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LUCAS A. GAMERO GLORIETA DEL AGUA, 4, 2-2A/41940 Tomares (Seville) SPAIN Date of birth: February 15th, 1967 Tel: 00 34 954157381 (Mobile Phone: 00 34 607664241) Place of birth: Seville, SPAIN Fax: 00 34 954157381 Nationality (mother tongue): Spanish E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] Objective: English <> Spanish Freelance Translator & SW/HW Localizer. Hardware: 2 PCs Pentium IV 3.0 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HD, 20 MB DSL high-speed connection, DVD-RW 52x, CD-RW, Philips 21" flatscreen monitor, Fax, 1 HP and 1 Dell MFPs & 1 Dell laser printer, UPS, 1 HP Laptop, 2 iMac’s, Small office network, etc. Software: Windows XP Pro, Mac OS X Leopard, Office 2003 & 2007, TRADOS FL 8.0, Catalyst Pro 7.0, SDLX 2008, Déjà 5.0, Passolo 4.0,, IBM TM 2.5, WordFast 6.0, LocStudio 4.0, FrameMaker 7, PageMaker 7, Quark Xpres 6.5, Photoshop 8.0, Robothelp, Acrobat 9, Omnipage 15.0, Abbyy FineReader 8.0, Cute FTP, BitDefender Total Security 2009, etc… Experience: As from January 1996 Freelance Translator Seville Freelance translator (operating under the trade name Adaptext Translations). Main fields of expertise Computers & Software Localization: SW, help and documentation files Hermes: Credit and risk rating software for banks: ScoreWare, StrategyWare, TRIAD (525,000 w). Marketing course on CD-ROM (37,000 w), Juniper Networks (20,000 w) DELTATEXT: Statistics software: FastStats (10,000 w) Navision: (Member of the Spanish localization team) Navision Financials, Nav . Solutions, Nav. Attain, Microsoft Business Solution (Business management & accounting solution) (1,500,000 w). Lernout & Hauspie Spain: (Member of the Spanish localization team): Windows 2000 (165,000 w), Windows 98 (10,000 w), SiteServer (47,000 w) Money99 (17,000 w), SmartCard (25,000 w), Microsoft World Platform News (weekly edition). Stack. Ltd: (software GUI) SmartThru for Samsung (25,000 w). GlobalNet Spain: (Member of the Spanish localization team): Exchange 2000, BackOffice Server 2000, Small Business Server 2000 (60,000 w). BGS Spain: Member of the Spanish localization team: Office 10, Visual Studio, Visio 7. GDT: e-learning & teleworking documentation, reports, manuals, presentations... Granatext: Member of the Spanish localization team: Acrobat 5.0, PageMaker 7.0. HUNTSMAN Tioxide (Spain): SAP localization project (300,000 w.). PTiGlobal: (GUI, Help, Doc): Rio Riot MP3 Player, PortalPlayer. Kalimeh Ltd.: SAP training material for Sword-DDS Ltd. (98,000 w) Panasonic: Toughbook PC CF-M34 Series Operating instructions. TreeLoc: Member of the Spanish localization team: Office 11. Info Technology Supply: Backup, storage and recovery and security systems. Peripherals, Consumer electronics, Hi-Fi, TV, Audio/Video, Appliances (Specs & User Guides/Manuals) NORU: CD, DVD, CD-ROM, TV, CTV, Sat TV, VCR, Hi-Fi, Camcorders, Remote Controls, Car Audio, Home Security, Electric Appliances, Lighting... (1,800,000 w) Expert: Company profile & product catalogue Nakamichi Corp. (Hí-Fi) (50,000 w) ABE Corp: PC, scanners, printers, MFPs, car audio & video, TV, surveillance, digital photography, audio/video, mobile/smart/desktop phones, network cameras, videoscopes, card readers, air conditioners: user manuals for Sony, Canon, Xerox, Dell, Clarion, Tanrom, Pentax, Panasonic, Citizen, Amano, Funai, Hirox, B-Tech, Digitech, Lumi Legend, Sunnybell, Tranwo, Voica, Control, Alcatel, Nokia, Samsung, Casio, Fujikoshi, Toshiba, Kenwood, Olympus, Yamaha, etc. (3,560,000 w) PACE Worldwide: XR-4000 Real-time X-ray Inspection System, Analyzers. Telephony & Telecommunications NORU: (User and installation manuals): Telephone Units, (40,000 w) Arthur D. Little (FirstMark Communications Spain): (300 pages) WLL, Radio access SGT (Iberdrola): (300 pages) 3G Mobile Telephony UMTS ABE Corp.: JRC (Marine Telephony), Kenwood (Manuals for transceivers), Toshiba (Smartphone manuals) (585,000 w.) R&R International: Nokia Internet Comm. and Mobile Telephones (150,000 w.) Marketing and product documentation for Vodafone Spain (25,000 w) Automotive and engines/motors: Service manuals & technical bulletins for General Motors, Volvo, Suzuki, Isuzu, Subaru, Mitsubishi & Toyota: (4,500,000 w) Schofield & Partner: www.turbodriven.com Yamaha outboard motor and stern drive manuals (1,200,000 w) Yanmar Marine and Industrial engines (25,000 w) Storage, Palletizers, Stackers and Material Flow: Specifications and Manuals: Rima Enterprises: Stacker machine manual. Logisma: Racking and palletizer systems, storage consoles, mobile bases… Datastream: Storage Management and Material Flow Solution. Dürkopp Fördertechnik: Material Flow Systems. Industry, Engineering, Process Control Systems, Oil, Gas, Chemicals, Plastics: Deltatext: OptiVision, Hi-Spec Solutions, OLAP (37,000 w): Process control software and control & sensing devices manuals & specs. for Honeywell CENTA: Reports on dams, harbors and other civil engineering projects ENAGAS: LNG Vessel loading, unloading and safety measures; Equipment. L&H Linguex France: Control & sensing devices (manuals & marketing material). Plasticos