Ronald Bien-Aimˇ, Haitian Creole Translator

Phone: 954-935-9454

Fax: 954-667-6698

E-mail address: Ronbienaime@cs.com

 


OBJECTIVE

Finding great projects for utilizing my excellent skills in translation and Desktop Publishing (DTP).

 

AREAS OF SPECIALTY

Experienced Translator with strong native writing skills in Haitian Creole and English languages. Working experience in social services, medical, pharmaceutical, educational, financial, social, health services, mathematical, legal, statistical, science, economic, and law fields in United States.

 

PROFILE

-       Full-time freelance at present in performing translation and DTP jobs.

-       Fifteen (17) years of experience in translating/editing/proofreading and DTP jobs.

-       Average of 40,000 words per month for private and state agencies based in Florida,

Massachusetts, California, New York, Maryland, Oregon, Georgia, Colorado, Washington and England.

-       Ability to perform Desktop Publishing (DTP) jobs from English into Haitian Creole and

      French

-       We estimate the size and scope of your project to provide an accurate schedule and cost 

      quotation

-     We bundle the final product, including the updates to source files.

-     We ensure that the user information will be flexible, coherent and readily available to eliminate delays in launching the local English of the product.

-     We check the final product to verify accuracy and consistency amongst actual software, on-line and hardcopy documentation.

 

CONFIDENTIALITY

-          Any information that is obtained through a contract will never be disclosed.

 

-          Will be abided by the policies and procedures as follow in the Contract Agreement,           

between the two parties.

 

EDUCATION

-       BachelorÕs degree as Specialist in Haitian Creole

            FACULTE LINGUISTIQUE (LINGUISTIC FACULTY), Port-au-Prince, Haiti (4 years).

-       Certificate in Translation Technique into Haitian Creole Translation

            CENTRE DE TECHNIQUES DE TRADUCTION (TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE CENTER) (1 year)

 

-       Bachelor in Computer Science

            COMPUTEC, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (W.I.) (3 years)

 

-       Degree in Economics and Statistics

            CTPEA, (Centre de Techniques de Planification et dÕEconomie Appliquˇe) Port-au-Prince Haiti (W.I.) (4 years)

 

WORKING EXPERIENCE

            1989-present freelance Translator and DTP service provider: Full-time

 

-                English>Haitian Creole educational translation and DTP jobs performed for THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES. Jobs performed: glossaries such as social, American republic, economics, world history, world geography, U.S. government, civics Š mathematical banks and several question banks of geography and world history.

-                English>Haitian Creole translation of social services documents and DTP jobs performed for Early Head Start National Resource Center (state agency and direct services)

-                English>Haitian Creole translation of social services documents performed for Florida Department Children and Families (State agency)

-                English>Haitian Creole translation jobs performed for Miami Municipality Office (Press Release, Social and Statistical Documents)

-                English>Haitian Creole translation and DTP jobs performed for Boston-based MASSATRANS (Websites, mathematical, legal and medical documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole translation jobs and DTP performed for Florida-based MONDIAL TRANSLATIONS & INTERPRETING (Social Services, Educational, Websites, legal, mathematical, medical and HTML documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole translation and DTP jobs performed for Boston-based WORD WISE TRANSLATORS (Social Services, Medical Documents)

-                English>Haitian Creole translation and DTP jobs performed for Boston-based FOREIGN TRANSLATION SERVICES. (Social Services, Websites, legal, mathematical and medical documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole educational translation of social services documents performed for Miami-based CITITRANS.

-                English>Haitian Creole translation and DTP jobs performed for Miami-based CREOLETRANS (Social Services, Websites, mathematical, legal and medical documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole translation and DTP jobs performed for Boston-based BLITRANSLATION. (Websites, mathematical, legal and medical documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole translation jobs performed for Oregon-based TELEPORT TRANSLATION (Websites and legal documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole translation of social services documents performed for North Carolina-based US Translating Network (Websites, legal, mathematical and social documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole translation and DTP jobs performed for New York-based MERILLCORP (Websites, mathematical and legal documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole educational translation and DTP jobs performed for New York-based MULTI-LINGUAL TRANSLATION (Websites, mathematical and social documents).

-                English>Haitian Creole educational translation and DTP jobs performed for Massachusetts-based INLINGUA (Social, medical, mathematical and legal documents).

 

COMPUTER APPLICATION

 

a)   Hardware:

            IBM PC compatible

            Laser Printer

            High Speed Modem

            Fax

            Scanner, CD Burner, Zip Drive, FTP Site

 

b)   Software:

1-    Translation Memories

                  TRADOS with great skills in Tag Editors and TranslatorÕs Workbench,

                  SDLX LITE 2005

 

            2-   Word Processing

                  MS Word Š Haitian Creole Spell Checker - ExamView 4.0.8

                  Corel Word Perfect Š Power Point, Excel, Quattro Pro...

 

            3-   Desktop Publishing (DTP)

                  Quark Express 5.0 (PC) Š PageMaker 7.0 (PC)

                  Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Adobe Illustrator

                  Corel Draw 11, Corel Photo Paint 11, Corel Trace 11

                  Adobe Acrobat 6.0 (PDF reader and Writer)

                  Gemini Solo

 

c)   Online Services:

High Speed Internet (from Adelphia, a local provider)

            CompuServe