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Curriculum Vitae
(Updated on June 30, 2006)
1) Nationality: Venezuelan.
2) Date of birth: April 19, 1957
3) Postal address: Qta. 9, calle 3, Urb. La Paz, El Paraiso,
Caracas 1020, Venezuela
4) Telephones: Home: (058) (0212) 4723643 (it can be used as fax)
Office: (058) (0212) 4729916
Cellular: (58) 0416-4118915
5) electronic mail: gregm19@yahoo.com
gmelean@language.proz.com
6) Web page: http://members.lycos.co.uk/gmelean/translator.html
7) Profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/21334
STUDIES:
a) Graduate in Chemistry, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela, 1980.
b) Magister Scientiarum in Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry mention, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research), Venezuela, 1989.
c) English Language Program, Certificate of University Preparatory Level, International Language Institute, Davis and Elkins College Center, Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.A., 1981.
d) Certificate of Advanced French, French Alliance of Caracas, 1983.
e) Certificate of German as foreign language (144087), Goethe Institut, 1990.
JOBS:
a) Chemistry Professor in the Engineering Faculty at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Andrés Bello Catholic University), 1981-1985.
b) Research Associate Professional (contract), at the Center of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of I.V.I.C. (Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research), 1989-1990.
c) Research Specific Task Assistant at the Laboratory of Soil Ecology at the Center of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of I.V.I.C., 1990-1992.
d) Research Associate Professional, 1992-1997 at the same laboratory.
e) Head of laboratory at the Environmental Division of Geohidra Consultores C.A. 1997-2000.
f) Environmental Consultant of companies since March 2000.
g) Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Pedagogic Institute of Caracas (Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador) from October 2000 to April 2001.
h) Website Designer since 1998.
Examples:
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/gmelean/translator.html
http://www.sirloin-stock.com
http://qualityproducts.netfirms.com
http://www.info-all.com/ambiente/
i) Freelance Translator since 1999.
j) Financial Advisor on Stock Investments, since March 2003.
WORKS AS TRANSLATOR
- Many scientific papers from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English.
- Collaboration in the translation of the book "Alergias Respiratorias" (Respiratory Allergies), (more than 1000 pages) of the authors Dr. J. Francisco Navidad Palacios and Dr. J. Fernando Navidad García, from Spanish to English .
- Period 2003-2005: Translator in the project "Basic Plan of Disaster Prevention in the Metropolitan District of Caracas" for JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). I translated chapters of diverse reports, official communications and bibliographical material (Spanish-English and English-Spanish); the main topics were: earth collapses, landslides, floods and earthquakes.
- Implementation of transportation system for MMC Automotriz (Mitsubishi - Venezuela) (Spanish to English). Completed: Jan 2006. Some other translations for MMC Automotriz.
PAIRS OF USED LANGUAGES
English to Spanish
Spanish to English
French to Spanish
German to Spanish
SPECIALTY
Translation of scientific and technical material, mainly chemistry and environment.
WORK TOOLS
a) Printed tools
1) Appleton´s New Cuyás Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, 5th edition, Ed. by Prentice-Hall, 1972.
2) Larousse Standard Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, 1st reprint, Ed. by Larousse, 1996.
3) Simon and Schuster´s International Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, Ed. by Simon and Schuster, 1973.
4) The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 9th edition, Ed. by Oxford University Press, 1995.
5) The Concise Oxford Thesaurus, Ed. by Oxford University Press, 1995.
6) Louis A. Robb, Engineers' Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, Ed. by CECSA, 1949.
7) Arnoldo Harrington, Medical Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, Ed. by Del Atlántico S.A., 1960.
8) Alvaro Gómez S., Commercial Dictionary "El Corresponsal Comercial", English-Spanish and Spanish-English, printed by VenEdiciones C.A., Caracas 1964.
9) Michael Swan, Practical English Usage, Ed. by Oxford University Press, 1994.
10) Larousse Dictionary, French-Spanish and Spanish-French, Ed. by Librairie Larousse, 1973.
11) L'art de conjuguer, Dictionary of 12000 verbs, Le Bescherelle 1, Ed. by Hatier, 1980.
12) Collins dictionary, German-Spanish and Spanish-German, Ed. by Grijalbo, 1989.
13) Dictionary of the German language, 11th edition, Ed. by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1990.
14) Verb-Tabellen Deutsch, Ed. by Langenscheidt, 1989.
15) Eleanor Lawrence, Henderson´s Dictionary of Biological Terms, 10th edition, Ed. by Longman Scientific & Technical, reprinted 1994.
