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Freelancer and outsourcer, Verified member This person previously served as a ProZ.com moderator. This translator is helping to localize ProZ.com into Tagalog
Euro (eur), Pounds sterling (gbp), Philippine Pesos (php), U. S. dollars (usd)
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Sample translations submitted: 1
English to Tagalog: automotive-related texts
Source text - English (actual text is different from sample due to non-disclosure rules)
This Motor Vehicle Lease Agrement is entered into between the lessee and co-lessee and the lessor named above. Unless otherwise specified, "I", "me" and "my" refer to the Lessee and "you" and "your" refer to the Lessor or Lessor's assignee. "Vehicle" refers to the leased vehicle described below.
Translation - Tagalog (actual text is different from sample due to non-disclosure rules)
Itong Kasunduan sa Pag-upa ng Sasakyan ay ipinagkakasunduan ng taga-upa at kasamang taga-upa at ng nagpapaupa na tinutukoy sa itaas. Maliban lamang kung iba ang tinitiyak, ang mga salitang "ako" at "akin" ay tumutukoy sa Tagaupa, habang ang "kayo" at inyo" ay tumutukoy sa Nagpapauna o sa kanyang itinalaga. Ang "Sasakyan" ay tumutukoy sa sasakyang ipinapaupa na inilalarawan sa ibaba.
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More than 20 years of documented, full-time experience as a professional linguist, project manager and proponent of Tagalog/Filipino. The first Chartered Linguist from the Philippines and southeast Asia. Created one of Asia's first Localization companies, QwertyWorks.
Since the late-1990s, consulted to help launch the local versions of products & services from private companies like Nokia, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Expedia, as well as content for governments like the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Subject Matter Specializations • Government / Regulatory and Public Communications materials • Healthcare/pharma and medical texts • Web / Software Technical translations • Marketing / Advertising and General Business documents • UI/UX Localization and Socio-cultural Consultation
Milestones • Together with in-house team, translated 80 million words from/into Philippine Languages as of October 2018. • Achieved compliance with EN15038 translation quality standard in 2013. • In 2017, QwertyWorks opened its own office building in eastern Metro Manila, Philippines, and went on to establish a satellite office in San Francisco, California.
Education MBA, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, United Kingdom (2018) Diploma in Digital Marketing, Ateneo de Manila University Professional Schools, Philippines (2011) Bachelor in Library and Information Science, University of the Philippines - Diliman (2003) Government Scholar, Philippine Science High School (1990-94)
Affiliations Fellow, Chartered Institute of Linguists Voting Member, American Translators Association Member, European Association for Language Teaching & Assessment Corporate Member, Globalization and Localization Association Corporate Member, European Language Industry Association
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