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Trinh Do - English to Vietnamese translator

Member since Jun '07

Working languages:
English to Vietnamese
French to English
German to English
English (monolingual)
German to Vietnamese


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Trinh Do
Versatile, reliable, professional

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia / Native in: English Native in English, Vietnamese Native in Vietnamese
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About me

- English-educated since 1969 at British school in India and American school in Vietnam.
- Self-taught in French from 1975 until 1981.
- First official translation: Vietnamese-to-English translation of an agricultural document at the age of 18.
- Awarded the Third National Award in English in 1981.
- Enrolled at the University of Saigon in 1981, majoring in English.
- Continued my English studies at the University of Queensland, studying English literature, linguistics, French and German and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987.
- Enrolled at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), majoring in chemistry; other courses include: microbiology, biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, mathematics, statistics, physics and materials science.
-Completed my Masters of Applied Science from QUT in 2000, my thesis is on the thermal degradation of polyvinyl chloride blends
Work Experiences:
- Worked as an administrator, part-time translator/interpreter, and technical/maths typist from 1987-1993.
- Worked as a chemistry research assistant, using software/hardware facilities in the laboratory at QUT.
- Worked as a quality assurance and laboratory analyst at several pharmaceutical companies.

Expertise:
- Technical expertise of chemical, pharmaceutical, medical,photonics, optics, mathematical/statistics, electrical and engineering-related terminology:
-200 pages of French, German pharmaceutical documents,
-70-page German-English translation on hearing aids and an English article that sums up the major points of this work.
-Approx. 86 pages of French and German to English translations on media planning, mathematical modelling and business statistics.
-Approx. 50-page German-English translation on the microwave resonance method by the TEWS industry.
-100-page French-English translation on mining - legal, technical, commercial aspects.
-50-page German-English translation on meat processing.
- Literary translations:
-380-page translation from Middle English to Modern English of the "Beehive of the Romish Church".
-120-page English-Vietnamese translation of "The Tigers of Saigon" by Mr. Miguel Pereira.
-150-page Vietnamese-English translation of Vietnamese historical documents.
- Legal fields: commercial law, real estate, patents, birth/marriage/divorce certificates as well as work references. , 400-500 pages of a German-English pharmaceutical translation, French-English documents on commercial transactions, real estate, and mining engineering in Morocco.
Special skills:
- Typesetting mathematical symbols, equations, chemical/molecular structures.
- Deciphering difficult-to-read documents containing Gothic characters.
- Interpreting Old Vietnamese written in special characters, transcription of audio files in English.
CAT / software tools:
-Trados 8.0, SDLX SP2 Suite, Multiterm 2007, Wordfast 6.0.
-Dragon Naturally Speaking.
-Adobe Reader, Illustrator.
- Abbyy PDF editor, CAD KAS PDF editor.
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Total pts earned: 58
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Top languages (PRO)
German to English26
French to English20
English8
English to Vietnamese4
Top general fields (PRO)
Medical24
Tech/Engineering14
Science12
Law/Patents4
Other4
Top specific fields (PRO)
Medical: Instruments12
Medical (general)12
Computers (general)4
Engineering (general)4
Government / Politics4
Mathematics & Statistics4
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng4
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