Anita van Grootveld
Address: 12 The Rowans
CB24 6YU, Milton, Cambridge
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 12 23 86 46 73
Mobile: +44 79 86 96 66 64
Email: anitatranslations@yahoo.co.uk
Date of birth: 14 November 1977
Nationality: Dutch
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1998 – 2002 Leiden University (Netherlands)
MA in English Language and Literature.
Main courses: language acquisition, linguistics phonetics of modern English,
literature, philology, advanced writing and translation Dutch-English and EnglishDutch, advanced English syntax
Title of Dissertation:
The Translator’s Main Support – A Comparison of Several Translation Programmes,
August 2002
1996 – 1998 Buys Ballot College, Goes (Netherlands)
A levels (VWO): Dutch, English, French, German, Economics, Biology, Geography,
History, Physical Education
1997-1998
Prize for best language student French: TOTAL Refinery Netherlands N.V.
WORK EXPERIENCE
October 2004 – current Freelance translator EN-NL
Most important clients:
Alpha CRC Ltd. (UK): translation of software, technical and marketing material.
Argos Company Ltd. Sp. z o.o (PL): translation of technical and marketing material.
Alphabet systems, Barcelona (ES): accounting software and general material.
Acclaro Inc. (VS): software and marketing material.
Babel Media (UK): gaming material.
LocalSoft, Barcelona (SP): gaming material.
Oxford Conversis (UK): software, manuals, Help files.
DigiTitles srl, Firenze (IT): subtitle proofing.
Xerox Ltd, Hertfordshire (UK): software and printing material.
Other material translated for other clients:
Amongst others: printing, general, light medical and technical material.
December 2004 – June 2005 Part-time Dutch tester with:
Transversal Ltd, Cambridge (UK), UK’s leading provider of Dynamic Knowledge
Management solutions for customer-facing websites and contact centres.
Translated the software and documentation for their search engine called Metafaq,
and tested it to make it ready for usage on the Dutch market.
August 2002 – October 2004
Full-time translator English – Dutch with:
Alpha CRC Ltd, Cambridge (UK), a localization company which specializes in translating
and adapting software products and accompanying documentation into other languages
for global markets.
Translated and proofread a wide range of technical, marketing and gaming material,
including software, help files and user manuals. I also did some audio work, such as
post-editing audio files.
Helped the Dutch language manager with the organisation and planning of projects
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Developed the ability to work to tight schedules
February - August 2002
Second work placement with Alpha CRC Ltd (see above)
Translated and proofread for the company and produced my dissertation at the same
time.
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Learnt basics of working in a translation department
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Developed my computer skills and acquired a good working knowledge of the
TRADOS translation programme.
Summer 2001
First work placement with Alpha CRC Ltd
First insight into how a translation company works. Concentrated mainly on converting
Dutch words into phonetic syllables to create a phonetic database for speech recognition.
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Improved my knowledge of phonetics and speech recognition programmes.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
April 1996 – May 2001
Part-time work with Ahold, a Dutch supermarket chain,
Burgh-Haamstede (Netherlands)
Developed strong customer service and communication skills, and learnt to work reliably
under pressure.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
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Dutch: native speaker
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English: fluent
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French: intermediate level
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German: intermediate level
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
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Microsoft Office
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Translation tools: Trados, Translator Studio, GXT, MFG Tran, Déjà Vu, Wordfast
REFEREES:
Nicole Dijkstra - Language Manager Dutch department ALPHA CRC Ltd
St Andrews House
St Andrews Road
Cambridge, CB4 1DL
tel. +44 1223 431000
Sara Kirby MA Cantab, MPhil, DipTrans (IoL), AIL - Senior Dutch translator ALPHA CRC Ltd
St Andrews House
St Andrews Road
Cambridge, CB4 1DL
tel. +44 1223 431000
Hanni Sondermann - Office Manager Transversal Corporation Ltd
14 Regent Street
Cambridge, CB2 1DB
Tel: +44 1223 723399