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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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