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Alexander C. Thomson
<b>Academic translator/interpreter</b>

Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Ţările de Jos
Ora locală: 23:56 CET (GMT+1)

Limba maternă: engleză Native in engleză, scoţiană Native in scoţiană
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Servicii Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, MT post-editing, Transcription, Training
Competențe
Domenii de specializare:
ReligieIstorie
Educaţie/PedagogieGuvern/Politică
FolclorPoezie şi literatură
LingvisticăTurism şi călătorii
Juridic (general)Afaceri/Comerţ (general)


Tarife
din olandeză în engleză - Tarife: 0.07 - 0.13 EUR pe cuvânt / 30 - 60 EUR pe oră
din germană în engleză - Tarife: 0.07 - 0.13 EUR pe cuvânt / 30 - 60 EUR pe oră
din germană în olandeză - Tarife: 0.07 - 0.13 EUR pe cuvânt / 30 - 60 EUR pe oră
din rusă în engleză - Tarife: 0.10 - 0.16 EUR pe cuvânt / 40 - 70 EUR pe oră
din latină în engleză - Tarife: 0.10 - 0.16 EUR pe cuvânt / 40 - 70 EUR pe oră

All accepted currencies Euro (eur)
Activitate KudoZ (PRO) Puncte PRO: 308, Răspunsuri la întrebări: 190, Întrebări formulate: 10
Înregistrări în Blue Board adăugate de acest utilizator  10 înregistrări

Payment methods accepted Transfer bancar, PayPal
Portofoliu Mostre de traducere prezentate: 1
Educaţie în domeniul traducerilor Graduate diploma - University of Ghent
Experienţă Ani de experienţă în traduceri: 24. Înregistrat în ProZ.com: May 2012.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Atestări profesionale din galeză în engleză (Cambridge University (Lang. Degrees))
din latină în engleză (Cambridge University (Lang. Degrees))
din islandeză în engleză (Cambridge University (Lang. Degrees))
din norvegiană veche în engleză (Cambridge University (Lang. Degrees))
din engleza veche (cca 450-1100) în engleză (Cambridge University (Lang. Degrees))


Afilieri N/A
EchipeKINGDOM: Global Network of Christian Translators and Interpreters
Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Bibledit, Express Scribe, F4, Fieldworks, Passolo, Powerpoint, SDLX, Trados Studio
Practici profesionale Alexander C. Thomson aderă la ProZ.com's Codul deontologic (v1.1).
Biografie
Positions currently held

Owner, Red Hand Translations (Dordrecht)
Teacher of Dutch-English translation to final-year HBO students, ITV Hogeschool Utrecht
Editorial Consultant, Trinitarian Bible Society
Greek and Hebrew teacher, Theological School of the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (GGiN)
Greek and Hebrew advisor on subscribers’ Bible questions, Gereformeerde Bijbelstichting
Doctoral student, Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam), Church History (17th-century Puritanism)

Job history

I have been a full-time professional translator into English for fifteen of the past sixteen years: beginning with the British government from 2001-09, then at a leading Dutch translation agency from 2010-12 (with freelance translation work in the year in between while I was a teacher of English at a Dutch school). I also taught English at a school in Georgia for a year (1999-2000). I became a freelance translator in 2012 and a qualified conference interpreter (University of Ghent) in 2015.

In 2010, seven months after immigrating to the Netherlands as a 30-year-old, I translated an entire Dutch philosophy Ph.D. thesis into English as a freelancer to great satisfaction. (See sample chapters further up this profile page.) I have since become a regular translator of specialist Dutch theological and church-history books by professors and other academics, published by Brill at Leiden.

The languages from which I regularly translate into English are Dutch and German (on a daily basis), Russian (on a weekly basis), Georgian (on a monthly basis), and French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian (on an occasional basis). I have lived and worked in Dutch-, German-, Russian- and Georgian-speaking environments, am fluent in all four languages and have on each occasion conducted my social, professional and church life fully in those languages.

Experience & Skills

I have particularly developed skills in formal English (the strongest of all being for academic, historical and theological texts), governmental and diplomatic English, accurate transcription of English (and of my other main languages), and English as used in church contexts. I had extensive and intensive liaisons with government and NGO officials from the other English-speaking countries during my eight years as a civil servant, particularly in the United States, and am well familiar with all formal and many informal usages of North American varieties of English.

