Informal CV in English
A Master of Arts at Lund in 1971 (English, French, Spanish, General Linguistics) I have ever since made my living within various lines of business thanks to those languages plus my mother tongue. For almost six years now I dedicate myself mainly to translation, however, and have so become an associated member of the Swedish Association of Professional Translators (SFÖ).
I translate mainly from English, French and Spanish but also take on jobs from German (technical texts), Norwegian and Danish. I also provide full Nordic services through a tight co-operation with colleagues and have managed many a project (some of them extensive) into those languages including Finnish and Icelandic.
As an individual translator/editor I have worked for translation agencies in Europe and North America plus many end-clients, most of them based in Sweden. Indirectly, though, I have done jobs originating from or concerning products of many famous companies. You're welcome to ask for samples from any of those jobs (cf. specification below)! I also signed a contract with the European Parliament in October 2000.
I would say I have four fields of expertise as a translator: industrial equipment/machinery, automobiles, IT/modern technology and medical equipment. In all four areas I have professional people like different kinds of engineers, lawyers, IT-people, physicians, dentists, vets and lab technicians at hand for editing. This combined with my own background in linguistics (latin student, doctoral studies in French literature), humanities and social sciences make us an extremely competitive team.
Other types of texts that pretty much have come my way are slightly legal ones (contracts, agreements, warranties, disclaimers) or those treating tourism, health-related themes, sailing, forestry and oil/gas prospecting (cf. specification below)! In addition I translate press-releases on a regular basis and, on a less regular basis, journalistic and literary texts. I have also performed localization of web pages into Swedish and other languages (cf. specification below)!
Further information on my firm, Tradux Translating, as well as a list of references or a more traditional CV can be obtained on your request. Please also have a look at my web page at www.tradux.se where you can get a fairly good of idea of my Swedish writing skills as well as examples of translations, certificates etc.
Looking very much forward to hearing from you
Roland Johansson
Medspråk (n.nu) 