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Transcreation - Press Releases - Newsletters - Corporate Communication

"Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent efforts."

Experienced, certified, published professional translator working around the clock to beat deadlines and fulfill my clients expectations.

I value most particularly:
Quality: Detail and quality oriented.
Client, peer relationships: Impeccable quality services and mentality. Communicative, effective, honest.
Organization: Capable of organizing multiple activities, dealing with competing priorities. Creative, firm, punctual.
Communication: Telephone, interpersonal, writing skills. Energetic, patient, diplomatic.

Working language pairs:

• English > Romanian
  
• French > Romanian
  
• Spanish > Romanian
  
• Portuguese (PT) > Romanian

Standard rates:

General texts: 0.10-0.12 euro/source word
Financial, technical, legal: 0.12-0.15 euro/source word
Revision / editing / reviewing: 50-75% of translation rate
Proofreading: 30-50% of translation rate
Minimal rate: 30 euro (under 250 words)
Urgency fee: 50% of standard rate

Surcharge for translation from hard copy documents and uneditable file formats.
Payments also in USD, GBP. Other currencies may be accepted upon request.

Rates are negotiable and may vary according to subject, format and time-frame. Discounts may be agreed for long-term, regular cooperation or large projects. Please feel free to contact me for an exact, swift reply, completely free quote for your project. Contact details:
email: cristina at coblistranslations dot com
or cristina at coblistranslations dot ro
Web: http://www.coblistranslations.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/romaniantranslation

• 15 years of experience as freelance translator
• Experience as sales manager in international French company
• Translator in the SAP project (Holcim Romania) - 9 months
• E-learning course author and CPD authorized tutor
• Degree in Translation and Interpretation from the Foreign Applied Languages Department, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, the first Romanian university to train translators, created in 1991.
• Master in Business Administration from Business School Transilvania, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
• DELF, DALF, Petit Baccalaureate in French language, French bilingual high-school.

Recent projects:

Financial, business, commerce:
- Translation of IAS descriptions for Pricewaterhousecooper, FR>RO, 80000 words (team work)

Marketing, market research:
- Translation of IT hardware marketing texts, EN>RO, approx. 4000 words
- Translation of market studies for money transfer, banking, mobile services and IT services leading providers, various projects, EN > RO, approx. 100.000 words
- Translation of marketing and presentation brochure (agriculture, student exchange program), EN > RO, 5000 words

SAP:
- Translation of SAP documentation (9 months project, in-house), EN, ESP<>RO
- Translation of SCOA PowerPoint presentations, EN > RO, 9.000 words

Technical, automotive, telecommunications:
- Translation of user manuals, leading electronics company, EN>RO ? app. 15000 words
- Translation of VCR Appliance software strings and User Manual, EN>RO ? over 12000 words
- Translation of Printer User Manuals, EN > RO, 20,000 words
- Translation of GSM User Manuals, several leading telecommunication brands and companies, EN > RO - 100,000 words
- Translation of Automobile distance learning website software strings, FR > RO, 13000 words
- Translation of mechanic tools and equipments, EN > RO - 30,000 words
- Translation of user guides (various machines and equipments for meat processing), FR>RO - 20000 words
- Translation of pager User Manuals, EN >RO, 12000 words
- Translation of telecoms documentation and quality plan, SP>RO, 10000 words

Acquis communautaire, EU:
- Translation of European Union brochure, FR > RO, 27 standard pages
- Member of the team of translators working on a regular basis on the Translation of the Acquis Communautaire into Romanian, government project

General and published translations:
- Translation of children's weekly magazine, EN > RO, approx. 16.000 words
- Rentrop & Straton Publishing house Bucharest, "How to be Your Own Management Consultant" 304 standard pages (EN > RO)
- Univers Publishing house, Bucharest, "Gendre and Nation" by Nira Yuval-Davis - 190 standard pages (EN > RO),
- Translator of the Romanian edition of Discover magazine
- Traditie Publishing house, Bucharest, "Religious Life" religious information bulletin. More than 30 weekly issues, 2 years on-going cooperation (RO > EN).
- Traditie Publishing house, Bucharest "Children's stories "Simona Meets her Ugly Twin-Sister" by Vera Maria Neagu (Bilingual edition, RO > EN).
- Translation of season's brochure (2003-2004) for Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca, (RO > EN).
- Translation of E-learning documentation, RO>EN, EN>RO - 45 pages

Revision / editing, proofreading, QA and testing:
- Proofreader for leading telecoms localization project
- Proofreading in the acquis communataire project
- Revision, proofreading, editing, testing and QC for subtitling translations.
- Proofreading for meat processing leading global company web site translation, EN > RO, over 170.000 words
- Proofreading for Atlas weekly magazine (geographical and cultural), approximately 5.000 words per week

For further information feel free to visit:
Cristina Coblis' webpage Founding member of the Romanian Translators Association.
For information on ATR, Romanian Translators Association, please visit:
ATR's website

I am also a regular contributor to ATR Blog and ATR Flash