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ProZ.com 2015 virtual conference for International Translation Day

Sep 30, 2015



Virtual conference speakers

Ana Honrado graduated in Translation at the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon in 2007 and conducted a specialization in Law at the Law Faculty of Lisbon and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality Management at ISLA, E-Learning Workshop in Education and Project Management, as well as other ... read more »
I am an Italian professional translator and interpreter with more than 8 years of experience, owner and Head of Translations at Balance Your Words, a small Manchester-based translation business specialised in health, wellness, medicine, nutrition and lifestyle.

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Diego is the founder and CEO of tauyou language technology, a company specialized in machine translation, natural processing tools, and process automation for Language Service Providers (LSPs). He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MSc in Management and Business Administration. He currentl... read more »
Jeff Allen — Professional translator, engineer, translation tools expert, real user of many MT systems
Jeff Allen has 2 decades of experience in many areas across the entire business life cycle (marketing, pre-sales, sales, account management, project/program management, product management, development, custom development, QA testing, TEP production, release management, deployment, customer support, ... read more »
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Michael is a full-time professional translator & terminologist with over 20 years of experience working in the European translation industry. He translates exclusively from Dutch into English and provides glossary creation/extraction and terminology consulting services.

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James Wardell, Ph.D.

James Wardell has been a professional German-to-English translator since 1969. He holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Michigan. His main areas of specialization are pharmaceutical technology, chemicals and chemical engineering, b... read more »
Barbara Inge Karsch is the owner of BIK Terminology, a terminology consultancy and training company. As consultant and trainer, Barbara works with companies and organizations on terminology training, terminology development and the implementation of terminology management systems. She draws on her 1... read more »
A linguist by training, Mirko Plitt has held varied positions in translation companies as well as in the localisation department of a large translation service consumer, with responsibilities that included translation, review and QA, project management, and translation technology (terminology manage... read more »
Ms. Deliscar was called to the Ontario Bar in 2004. As principal of Suzanne E. Deliscar, Lawyer-Linguist, she focuses on matters involving both legal and language issues. Her practice was created through the combination of her language skills in French and Spanish and the practice of law in a variet... read more »
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Holding a Master's Degree in Translation Studies and with over 10 year of translation project management experience, she has gathered some of the practices and strategies that she is currently imprinting in a successful activity as a freelance translator. Teresa currently works as a freelance transl... read more »
John Moran is a researcher, software developer, agency owner and German to English technical translator specialized in IT. In the late 1990’s he began his career in translation while working as a lecturer in German translation in Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated with a distinction in Com... read more »
David Hardisty is a translator (from Portuguese to English) and a teacher of translation technology and English at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon. He has been involved in the use of technology in education and translation for many years. He is particula... read more »
Katharine Allen is co-President of InterpretAmerica, an organization dedicated to raising the profile of the interpreting industry, which hosts the annual InterpretAmerica Summit. She also trains interpreters and interpreter trainers, and provides curriculum design and review for academic and licens... read more »
Barry Slaughter Olsen, co-president of InterpretAmerica, is an assistant professor of translation and interpretation at the Monterey Institute’s (MIIS) Graduate School of Translation, interpretation and Language Education. A working conference interpreter and translator since 1993, Barry has taugh... read more »
Paul Urwin is Head of Training at ProZ.com, where he dedicates his time to helping freelance translators and interpreters succeed. He creates and sources interactive courses that are designed to take freelancers on a journey to achieving a quantifiable end result that will help them in their careers... read more »
Sue Leschen is a lawyer – linguist, the Director of Avocate a niche market legal and commercial French language services company and also an independent trainer for language professionals in the areas of professional conduct, legal terminology. She is also a mentor for everything you need to know ... read more »
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Professional authorized translator/interpreter from/into En/Fr/Ge/It/Sp/Ru/Ro. MA in English & French Philology, Economics/Management, International Law, MS in IT besides other education.
Tomáš Svoboda je garantem německého oddělení na Ústavu translatologie Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, kde mimo jiné vyučuje nástroje počítačem podporovaného překladu (CAT), odborný překlad a dějiny překladu. Na ústavu vystudoval angličtinu a němčinu a v roce 2004 získal titul Ph.... read more »
Technical translator for about 15 years now. Specialized in medical and dental texts. Translations for a wide range of publishing houses, companies, and websites. Working languages: Portuguese (native), English (source and target), Italian (source), and Spanish (source). Graduated as a dentist and a... read more »
Claudia Brauer — Licensed translator & interpreter and online trainer & writer
Considered a subject matter expert in translation and interpreting, Claudia's career spans more than 35 years in Latin America and the USA, logging over 15,000 hours of interpreting assignments in a large diversity of venues and fields of knowledge, and translating more than 10 million words.
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Since 2007 I have operated my own language studio, LinguaCom, providing translation and tutoring services to clients internationally. I have 15 years of experience as a translator and private tutor. Currently I also teach in two academic colleges in Jerusalem. Before I started my own business, I had... read more »
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Samuel Holden-Bramah, a multi-talented translator and trainer with over 15 years' experience in the Language Service sector.

Samuel comes from a background in teaching languages and communication skills, as well as IT skills for the hearing impaired, Job-finding skills for unemployed adu... read more »
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I’m Jennifer Prüfer, an SEO consultant based in New York City. My clients include Fortune 500 companies in the automobile, CPG, luxury, and telecommunications space. Before SEO, I did vendor management and project management in the translation and localization industry in Madrid and Barcelona. I ... read more »
Localization Consultant with double MA degree in Comparative Linguistics. Her international experience in language and tech industry business development and product management includes notable corporations and startups across Asia, Europe, US and Australia.