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Contact aad-abies@sympatico.ca / (Canada)-519-387-6724Summary • Dedication to accuracy, precision and deadlines• Linguistic knowledge built on a strong educational foundation and decades of real-world experience.• Eager to experiment and learn new skills and technology• Highly motivated and very independent• Strong research skillsSkills • Accurate translation with particular attention to terminology, grammar, syntax, style and tone to produce translations in natural English• CAT tools: currently MemoQ and XTM, previously Transit, Trados and Wordfast• Editing for compliance with specified style guides: Chicago Manual, MLA, Fowler’s etc.• Editing English texts written by German speakers to produce a target text in natural English• Deciphering and transcribing handwriting from medieval scribes to modern doctors • Absolute confidentiality: All information relating to any project offered to AAD Abies remains strictly confidentialCurrent professional experienceMore than 20 years operating a freelance translation service with my partner, Audrey Deyman. We specialize in:• Medical and pharmaceutical documents: medical reports, adverse event documentation, procedural protocols, academic articles etc.• History, archaeology and genealogy: journal articles and conference papers with a focus on their oral presentation • Immigration portfolios: personal documents, education certificates and other submissions to immigration authorities• Agriculture: technical documents, academic articles, press releases, especially materials relating to arboriculture, fruticulture and horticulturePrevious professional experience • Two decades of translation and editing as a sideline• Teaching at university level (History, University of Guelph, and Economics, University of Toronto, Canada)• Teaching continuing education courses for the Bluewater Board of Education (Bruce and Grey Counties, Ont.), the University of Toronto, and the Collingwood and Thornbury Life-long Learning Associations• Laboratory work• Operating a family apple orchard in Ontario's Beaver Valley• Historical researchPublished translations (available on request)

Listed skills include Technical Translation, Language Services, Localization, Trados, and 23 others.

• Translator

  Aad Abies

  Jan 1998 - Present - Clarksburg, Ont., Canada

  I mostly translate, edit and proofread texts from German or Latin to English. My emphasis is on documents in medicine, pharmaceutics, biology, chemistry, agriculture and related life sciences. Other areas of expertise include patents and other technical materials, historical, archaeological and genealogical texts, Canadian immigration portfolios. Upon request, I also conduct literature searches in select areas.