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| Personal Information |
Nationality |
Swedish |
| Date of Birth |
21 June, 1960 |
| Languages |
English, Danish, and Norwegian into Swedish
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| Translator for |
12 years
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| Contact Information |
Corpus Translations, Malmö
Sweden
Katarina Falk
E-mail: corpus.translations@swipnet.se
Web site: www.transfalk.se/team
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| Translation |
Translation and Localisation |
All types of medical translations; fiction and non-fiction.
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| Subjects |
Fiction (translated books)
Medical devices
IVD Diagnostics
Instructions for use, medical instruments
Medical Articles
Formulae for psychological tests
Information for patients
Medical Education Material
Web sites
Gaming software (translated games)
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Examples of Projects |
Publishing Houses
Norstedts
Rabén & Sjögren
Stabenfeldt
Legind AS
Studentlitteratur
Tivoli
Prisma
Liber
Egmont Richters
Medical
Dade Behring
Gambro
Bayer Diagnostics
OCD (Johnson & Johnson)
Roche Diagnostics
Baxter
Applicare
bioMérieux
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| Education |
1996-1997 |
Linguistics and Phonetics Lund University
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| 1986 |
Creative writing, Jakobsbergs folkhögskola
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| 1983 |
Literature Lund University
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| Employment |
1998-2010 |
Corpus Translations, Malmö
Self-employed.
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| 1998 |
TransFalk, Malmö, Sweden
All tasks conducted at a translation company.
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| 1988-1996 |
Kvällsposten (Evening Paper), Malmö, Sweden
Proof-reader.
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| 1986-1987 |
Göteborgs-Posten, Gothenburg, Sweden
Proof-reader.
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| 1983-1985 |
Kvällsposten (Evening Paper), Malmö, Sweden
Proof-reader. Also publisher's reader for Richters Förlag AB, Malmö, Sweden.
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| Memberships |
2000 |
Swedish Association of Professional Translators (SFÖ)
Katarina Falk is a member of The Swedish Association of Professional Translators
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2009 |
The Translators' Center (ÖC)
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| 2009 |
The Swedish Writers' Union (SFF)
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| Grants |
2000 |
Författarförbundets fotokopieringsfond (Swedish Association of Authors)
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| 2006 |
Författarförbundets fotokopieringsfond (Swedish Association of Authors)
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| 2009 |
Swedish Authors' Fund, One-year working grant.
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| Technical Specifications |
| Hardware |
PC Pentium
CD/CD Writer
Laser printer
Broadband connection
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| Software |
Windows XP
Office 97, 2000
FrameMaker
TRADOS Workbench, TagEditor, STagger, Multiterm
Localisation tools
Glossary tools
Electronic dictionaries
Indexing and search tools
Macro tools
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