16) Dictionary of Ecology and Environment, 3rd edition, Ed. by Peter Collin Publishing, 1995.
b) Software
I) Operating system
Computer 1: Windows 98 and computer 2: Windows XP
II) Translation Tools
1) Trados 5 freelance
2) SDLX, version 4.0
3) Wordfast, version 3.35 g
4) Globalink Power Translator Pro, version 6.2
5) Word Magic Software 4.0
6) Trans Suite 2000 Align by Cypresoft, version 1.4.2
7) Grammatik 5 for Windows by Reference Software Intl., version 1.0
8) Grammar Expert Plus, version 1.5
9) WinProof 5.0
10) Lingo by Julia Emily Software, version 1.2
III) Texts and numbers management
1) Word, Microsoft Office 1997
2) Excel, Microsoft Office 1997
3) PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 1997
4) Access, Microsoft Office 1997
5) Adobe Reader 6.0
6) PDFedit995 (conversion to PDF)
7) PDF2Word, version 1.4 (conversion from PDF to Word)
8) Simple OCR, version 3.1 (conversion from text images to text, with or without scanning)
IV) Graphic Tools
1) Aldus Photo Styler, version 2.0
2) HSC Digital Morph, version 1.1
3) Corel Photo-Paint and CorelDraw, version 9
4) Microsoft Photo Editor 1997, version 3.0
5) Imaging for Windows by Eastman Software, 1997
6) CS Chem Draw Pro by Cambridge Sofware, version 4.5
7) Digital Camera Enhance, version 1.3
V) Website design tools
1) Netscape Composer, version 6
2) 1st Page 2000 by EVRSOFT, version 2.0
3) Arachnophilia by Paul Lutus, version 4.0
c) Hardware
CPU (1): 500 Mhz, hard disk 10 Gb, RAM 64 Mb
CPU (2): 1.7 Ghz, hard disk 40 Gb, RAM 256 Mb
Modem: 56 Kbps for dial connection
Modem: Cisco 677 for DSL connection
Printer: HP Deskjet 693C
Scanner: HP Scanjet 4P
d) Internet connection suppliers
Two suppliers to assure connection 24 h/day, 365 d/year.
PAYMENTS
I accept payments by credit card, Paypal and wire transfer.
2) Date of birth: April 19, 1957
3) Postal address: Qta. 9, calle 3, Urb. La Paz, El Paraiso,
Caracas 1020, Venezuela
4) Telephones: Home: (058) (0212) 4723643 (it can be used as fax)
Office: (058) (0212) 4729916
Cellular: (58) 0416-4118915
5) electronic mail: gregm19@yahoo.com
gmelean@language.proz.com
6) Web page: http://members.lycos.co.uk/gmelean/translator.html
7) Profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/21334
STUDIES:a) Graduate in Chemistry, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela, 1980.
b) Magister Scientiarum in Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry mention, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research), Venezuela, 1989.
c) English Language Program, Certificate of University Preparatory Level, International Language Institute, Davis and Elkins College Center, Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.A., 1981.
d) Certificate of Advanced French, French Alliance of Caracas, 1983.
e) Certificate of German as foreign language (144087), Goethe Institut, 1990.
JOBS:
a) Chemistry Professor in the Engineering Faculty at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Andrés Bello Catholic University), 1981-1985.
b) Research Associate Professional (contract), at the Center of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of I.V.I.C. (Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research), 1989-1990.
c) Research Specific Task Assistant at the Laboratory of Soil Ecology at the Center of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of I.V.I.C., 1990-1992.
d) Research Associate Professional, 1992-1997 at the same laboratory.
e) Head of laboratory at the Environmental Division of Geohidra Consultores C.A. 1997-2000.
f) Environmental Consultant of companies since March 2000.
g) Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Pedagogic Institute of Caracas (Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador) from October 2000 to April 2001.
h) Website Designer since 1998.
Examples:
http://gmelean.angelcities.com/spanish_tips.html
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gmelean/translator.html
http://www.sirloin-stock.com
http://qualityproducts.netfirms.com
http://www.info-all.com/ambiente/
i) Freelance Translator since 1999.
j) Financial Advisor on Stock Investments, since March 2003.
WORKS AS TRANSLATOR
- Many scientific papers from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English.
- Collaboration in the translation of the book "Alergias Respiratorias" (Respiratory Allergies), (more than 1000 pages) of the authors Dr. J. Francisco Navidad Palacios and Dr. J. Fernando Navidad García, from Spanish to English .