Reforzados TORRES: Polymer vessels and tanks. Bowne Globl Solutions France: ERP training PPT presentation for ALSTOM (30,000 w) Malpesa: Civil Engineering: construction and brick making (25,000 w). General Electric: Lubricants for gas turbines. Water Engineering, (renewable) Energy and Environment: SODEAN: Renewable energies (reports, audit s, equipment installation manuals, indoor ventilation and cooling systems) 1,000,000 w. CENTA: Water engineering and resources, irrigation & Company profile (300,000 w.). Guadalquivir River Irrigation Authority: Research studies on irrigation and draught. Regional Government Andalusia, Environmental Agency: Natural resources and wildlife: nature parks, fauna & flora; Man and the Biosphere project documents United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) RIC International: Solar panels installation manuals and documentation for First Solar Inc. and Powerlight Corp (60,000 w), Environmental Risk Assessment for DUPONT (37,000 w). Sworn, Legal, Financial, Banking, Forex, Marketing and Business documents: AlpNet, HERMES, ASET Translations: Business reports and presentations, Software Support, Distribution, and Licensing Agreements, Local and National Law Firms: Contracts, Deeds, Powers, Agreements, Articles of incorporation, Official certificates, Deposition for international proceedings, etc. Banco de Andalucía, Citibank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Banco de Santander, Banco Popular Español, Banca del Gottardo: Financial reports, Loan/Credit/ Merge Agreements, Import/Export, Documentary credits, Guarantees, Foreign Exchange, International Financial Markets... Language Services: Greenwich Associates’ 2001 Treasury Markets study, and Corporate Finance study, European Equity Investors study (30,000 w.); Collaboration Contracts; Human Rights Reports. HUNTSMAN Tioxide Spain: Contracts, legal and court documentation in general. Business & United Schools: Transcripts, certificates, and diplomas. Private persons: Birth, Marriage, Death, Medical, Police, Academic and Financial- Standing Certificates as well as Student’s Records and Diplomas. Medicine and Medical Equipment DADE BEHRING MARBURG GMBH: BEP 2000, automated microtitration plate analyzer. Honeywell & Philips: Medical equipment (software and manuals). PACE USA/Europe: XR 4000 Real-Time X-Ray Inspection System Shimadzu Corp.: LCMSsolution: Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Data System. Language Services: Informed Consent Forms for medical research studies. Laboratorios Vita, S.A.: Validation process of a medicinal product. Travel & Tourism, gastronomy and advertising: Multilingual Projects Local Tourist Office, Regional Board of Tourism, publishing and advertising firms, Luxury hotels, International tour operators: Guide books. GTP: Audioguides for monuments, museums and exhibitions (5,000,000 w). Ophrys Systemes (France): Audioguides for monuments, museums, exhibitions and cultural sites (multilingual) (4,000,000 w). 1990-92 Banco de Andalucía, S.A. Seville In-house Financial Translator and international communications junior manager Translating, mainly from English into Spanish, banking and foreign trade documentation (Contracts, agreements, guarantees, loans, documentary credits, financial standing reports, and business correspondence). Interpreting at meetings and telephone calls. Education: 1985/89-1994 University of Granada Granada B.A. Degree in Translation and Interpreting, (4-year program) Translation Branch, English (and Italian as a third language). Main subjects: o Translation (Science, Economy, Law, Technology) o Italian, Comparative Grammar (English-Spanish) o Interpreting, Terminology, Documentation, International Relations… Other studies: December 1996 University of Malaga Malaga o Course on “Translation of Telecommunications: Cellular Telephony (English-Spanish)” 1992-1996 Istituto Italiano di Cultura Seville o Italian language and culture (advanced level) 1990-1995 Institut Français Seville o French language and literature (advanced level) May 1992 University of Granada Granada o Course on “LEGAL TRANSLATION: Business Associations (English-Spanish/Spanish-English)” 60 hours May 1991 University of Granada Granada o Course on “LEGAL TRANSLATION: Family Law (English-Spanish/Spanish-English) 60 hours 1991-1992 TECBAN Seville o Course on “BANKING AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS” December 1990 University of Granada Granada o Course on “DOCUMENTATION FOR TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS” February-March 1989 University of Granada Granada o Course on “LEGAL TRANSLATION: International Business Contracts (English-Spanish/Spanish-English) 60 hours September 1988 University of Granada Granada o Course on “SCIENTIFIC TRANSLATION” Languages: 1979-1983 Rockville, Maryland (USA) I studied 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade in Rockville, Maryland (USA). o Spanish: Native language o English: 1st source language o Italian: 2nd source language o French: 3rd source language Professional references available on request Translation Tests Accepted (<300 w) .