Venessa Botes

Curriculum Vitae Venessa Botes Translator/Transcriber/Subtitler/Audio actor/Audio actor coach/Audio Technician/Copyeditor/Proofreader/Customer Service/Online Teaching Contact Details Name and Surname: Venessa Botes Mobile Number: - Address: 42 Main Street, Albertinia, Email:-South Africa Western Cape, 6695, Services Offered Translation, subtitling, copyediting, voice acting, voice actor coaching, transcription in the English to Afrikaans language combination. Native Language: Afrikaans Additional language(s): English Work Experience Volunteer of a Religious Order – Cape Town remote translation office English – Afrikaans Translator February 23, 2013 – May 31, 2021 (8 years) Audio Technician (1 year), Transcription (2 years) Working as a volunteer for an international organization and receiving training to work on international publications to be distributed nationwide. As a translator and transcriptionist I worked with teams to produce translated documents of a high quality and working with a wide variety of subjects. The training given emphasized conveying the meaning of the source text accurately and naturally. In this field of work I had to demonstrate very good managing, planning and organizational skills. As a audio technician this entailed working on a high quality program named Audacity, and producing and editing high quality recordings for audio publications as well as voice overs for videos. Duties: • Translation and transcription of letters, articles and books from English to Afrikaans • Transcribing books and articles from Afrikaans to Afrikaans • Using in-house translation software, tools and techniques to deliver a good product • Doing research to understand subject matter more fully, resulting in a better translation • Cooperating with a translation team and reaching consensus as to which translation is preferred • Adhering to house style of the translation department • Proofreading, checking and doing mechanical checks of texts to ensure accuracy • Interacting with departments concerned with composing and readying of documents for press release • Recording and editing audio publications and voice over videos • Acting in voice over videos and audio publications • Coaching voice actors • Providing technical support for translation teams in department, troubleshooting software and hardware issues • Reaching deadlines and working at a good pace in order to ensure punctual delivery and acceptable quality of translated material • Transcribing court hearings, educational material and so much more Online language teacher at Preply Duties: • • • • • Teaching English online on the Preply platform. Sometime creating my own teaching materials. Helping students with their spoken English, grammar, pronunciation, intonation, word stress, ect Helping students build up to confidence to speak English in their everyday lives. Teaching kids as well as adults Face-to-face Language teacher Duties: • • • Helping my student to speak and read Afrikaans fluently Creating my own teaching materials Making classes fun and engaging Customer Service Duties: • • • • • Answering queries and questions of customers by means of email Handling vacation accommodation booking and working of Booking.com and Travel ground Communicating with the owner of the vacation accommodation to work out what is best for the customer Problem solving Answering queries and questions as soon as possible, within 30 minutes Freelance Translator • Worked on many projects. Translating and proofreading books (A learners and drivers license book) and other documents. Rev Captioner/subtitler Duties: • Recently I became a captioner/subtitler for Rev, using their inhouse subtitling tool and using their style guide and tools. Education National Senior Certificate (Matric) Graduated with subjects: Afrikaans Home Language, English first Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Geography, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences Beaufort West Secondary High School Creative Minds Computer training Windows 7, Microsoft Offices 2010 Word, Microsoft Office 2010 Outlook, Microsoft office 2010 PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 2010 Publisher, Internet Explorer 9 Audio editing training Translation Technique Course (TTC) Tefl Certificate (120 hours) References Available on request.