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Thomas Hedden
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SUMMARY: Technical translator with extensive experience OBJECTIVE: Contract translation work in the fields of biomedical and environmental sciences LANGUAGES: German: ATA-certified in German-English Russian: ATA-certified in Russian-English Polish: ATA-certified in Polish-English French: ATA-certified in French-English Lithuanian Serbo-Croatian SUBJECTS: Biomedical sciences Chemistry and biochemistry Environmental sciences, including alternative energy Earth sciences, petroleum industry Automotive engineering Computers Telecommunications EDUCATION: Certificate in UNIX, UMass Lowell, 2000 Certificate of completion in UNIX systems administration Foothill College, California, 1999 Ph.D., Slavic Languages, Berkeley, 1988 EESLI Summer Language course in Lithuanian University of California, Los Angeles, 1986 Summer Language course in Russian Leningrad State University (Saint Petersburg State University), 1985 Polonicum Summer Language course University of Warsaw, 1984 M.A., Slavic Languages University of California, Los Angeles, 1979 B.S., Biochemistry and Russian, University of Wisconsin, 1977 I have also visited many museums APPLICATIONS: Standard office, networking, and programming applications Translation tools EXPERIENCE: January 1996 - Full-time independent translator present Click here for a partial list of clients April 1995 - Consilium, Mountain View, CA January 1996 German Quality Assurance August 1994 Full-time independent translator - April 1995 August 1990 SimulTrans (formerly American Translators) - July 1994 Mountain View, CA Senior Project Manager PROFESSIONAL American Translators Association AFFILIATIONS: FOREIGN Russia, 1 year including 2 weeks in 1993 TRAVEL: Poland, 6 months, including 1 week in 1993 Québec, honeymoon Germany, 5 weeks in 2003, 6 weeks in 2007 Switzerland, most recently 1 week in 2003 Austria, most recently 2003 France, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Egypt