- Period 2003-2005: Translator in the project "Basic Plan of Disaster Prevention in the Metropolitan District of Caracas" for JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). I translated chapters of diverse reports, official communications and bibliographical material (Spanish-English and English-Spanish); the main topics were: earth collapses, landslides, floods and earthquakes.
- Implementation of transportation system for MMC Automotriz (Mitsubishi - Venezuela) (Spanish to English). Completed: Jan 2006. Some other translations for MMC Automotriz.
PAIRS OF USED LANGUAGES
English to Spanish
Spanish to English
French to Spanish
German to Spanish
SPECIALTY
Translation of scientific and technical material, mainly chemistry and environment. WORK TOOLS
a) Printed tools 1) Appleton´s New Cuyás Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, 5th edition, Ed. by Prentice-Hall, 1972.
2) Larousse Standard Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, 1st reprint, Ed. by Larousse, 1996.
3) Simon and Schuster´s International Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, Ed. by Simon and Schuster, 1973.
4) The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 9th edition, Ed. by Oxford University Press, 1995.
5) The Concise Oxford Thesaurus, Ed. by Oxford University Press, 1995.
6) Louis A. Robb, Engineers' Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, Ed. by CECSA, 1949.
7) Arnoldo Harrington, Medical Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English, Ed. by Del Atlántico S.A., 1960.
8) Alvaro Gómez S., Commercial Dictionary "El Corresponsal Comercial", English-Spanish and Spanish-English, printed by VenEdiciones C.A., Caracas 1964.
9) Michael Swan, Practical English Usage, Ed. by Oxford University Press, 1994.
10) Larousse Dictionary, French-Spanish and Spanish-French, Ed. by Librairie Larousse, 1973.
11) L'art de conjuguer, Dictionary of 12000 verbs, Le Bescherelle 1, Ed. by Hatier, 1980.
12) Collins dictionary, German-Spanish and Spanish-German, Ed. by Grijalbo, 1989.
13) Dictionary of the German language, 11th edition, Ed. by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1990.
14) Verb-Tabellen Deutsch, Ed. by Langenscheidt, 1989.
15) Eleanor Lawrence, Henderson´s Dictionary of Biological Terms, 10th edition, Ed. by Longman Scientific & Technical, reprinted 1994.
16) Dictionary of Ecology and Environment, 3rd edition, Ed. by Peter Collin Publishing, 1995.
b) Software I) Operating system
Computer 1: Windows 98 and computer 2: Windows XP
II) Translation Tools
1) Trados 5 freelance
2) SDLX, version 4.0
3) Wordfast, version 3.35 g
4) Globalink Power Translator Pro, version 6.2
5) Word Magic Software 4.0
6) Trans Suite 2000 Align by Cypresoft, version 1.4.2
7) Grammatik 5 for Windows by Reference Software Intl., version 1.0
8) Grammar Expert Plus, version 1.5
9) WinProof 5.0
10) Lingo by Julia Emily Software, version 1.2
III) Texts and numbers management
1) Word, Microsoft Office 1997
2) Excel, Microsoft Office 1997
3) PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 1997
4) Access, Microsoft Office 1997
5) Adobe Reader 6.0
6) PDFedit995 (conversion to PDF)
7) PDF2Word, version 1.4 (conversion from PDF to Word)
8) Simple OCR, version 3.1 (conversion from text images to text, with or without scanning)
IV) Graphic Tools
1) Aldus Photo Styler, version 2.0
2) HSC Digital Morph, version 1.1
3) Corel Photo-Paint and CorelDraw, version 9
4) Microsoft Photo Editor 1997, version 3.0
5) Imaging for Windows by Eastman Software, 1997
6) CS Chem Draw Pro by Cambridge Sofware, version 4.5
7) Digital Camera Enhance, version 1.3
V) Website design tools
1) Netscape Composer, version 6
2) 1st Page 2000 by EVRSOFT, version 2.0
3) Arachnophilia by Paul Lutus, version 4.0
c) Hardware CPU (1): 500 Mhz, hard disk 10 Gb, RAM 64 Mb
CPU (2): 1.7 Ghz, hard disk 40 Gb, RAM 256 Mb
Modem: 56 Kbps for dial connection
Modem: Cisco 677 for DSL connection
Printer: HP Deskjet 693C
Scanner: HP Scanjet 4P
d) Internet connection suppliersTwo suppliers to assure connection 24 h/day, 365 d/year.
PAYMENTS
I accept payments by credit card, Paypal and wire transfer.