Flor de María Vides Alfaro

 Flor de María Vides Alfaro 4 Sunrise Crescent, Pointe Claire, Quebec H9R 4W1, Canada Telephone: - Cell phone:- E-mail addresses:-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualifications Member of OTTIAQ (Quebec Certified Translators’ Association) Certifications-Education McGill University Certificate in Translation English, French into Spanish Certificate in Translation French to English Université du Québec à Montréal – UQAM Certificat de Français Écrit pour Non - Francophones Trinity and All Saints College, A College of the University of Leeds, England Diploma: "Translation Skills" - University of Leeds, England. Private Technological Institute "Interpretación y Traducción de Lima", ESIT. Degree: Technical Professional in Translation of English, Spanish and French. Private Technological Institute "Interpretación y Traducción de Lima", ESIT. Translation Program Specialized in Law Competencies Trilingual: Spanish, English, French Experience in different translation domains Strong administrative skills Typing average: 60 words per minute Detail and research-oriented Experience in using Internet tools and online dictionaries Skilled in computer applications: Windows XP, MS Office Employment History Owner/Freelance translator - Crystal CommunicationsOctober 2011 – To date Translation of documents of varied complexity and length implying the following combinations: English into Spanish ~ Spanish into English French into Spanish ~ Spanish into French French into English ~ English into French Transcreation, adaptation, transcription, and localization services Freelance translator, Lima, MtlMarch 2003–To date Translation of different documents related to diversified domains. Freelance translation of pharmaceutical documents for different laboratories. Transcription of conferences, international congresses, surveys, among others, both in English and Spanish. Deluxe Digital Studios, Mtl – Language Specialist – April – July 2011 Laboratories Bug-Tracker, Mtl - Linguistic (Spanish) Tester June – August 2008 As a team member of the Localization Department in charge of proofreading the different Spanish videogames texts. Primus Immigration Experts, Inc., Mtl Administrative Assistant July 2007 – March 2008 Performed all administrative duties related to the immigration office. Nordia Call Center, Mtl - Eng- Spa Communication AssistantMay 2006 – June 2007 U. S. Translation Company/Polyglot Connection, Lima –Translator- Mar 2003 - Dec 2004 Performed specialized medical translation for different USA laboratories and general translations in different domains. Esit Traducciones S.A., Lima -Translator and Office Assistant-June 2001 - March 2003 Among some of the duties performed were: translations of different domains, typing and/or transcriptions, dictations both in English and Spanish and office management. Grupo Gloria S.A., Lima - Translator May 2000 – Jan 2001 Translation of Technical Manuals of Instruction for different machineries in the Engineering Department. IST Interpretación y Traducción de Lima –Translator/Office Assistant- Mar 1998-Dec1999 Translations and administrative tasks. Editorial San Marcos, Lima - Spanish Proofreader 1995 - 1996 Proofreader of Spanish texts on several topics, such as: History, Mathematics and Literature. Among my clients are: *CARE *Save the Children *The World Bank *Pharmaceuticals, such as Merck Sharp & Dohme MARCA, Marketing company WFH, World Federation of Hemophilia *Work done through translation agencies and freelance translators (letters of recommendation available upon request) Reference Telesforo Tajuelo, certified translator,- (Montreal, Canada) Sidney Evans, freelance translator/interpreter,- (Lima, Peru)