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Working languages:
English to German
Hungarian to German
Spanish to German

Gabriela Hallas
Specialised in Tourism and Marketing.

Argentina
Local time: 06:02 ART (GMT-3)

Native in: German Native in German

User message
Never lost for words.
Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified site user
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Desktop publishing, Project management
Expertise
Specializes in:
Cinema, Film, TV, DramaTourism & Travel
IT (Information Technology)Education / Pedagogy
Advertising / Public RelationsGames / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
Business/Commerce (general)Media / Multimedia
Marketing / Market ResearchAutomotive / Cars & Trucks
Rates
English to German - Rates: 0.06 - 0.08 EUR per word / 25 - 25 EUR per hour
Hungarian to German - Rates: 0.06 - 0.08 EUR per word / 25 - 25 EUR per hour
Spanish to German - Rates: 0.06 - 0.08 EUR per word / 25 - 25 EUR per hour
Payment method accepted Visa
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 11
Translation education Master's degree - in English/American and Hungarian Studies from Humboldt University Berlin
Experience Years of translation experience: 11. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2000.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials N/A
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, DejaVu, Dreamweaver, FrameMaker, Indesign, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, QuarkXPress, SDL TRADOS
CV/Resume CV available upon request
About me
Specialisation

Services:

* Project management
* Translations
* Editing
* Proof-reading
* DTP

Areas of expertise:

Travel and Tourism
...Travel guides
...Travel brochures and websites
...Newsletters

Marketing and Advertising
...Product brochures
...Sales letters
...Slogans and taglines

Educational material
...Material for students
...Teacher’s notes
...CD and website content

Multimedia
...Online games
...Online competitions
...CD Rom

Press materials
...Newsletters
...Press releases
...Current affairs

Other texts
...IT
...Automotive
...Economics
...Electronics
...Social sciences
...Art and culture

Background

I am a German translator of German/Hungarian origin who has lived in various countries (Germany, Britain and currently in Argentina). I have been working as a freelance translator since 1998 and I have had various in-house positions in translation/publishing agencies where I dealt with the localisation of a wide range of topics: travel and tourism, ELT, IT, automotive, history, cooking, children's books etc.

Work experience

Project Manager/Editor/Translator (in-house, 8 years):
...VisitBritain (national tourism body), London (UK)
...Cambridge Publishing Management, Cambridge (UK)
...Hahn Film GmbH Berlin (Germany)

DTP Specialist (in-house, 2 years):
...ITR – International Translation Resources, London (UK)
...Alpha Translations, Cambridge (UK)

Freelance Translator/Editor/Proofreader (10 years), recent projects include:

*Visitor guides (print and web) (VisitBritain, VisitLondon, VisitKent, Lonely Planet, Tourism South East, Jersey Tourism, Thomas Cook Travel Guides, Everyman, DuMont Travel, British Museum Press, Rydges Kensington Plaza Hotel London, Heritage Attractions Ltd.)
*VisitBritain’s Hungarian website
*Newsletters for the tourism industry
*Educational material (Mary Glasgow Magazines, Scholastic, Cornelsen, Chadwyck-Healey)
*Marketing material for the educational market
*Company brochures (print and web) (Eco Oil, Estudio Buenos Aires Language School)
*Online games/online competitions (VisitBritain, Russ Berrie and Company Inc.)
*CD-Roms (Mary Glasgow Magazines, Nelson Thornes)
*IT: Software manuals and user instructions (Avid, Logitech, Cisco)
*Automotive industry: user manuals (Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo)
*Operating manual for gamma irradiation facility (Siemens)
*Technical/Product descriptions (water kettles, marine radios, iPod)
*Editing online dictionary
*Story boards and blurb for VHS covers (Hahn Film, Nesquick)
*Cooking books
*Archaeological essays
*Interpreting and translating election results for German elections in 2005 (BBC World Service London)


Education

...M.A. in English/American and Hungarian Studies, Humboldt Universität Berlin (Germany)
...1 year exchange: American Studies at Leicester University (UK)

Contact information

E-mail address: gabriela.hallas@gmail.com
Mobile: +54-911-5411-9041
Skype: gabriela7872
Time zone: Greenwich Mean Time -2 hours
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Profile last updated
Mar 13, 2009