Astrid K. Homan
Independent Translator
DUTCH – ENGLISH
PO Box 4242 Phone:
970-264-3041
Pagosa
Springs, CO 81157-4242 Fax: 970-264-3043
Email: astrid@frontier.net
Translator and
Consultant Experience
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Medical: General
Medical, Medical Records, Health care, Medical Software
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Computer: Software/hardware
manuals, Documentation, Software installation manuals, broad medical software
experience
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Business: Marketing, Contracts, Proposals, Telecommunications
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Legal: Contracts, Patents, Depositions, Affidavits
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Consult on issues of inter-cultural sensitivity; i.e.,
marketing analysis for cultural appropriateness, business etiquette, and
cross-cultural communication
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Voice Recording of Dutch teleprompts
Expertise
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Lived in The Netherlands
for 14 years
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U. S. Citizen
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Fluent in Dutch and
American English
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Computer software expert
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Broad medical experience
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Extensive experience in
editing, proofreading and software testing
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Consultant for
multi-national corporations doing business with The Netherlands
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Teach Dutch to native
English speakers
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Well versed in business,
computer applications, computer software documentation, telecommunications,
industry and technology
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Fully covered by Errors
and Omissions liability insurance through Lloyd’s of London
Education
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B. A. University of Dallas, German and
French. Cum Laude. 1981
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M. B. A. University of Dallas, International
Management, 1982
Experience
1997-present Free-lance
Translator, sole proprietor - Dutch Language Resources
1992 -1995 Software
Support Specialist - Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
1986 -1992 Senior
Installation Consultant - IDX Corporation, Vermont
1981 -1986 Medical
Systems Analyst - Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
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American Translators
Association (ATA)
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The Translators and
Interpreters Guild (TTIG)
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Colorado Translators
Association (CTA)
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Hardware: Gateway
Pentium III 733MHz with 256MB 100MHz SDRAM, Brother MFC 4550 laser printer, HP
Deskjet 810C color printer, HP ScanJet 6200C, 56K PCI modem, 20X min/ 48X max
CD ROM drive and Philips Recordable/ReWriteable 8x/4x/32x CD-ROM, IOMEGA 250MB
Internal ZIP drive
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Dedicated FAX
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Operating system: Windows 98 Second edition
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Software: Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Suite, Office 2000
Proofing Tools for Foreign Languages, FrontPage 97, Adobe Pagemaker 6.5, Quick
Books. Able to read/print .pdf files.
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Full Internet access
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File transfer: by modem, ftp, e-mail, diskette, fax, hard copy, as
preferred by client
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Translation aids: Déjà Vu Interactive Version 2.2, Office 2000 Proofing
Tools, on-line software dictionaries.
Coming soon… Trados!
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Extensive collection of
dictionaries in hard-copy and CD-ROM and other reference materials
References,
rates and sample translations provided on request
For
further information, including comments from past customers, listings of
available reference materials on-site, resume of in-house editor and more,
please see: