Résumé of Leticia Klemetz

Work Objective:

    • Freelance translation. Specializing in Tourism, Religion and
        Nutrition.

Source languages:

     • English or Swedish.
     • Target language: Spanish (European or Argentinean).

Relevant Experience:

     • Registered freelance translator Swedish<>English<>Spanish,
        working with Spanish and international companies since 
        November 1999. Translation of tourist guides and journals, 
        technical manuals, religious texts in Victorian English,
        literature, press notes, food and health materials, and publicity
        (see appendix).
     • Interpreter (mainly Swe<>Spa and Eng<>Spa) in seminars,
        and in commercial, religious, and academic meetings.

Memberships, Honors, and Relevant Software

     • Member of Phi Kappa Phi. Member of the Golden Key
        International Honour Society. Member of ATA. Platinum
        member of ProZ.com. 2005 Governor's Scholar by the
        Governor of Utah, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
     • TRADOS 7, Wordfast 3.35, and SDLX 2005. Windows XP,
        Office 2003 (Word, Excel, Publisher). Monolingual Dictionaries:
        Oxford English Dictionary, Maria Moliner (Spa) and Skribent
        (Swe) among other. Bilingual Dictionaries: Norsdtedts
        Swedish-English-Spanish and Oxford Spanish among others.

Studies:

     • Linguistics BA with a minor in Scandinavian Studies, at
        Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA.
        Jan 2004 – Apr 2007, on full tuition scholarship. In English.
        GPA: 3.89 (on a scale of 4.00).
     • “Nutrition and Dietetics I” distance course, with the National
        University of Distance Education (UNED, Spain), during 2002.
        In Spanish.
     • “Dramaturgia” (writing and adapting dramatic texts, critique 
        and research) 1999-2001 at the Royal Superior School of 
        Dramatic Arts (RESAD, Madrid, Spain). In Spanish. 
     • High school in the Program of Natural Sciences in the 
        Scandinavian School at Madrid. In Swedish, and some classes
        also in English. 
     • Courses in translation, Musicosophia, music, vegetarian cuisine,
        gemmology, Mayan calendar, alternative healing techniques,
        compared religions, theatre, handicrafts, and genealogy. 
        Courses taught in Spanish, Swedish, English, and German. 

Language knowledge: 

    Trilingual between Spanish, Swedish and English. Conversational
    German, Italian, and French. Two years of Biblical Hebrew. 
    Language knowledge acquired both through formal study of the 
    languages, taking classes taught in the foreign languages (see 
    above), and traveling. 

     • Spanish: born and residing in Spain, Spanish nationality. 
        Argentinean Architect mother. 
     • Swedish: 1983-1998 in Scandinavian schools in Spain. 
        Swedish Linguist father. Total language study and immersion 
        time: 15 years. 
     • English: 1988-1997 in Scandinavian schools in Spain. TOEFL test 
        taken on May 2003 with a score of 290 (300 is highest). 
        Residence time: 23 months (so far). Language study time: 
        12 years. 

References: upon request. 

Appendix

OVERVIEW OF TRANSLATION PROJECTS:

     • Literary translations for US publisher Dalmatian Press, English into
        Argentinean Spanish: 

          o “Children’s Bible Storybook/Historias de la Biblia para niños”
              (135,000 words) 2006. 
          o “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie (the complete novel, 48,000 words)
              2004. 

     • Literary translations (religious youth books in Victorian English)
        into Argentinean Spanish, since 2004, for US publisher Editorial 
        Sendas Antiguas:
     
          o “From Darkness to Light/De la oscuridad a la luz” 
          o “The Young Cottager/La joven de la cabaña” 
          o “Three Months Under The Snow/Tres meses bajo la nieve” 
          o “The Bible in the Wall/La Biblia en la pared” 

     • Translation of several volumes of Christian sermons by Mr. Philpot
         (in Victorian English) into Argentinean Spanish during 2003.
         About 50,000
         words.
     • Translation of three short story books for small children, for Spirit
         Press (USA), English into Argentinean Spanish, 2005. 
     • Translation of tourist guides, 2005. Swedish or English into 
         European Spanish. About 32,000 words. 
     • Translations of advertisements, press notes, clothing industry and
         nutrition/ food industry (English into European Spanish, and 
         Swedish into European Spanish, about 62,000 words) 
     • Translation of articles about the regattas of the 32nd America's 
         Cup (sailing), 2005-2006 seasons. Swedish into European 
         Spanish, about 105,000 words so far. 
     • Translation of manuals (refrigerators, DVD-players, DVBs, TVs,
         Dolby Virtual). (English> European Spanish, about 85,000 words) 
     • Monthly translation of the "Atlas journal" (for tourists), English into
        Spanish, from December 2002 to November 2003 issues, 
        mainly En>Sp,
        but some months also English into Swedish. Approximately 
        113,000 words. 

HONORS THESIS 

     • Title of the Thesis: Applying and Evaluating the ASTM Standard 
         Guide to Quality Assurance in Translation under the mentorship of
         Dr. Alan K Melby, secretary of the American Translators 
         Association. 
         2004-2006. 
     • Presenting at the American Translators Association general 
        conference in Seattle, November 2005. 
     • Quality in Translation, a Lesson for the Study of Meaning. Article
         in the journal Linguistics and the Human Sciences coauthored with 
         Dr. Alan K. Melby and Dr. Alan Manning, November 2006. 

      Author of a magazine article in LDS Living, March-April 2006 issue, 
      entitled How to keep second languages alive.