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| Christian Thurban, Thurban Media |
Translator/Journalist. Made a career change after 20 years in the newspaper business. Translates medical and technical texts from English, Danish, and Norwegian into Swedish. Has also translated several history books.
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| Personal Information |
Nationality |
Swedish |
| Date of Birth |
26 August, 1958 |
| Languages |
English, Danish, and Norwegian into Swedish
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| Translator for |
19 years
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| Contact Information |
Thurban Media, Malmö
Sweden
Christian Thurban
E-mail: cthurban@gmail.com
Web site: www.transfalk.se/team
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| Translation |
Translation and Localisation |
Translation of fiction and non-fiction, help files, documentation, marketing material, web sites, software, help files, computer and video games.
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| Subjects |
Non-fiction (translated books)
Medical devices / IVD Diagnostics
Software/Operating Systems
Telecommunications
Hardware (Computers, Printers, etc)
Financial Systems
CD-ROM Products
Web Sites, Press Releases
Gaming software (translated games)
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Examples of Projects |
Medical
Bayer Diagnostics, OCD (Johnson & Johnson), Roche Diagnostics, Applicare, Varian, bioMérieux
Software
Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia, Oracle
Marketing
Avaya, Sun, Kodak, Compaq
Telecommunications
Ericsson, Trio, Motorola
Non-fiction
Historiska Media
Tukan förlag
Liber
Studentlitteratur
Lind & Co
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| Other Areas of Interest |
Journalist/layout
15 years as a journalist
Advanced layout experience
Quality Control
Microsoft
Adobe
Handspring
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| Education |
1994-1995 |
History, 40 points (two semesters), Lunds University
| | 1983-1984 |
The journalistic education, Skurups folk high-school
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| 1978-1980 |
Cultural knowledge and drama, theatre, film (four semesters), Lunds University. Drama, theatre, film
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| Employment |
1997- |
Thurban Media, Malmö, Sweden
Self-employed.
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| 1997 |
Populär Historia/Historiska Media, Lund
Second editor and layout at the leading history magazine in Sweden. Also translation of articles. Editor and layout for various books.
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| 1991-1996 |
Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmö, Sweden. Arbetet, Malmö, Sweden. Helsingborgs Dagblad, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Editor, reporter.
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| 1990 |
Aftonbladet, Stockholm, Sweden
Editor.
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| 1984-1989 |
Arbetet, Malmö, Sweden. Blekinge Läns Tidning, Karlskrona, Sweden. Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmö, Sweden
Editor, reporter.
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| 1980-1983 |
Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmö, Sweden. Arbetet, Malmö, Sweden
Proof-reader.
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| Memberships |
| 1998- |
Swedish Association of Professional Translators
Christian Thurban is a member of The Swedish Association of Professional Translators (SFÖ)
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| Grants |
2012 |
Författarnas fotokopieringsfond (Swedish Association of Authors)
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| Technical Specifications |
| Hardware |
PC
CD-ROM
Printer
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| Software |
Windows 10
Microsoft Office 2007
SDL Trados Studio 2009
TRADOS Workbench, TagEditor, STagger, Multiterm
Localisation tools
Glossary tools
Electronic dictionaries
Indexing and search tools
Proprietary macro tools
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