
SKILLS
Highly efficient, punctual, quality oriented professional with exceptional language skills and an extensive background of 8 years full time and 8 years part time. Solid track record of consistently meeting and exceeding client expectations both in turnaround time and quality.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I started my career as a part-time translator in 1996 and until 2003 I translated the following books, provided psychiatric translations, mainly articles and book excerpts for the University of Istanbul, Medical Faculty, Social Psychiatry Service and worked for various offices on a part-time basis.
I worked for Linguist Dil Hizmetleri as a full-time translator between March 2003 - May 2005 mainly on medical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic areas. Our specialties included medical trials, regulatory texts, medical devices (IFU’s), press releases, and various articles on medical and cosmetic areas, also scientific, legal and technical texts. Companies included Avon, Abbott, Farmatek, Christian Dior, Kozmosan, Kansuk to name a few. Since June 2005 I've been working as a freelancer mainly on IT and medical devices.
Books:
“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” By Arthur Conan Doyle 2003
“The Final Case and The Hound of the Baskervilles” By Arthur C. Doyle 2003
“English Passengers” By Matthew Kneale 2001
“Beyond the Silence” By Ted Allbeury 2001
“Futurize Your Enterprise” David Seagal 2000
“A Christmas Carol” By Charles Dickens 1998
“The Little Prince” By Saint Exupery 1998
“Couples in Crisis” By Dean Merill 1996
IT BACKGROUND
At the beginning of 2006, I started working with ES Bilgisayar Ltd., the leading IT localization company in Turkey and provided full-time translations on a freelance basis. Since 2007, I have been providing translations for one of the major localization companies in Asia. The main subject areas are Hardware User Manuals, Software (UI and and everything related to software).
CREDENTIALS
Certified Translator for English <> Turkish language pair, Bakırköy 9th Notary Public
Member of Çeviri Dernegi (Turkish Translation Association)
Professional Translator at Proz.com
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I'm Arzu Durukan, a professional translator and proofreader working on English - Turkish language pair and specializing mainly on IT (Hardware and Software) and Medical Devices.
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