Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION 

Surname	Mouratidis
Name	Alexandros
Telephone	+306974647390
Email	alex@greektranslator.net
Web	http://www.greektranslator.net
Proz	http://www.proz.com/profile/12638

MEMBERSHIPS

• Associate member of the American Translators Association
• Member of Proz.com since 2000
• Member of Translator’s Café
• Member of the Pan-Hellenic Translators Association

STUDIES

• MSc in Scientific, Techinical and Medical Translation with Translation Technology from Imperial College, United Kingdom
• BSc Honours (First Class) in Computer Science from the University of Cardiff, United Kingdom.

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Manuals (IT & Consumer Electronics)
• IT documentation
• Software/Hardware
• Technical texts
• Scientific
• Software & Website Localization
• Medicine
• Medical equipment
• Automotive

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

I have been working as a professional full-time freelance translator for the past 10 years. I have worked on projects such as:

• Computer manuals (desktop and laptops)
• Software manuals (antivirus/firewall suite, antispyware suite, HRM suite, OS, various applications)
• Software localization (antivirus/firewall suite, antispyware suite, OS, CD/DVD burning suite, help files, drivers)
• Game localization (FPS, racing, RPG, children’s’ games for PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC, Wii)
• Gaming/Gambling (many wesbsites, PC applications, mobile phone applications)
• IT user manuals (projectors, monitors, graphics cards, adaptors, keyboards/ mice, Bluetooth dongles, routers/modems, printers and training materials, etc)
• Consumer electronics manuals (DVD players, air conditioners, LCD TVs, stereos, bread makers, fridges, microwave ovens, etc)
  
• Automotive manuals (user guides, technical instructions for service centers)
  
• Website localization (Corporate websites, Web applications, product sites, etc)
  
• Medical instruments (angiography catheters, stunts, etc)
  
• Medicine (questionnaires, studies, etc)
  
• Various technical manuals (air conditioning installation manuals, construction equipment, cleaning equipment, gas burners, etc)
  

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Quality is as important to me as it is to my clients. I have developed a QA process based on the DIN 2345 guidelines which:

• Ensures completeness of the translation
  
• Checks the spelling and grammar
  
• Checks technical and terminological correctness
  
• Ensures the translation covers the client's demands
  

HARDWARE

• Core i5 PC/4GB Ram/2.5TB HDD
  
• Scanner/copier/printer and fax
  
• Always-on, high-speed DSL connection
  

SOFTWARE

CAT Tools	SDL Trados 2009, SDL Trados 2007, SDLX, DejaVu X, Multiterm, Alchemy Catalyst, Passolo, Sisulizer, PO Edit
Publishing/Web	Office 2010, Office 2007, InDesign, FrameMaker, Illustrator, PageMaker, Photoshop, Acrobat, CorelDraw, QuarkXPress, DreamWeaver, Flash
Glossaries	Microsoft Glossaries, Magenda Golden Version 2010 English<>Greek dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary, Oxford English<>Greek dictionary, Dorland’s English<>Greek medical dictionary, English>Greek dictionary of Medical terms, Greek language dictionary by G.Mpampionitis.