidden | 5 | 4 years since my last rating, and all I can say is that I agree whole-heartedly with myself:) | ... | | Translation Central Ltd. | Hidden | 5 | Professional straight through to the payment: Paypal 10 days after invoice, thank you! | ... | | Tamarind Translations | Hidden | 5 | Billed on June 22, paid on July 22: Nicely done, stort tack:) | ... | | Ferdosi Language Services | Hidden | 5 | 6 years on, it's still a pleasure to work with Mamad, and the payments (moneybookers) are still quick :) | ... |
More Less | | BA-Cardiff University | | Years of translation experience: 5. Registered at ProZ.com: Jun 2003. Became a member: Jul 2003. | | N/A | | N/A | | N/A | | Thai Powerhouse | | Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat Distiller 5, Adobe FrameMaker 7, Adobe Illustrator 9, Adobe Photoshop 5 Mac, Adobe Photoshop 6 PC, Catalyst Quickship, Excel, QuarkXpress 5, Word, Passolo, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, STAR Transit, Wordfast | | http://www.morten-engelberg.com |  CV/Resume (HTML) | | Mårten Engelberg endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines. | | About me
outdoors, climbing, boating, articles/literature on travel and history, news, proofreading, アウトドア・登山・舟遊び・旅行・新聞・雑誌・記事・歴史・文学・経済・観光・案内・ホテル
Professional experience since July 2003 (last updated summer 2005):
"Timelines of World History", around 380 000 words (English into Swedish)."World War II: A Photographic History", around 100 000 words (English+Danish into Swedish).Birth Certificate (Swedish into English).Guide for dog owners (English into Swedish).Manuals for TV Card, guide and software (English into Swedish).Continuous proofing of manuals for digging engines and packing machines (English into Swedish).Chat-site (English into Swedish).Power of attorney (Swedish into Thai).Letter from District Court (Swedish into English).Asthma patents, incl. article from New England Journal of Medicine (English into Swedish).Catalogue for bicycle tools & accessories, continuous (English into Swedish).Betting web-site and customer service, continuous since June 2004 (English into Swedish).Manual for dialysis machine, 35 000 words + continuous updates (English into Swedish).Rallying letter for market leader (English into Swedish).Product information sheets, continuous (French into Swedish).Questionnaire for programmers (French & English into Swedish).Manual for dialysis machine (English into Swedish).Ads, 40 000 words (French into Swedish).Manuals, guides for routers (English into Swedish).Exam questions, proofreading (Spanish into Swedish).Bike-related patent (English into Swedish).Manual for DVD-recorder (English into Swedish).Code of Conduct for market leader (English into Swedish, with later update).A name, its reading and roots (Japanese into Swedish).Web-search for nutrition-manufacturers (Japanese).Factsheet for lubrificant (French into Swedish).Brochure for accomplished design agency (English into Japanese).Proofreading and editing an academical paper (Thai into English).Manual for hydrogen-generator software (English into Swedish).Mission statement for market leader (English into Swedish).Fine chocolate descriptions, continuous (German into Swedish).Manual for fuel-dispenser (English into Swedish).Boat descriptions for web-site (French into Swedish).Boating terms for web-site (Continuous assignment, German+English into Swedish).
Education:
2003 - BA in Japanese and Spanish, Cardiff University, Wales.2002 - Chuo Daigaku, Tokyo (exchange).2001-2002 - A universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain (exchange).1998 - Université de Moncton, Canada (interrupted BTrad en français et anglais).1997-1998 - French course in 3-Pistoles, Canada.1995-1997 - Full-time mountain-climbing in Engelberg, Switzerland.1991 - Graduated high school in Sweden (Swedish, English, German). | This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.
This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.
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| Total projects | 7 | | With client feedback | 2 | | Corroborated | 2 | | | 100% positive (2 entries) |  positive | 2 |  neutral | 0 |  negative | 0 |
| Job type | | Translation | 7 | | | Language pairs | | English to Swedish | 4 | | French to Swedish | 2 | | Swedish to English | 1 | | | Specialty fields | | General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | 1 | | | Other fields | | Medical: Pharmaceuticals | 2 | | Business/Commerce (general) | 2 | | Law: Contract(s) | 2 | | Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | 1 | | Transport / Transportation / Shipping | 1 | | Retail | 1 | | Cooking / Culinary | 1 | | Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) | 1 |
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