Education

My M.A. degree is in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (St John’s College, Cambridge). I am therefore able to translate all Celtic and Germanic languages, old, mediæval and modern. My most practised Celtic language is (modern) Scottish Gaelic, which I listen to for an average of two hours a day. I grew up in Britain with a Scots father and an English mother.

Interpreting (Tolkdiensten)

Since going freelance, I have undertaken several (consecutive) interpreting engagements from English to Dutch for Christian organisations and church meetings, for audiences of up to 4,000. I also have experience with simultaneous (booth) interpreting for church services, Dutch to English and Russian to English. I graduated from Ghent University in 2015 as a conference interpreter with English A, Dutch B and German C. I have since added French and Russian C.

Voiceovers (Inspreekdiensten)

I do English voiceovers for a Dutch national media client and a leading Dutch agency. I have a clear, educated British voice with sensitive intonation and pausing.

Tutoring (Bijles)

I have successfully tutored Dutch-speaking and Georgian-speaking students, with mastery of English ranging from elementary to advanced levels, to pass professional examinations, to write academic theses in English, and to apply for jobs requiring a good level of English.

English Writing

For the same client and for another Netherlands-based educational organisation, Holmwood’s Online Learning, I write articles for students of English at levels from A2 (elementary learner) up to C2 (near-native learner). I am well versed in writing and editing sensitively to capture interest in a wide range of fields, and with reference to the varieties and levels of English that the readership is confident with.

Literature

I have had lifelong exposure to a great range of English literature and music, and am able to translate literature sensitively, including poetry and musical texts.

Bible translation and Church History

I am also a volunteer Bible translator for the Trinitarian Bible Society (working directly from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek) for a language of the Caucasus, and am just beginning Ph.D. research into the literary styles and historical contexts of the translations of an English Puritan work into thirteen (Western European, Eastern European and non-European) languages. Through these connections, but also building on my experience in academic Latin and Greek translation going back twenty years, I have a growing portfolio in the translation of high-level mediæval and Early Modern Latin to English, in specialist fields including theology, philosophy, medicine and law. I am able to transcribe scans of original C16th and C17th folio editions accurately, including Greek ligatures and Hebrew words, and use Microsoft Word features sensitively to reproduce the layout (a key feature to the full intelligibility of Early Modern scholarly texts) in its full detail.
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Clasament limbi (PRO)
engleză44
din engleză în georgiană44
din olandeză în engleză16
din poloneză în engleză16
din italiană în engleză12
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Domeniu General (PRO)
Altele124
Tehnică/Inginerie48
Legislaţie/Brevete47
Afaceri/Financiar41
Artă/Literatură36
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Domeniu Restrâns (PRO)
Bucătărie/Artă culinară40
Juridic (general)35
Religie24
General/Conversaţie/Salutări/Scrisori20
Guvern/Politică12
Poezie şi literatură12
Inginerie (general)9
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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects33
With client feedback3
Corroborated3
100% positive (3 entries)
positive3
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Translation18
Editing/proofreading6
Website localization3
Subtitling2
Training session1
Transcription1
Interpreting1
Voiceover (dubbing)1
Language pairs
din olandeză în engleză18
engleză7
din georgiană în engleză6
din germană în engleză5
din rusă în engleză2
1
din flamandă în engleză1
din latină în engleză1
din azeră în engleză1
din engleză în olandeză1
Specialty fields
Istorie7
Religie7
Medical (general)4
Educaţie/Pedagogie3
Guvern/Politică3
Management2
Afaceri/Comerţ (general)2
Marketing/Cercetare de piaţă2
Artă, Arte şi meşteşuguri, Pictură2
Finanţe (general)2
Jurnalism2
Resurse umane1
Bucătărie/Artă culinară1
Poezie şi literatură1
Cinema, Film, TV, Teatru1
Ştiinţe sociale, Sociologie, Etică etc.1
Lingvistică1
Minerit şi minerale/Pietre prețioase1
Juridic: Impozite şi taxe vamale1
General/Conversaţie/Salutări/Scrisori1
Computere: Software1
Energie/Generatoare1
Automobile/Maşini şi camioane1
Filozofie1
Other fields
Botanică3
Contabilitate2
Alimente şi lactate2
Textile/Îmbrăcăminte/Modă1
Fotografie/Imagini (şi arte grafice)1
Electronică/Inginerie electronică1
Inginerie/ştiinţă petrolieră1
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Feb 26, 2020