Translator Resume

Posted on: 2007-01-18

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Resume:

Education:

• NMSU
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism/Mass Communications with a minor in Spanish
• EPCC El Paso Community College
Associate of Arts in Journalism/Mass Communications

Skills:
• Fluent in Spanish and English (%) and translations
• Typing
• Communication abilities

Software: DewarView, some QuarkXpress, some Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel.

Career Knowledge: I worked as an editorial assistant and translator (English to Spanish and vice versa) for Reflejos, a bilingual newspaper in suburban Chicago owned by Paddock Publications, with a circulation of , copies weekly. Thanks to the experience I gained, I was able to obtain a position as freelance translator for El Paso y Más, a publication of El Paso Times. As a student, I wrote for the El Paso Community College’s student newspaper El Conquistador for two years, being in charge of news briefs and general stories. I also gained experience during my practicum at KINT Channel (Univisión), writing news stories, assisting with the rundown (using the AP program) and the prompter and doing most of the translations from English to Spanish. I also worked as a translator for the online magazine The Merge, created entirely by New Mexico State University students. I have also taken an introductory course on B&W photography, which gave me the skills to develop my own film and make my own prints using traditional methods.

Relevant Work History:

El Paso Y Más
• September - present
• Freelance Translator
• El Paso Times publication

Reflejos Publications, LLC
• January - March
• Editorial assistant and translator

Research Data Design
January - March
• Bilingual interviewer for market research

NMSU Testing Services
• September - December
• Translations
• Student aide
• Clerical aide


Relevant Courses:

• Spanish Grammar and Composition
• Publications I, II, III
• News Editing
• Writing for the Mass Media
• Mass Communication Practicum
• Advertising
• Mass Communications Law
• Mass Media Ethics
• Black and White Photography
• Mass Media Research



References:

• Teresa Sotero
Former translator at Reflejos Bilingual Newspaper

• Dr. Douglas Carr
Mass communications department head at EPCC

• Frank Thayer
Journalism department head at NMSU