Member since Sep '11

Working languages:
English to Vietnamese
Russian to Vietnamese
Vietnamese to English
Vietnamese to Russian
Chinese to Vietnamese

nguyen thao
translator-voiceover specialist

Hanoi, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Local time: 14:46 ICT (GMT+7)

Native in: Vietnamese Native in Vietnamese
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Account type Freelancer
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Transcription
Expertise
Specializes in:
AccountingMedia / Multimedia
Marketing / Market ResearchPoetry & Literature
Law (general)Investment / Securities
General / Conversation / Greetings / LettersFolklore
Advertising / Public RelationsJournalism

Preferred currency USD
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 4, Questions answered: 8
Payment method accepted Visa, MasterCard
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 8
Translation education Bachelor's degree - Hanoi University for foreign studies
Experience Years of translation experience: 17. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2008. Became a member: Sep 2011.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials Vietnamese to English (hanoi university for foreign studies, verified)
English to Vietnamese (hanoi university for foreign studies, verified)
Vietnamese to Russian (hanoi national university, verified)
Russian to Vietnamese (hanoi national university, verified)
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Frontpage, Helium, Indesign, LocStudio, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Pagemaker, SDL TRADOS
CV/Resume CV available upon request
Professional practices nguyen thao endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me
I am a translator in Hanoi, Vietnam. I have been translator in the TELEVISION industry for 18 years.
I translate documents for many international organizations such as UNWOMEN.
I have translated some great books of famous authors such as:
- Flat Earth news by Nick Davies
- Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
- Splendid by Julia Quinn, a New York Times best seller
and also proofread the book Effective Operations and controls for the small privately held business by Rob Reider, and so on.

RECENT TRANSLATION PROJECTS:
- Waterfproof coating technical bulletin (8,000 words)
- Seaport radiation detection gate design (6,000 words)
- Video contest official rules (5,000 words)
- University profile (3,000 words)
- Political orgazation profile (4,000 words)
- Photography (8,000 words)
- Poverty reduction (over 10,000 words)
- A police interview

VOICEOVER SERVICE
- Male and female voice artists
- State of the art recording system

RECENT VOICEOVER PROJECTS:
- 110 audio files for an energy company
- A video of safety instructions
- Instruction on renting a community house in Toronto
......

References:

*Karin Alfredsson - trainer for FOJO, Sweden
Please visit her website: www.karinalfredsson.se
E-mail address will be provided upon request.

"In April and September 2007, during two periods of training in Vietnam, I worked with the interpreter Nguyen Thao. She was a very efficient and professional translator and I am happy to recommend her to other assignments."

* Nguyen Thu Huyen - Programme Associate
UN Women Vietnam Country Office
E-mail address will be provided upon request.
"Nguyen Thao participates as translator in many of our projects, namely the project to assist Vietnamese Partners to draft the National Strategy and National Targeted program on Gender Equality. Her translations are very good and always in time."

* Nguyen Viet Long - Head of non-fiction book division of Nha Nam Publishing & Communications
E-mail address will be provided upon request.
"Ms Nguyen Thao is translator of Flat Earth News by Nick Davies, published by Nha Nam in Vietnamese. This is a big, uneasy project of translation, with about 600 pages. The translation is competent and faithful to the original, which is necessary for a non-fiction book."

* Pham Kim Anh - manager of Business Management Department in Hanoi College of Industrial Economics.
E-mail address will be provided upon request.
"Recently I translate the book Effective operations and controls in the privately held business by Rob Reider. Nguyen Thao proofreads the book. I highly appreciate her suggestions of economic terminology which are very accurate and easy to understand. I am gratefull for her help."

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