Tania Aitken
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Translation Services

> Native Language(s):
English (British).

> Target Language(s):
Spanish and English (British).

> Source Language(s):
French, Spanish, and English (British).

> Service Type(s):
Translation Services and Interpretation Services.

> Specialization(s):
Advertisement/Marketing, Arts, Cooking/Food/Beverages, Education/Training, Fashion/Clothing, Film - Theatre, Financial/Economics, Health and Beauty, History, Journalism - Press, Legal, Literature/Publishing, Music, Politics, Real Estate, Social Sciences, and Sports.

> Software:
Adobe Acrobat Professional, Trados, and Microsoft Office .

> Certifications and Professional Affiliations:
Member of the Institute of Linguists

Diploma in Translation - Business and Commerce
Diploma in Public Service Interpreting
Both diplomas issued by the Institute of Linguists.

> Relevant Translation Experience:
I have translated regularly for several agencies including the Language Services of the Institute of Linguists in London, Anglia Translations, Cambridge, IALS at the University of Edinburgh, ITS at Edinburgh City Council, and the big Word in Leeds.
Examples of texts translated include management consultants' reports for rail infrastructure management companies and airport companies, banking contracts, company presentations, consultations on strategy and optimisation of processes, distributors' handbooks, academic and university certificates, marriage certificates, record of family details, birth certificates,wills, powers of attorney, sworn declarations, social security documents, curriculum vitaes, police accident reports, insurance claims, correspondence on international legal proceedings, documentation from immigration services, employment contracts, employee references, and short stories.

> Education:
Degree in Modern Languages from the University of the West of England, Bristol, Spanish and French and including final year specialist subject interpreting between Spanish and English and French and English.

Post graduate diploma in European Marketing with French and Spanish. Market research project completed into subtitling market in France.

> Additional Skills:
I provide regular telephone interpreting for the BigWord UK.

I lived in Spain for 6 years and in France for many periods of several months' duration.

I offer interpretation services between Spanish and English and French and English in the local area, in Edinburgh, the Borders, and as far as Carlisle - for company presentations, meetings and negotiations and public service interpreting for social work and education departments, courts and the police.


> Location:
Peebles, Edinburgh, Galashiels, Scotland, UK (United Kingdom)

 
Sample Translations:
11245Assessment_of_Management_Platforms_Spanish_and_translation_to_English.doc 
11245Spanish_CV_with_English_translation.doc 
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