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Leonardo Prohenza Osoria
Grote Steenweg 3
Berchem, Antwerpen, 2600
Country code : BE
Tel : 0032.32306701
Fax : 0032.32306701
Mobile : 0032.485194426
Languages and specialist subject areas
English > Spanish
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Presentation :
I am Creative, determined, passionate for foreign languages. Experience in team werking. Excellent communication skills.Great expertise in Translating and Interpreting texts regarding Psychiatry, Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry & Neurology. Great knowledge of Terminology. I translate from English into Spanish & viceversa. Specialist in Teaching of English as a foreign language and for specific purposes. Knowledge of Computering.
References :
- I was Translator & Interpreter in the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana for several years. (Hospital Psiquiátrico de la Havana - Ave. Independencia 26520 Boyeros, Havana, Cuba. Tel: 00537.451867 ó 451688) Since 1996
- Chairman of the Group of Translators of Medical Sciences in Cuba (Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas, Cuba. Tel: 00537.324519 E.mail: traduce@infomed.sld.cu) Since 1997
- Member of the Cuban Association of Linguists -ALC, and the Group of Specialists of English Language -GELI. Since 1995
- Member of the Special Interest Group on Studies of English for Specific Purposes (ESP-SIG) belonging to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) since 1995
- Member of the EL Tecs. Latin America (English Language Teachers of Latin America) since1995
- Member of the Executive Board of the Cuban Association of Translators and Interpreters -ACTI- Incharged of Public and International Relationships, since 1998 (Tel: 00537.327586 al 89 E.mail: acti@esti.cu)
Interests :
Mastering Scientific-Technical translation, mastering English Language, and learning other languages as well.
Qualifications :
1989 Graduated as Licenciate on Education Specialty English Language (ISPLE - Higher Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages "Pablo Lafargue", Havana, Cuba)
1996 Graduated of Marketing and Public Relations in Havana City, Cuba
1999 Certificate of an Intensive Course of French (Psychiatric Hospital of Havana)
1999 Certificate of Terminology (Unión Latina-RITERM, Havana-Cuba)
Jan-June 2004 Graduated of Dutch as a Second Language (2.1 - 2.2 - 2.3 - 2.4) in CVO Antwerpen-Zuid, Belgium
July-Aug 2003 Graduated on Social Orientation in PINA, Antwerpen, Belgium
march – june, 2004 Dutch Training for Teacher's Studies in VDAB - UA Prinsstraat 8 te 2000 Antwerpen, België
Oct - Dec 2004 Conversation Training for Foreigners VDAB - UA Prinsstraat 8 te 2000 Antwerpen, België
Sept 2004 till now Teachers' Studies SCVO Pestalozzi Pestalozzistraat 7 te 2020 Antwerpen, België
Professional courses :
Participant in several Symposia, Seminars, Workshops, Courses and Events concearning Literary Translation, Scientific-Technical Translation, Terminology, and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.
Courses and workshops:
- Approaches and Methods of Translation.
- Corrective Phonetics.
- Comparative Typology English-Spanish.
- Listening Skills.
- Methodology of Teaching.
- French.
- Workwhop: Making it Strange: Literature and Culture Shock.
- Workshop: Business English: The Art of Questioning and Active Listening. How Well Do You Hear?
- Course on Terminology.
- Workshop: Scientific-Medical Translation. Quality of Translation Services.
Professional experience :
1984-1989 Assistent Professor during my career (ISPLE, Havana, Cuba)
1989-1990 Freelance Translator & Interpreter of the Internationalist Brigades "Venceremos" and "Jose Martí" in Cuba
1989-1992 Teacher of English in secondary schooling in different schools in Havana, Cuba
1992-1995 Professor of English in an Adult-Foreign Language School in Arroyo Naranjo, Havana, Cuba
1996-2000 Translator and Interpreter English-Spanish-English in the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana -HPH; Consultant, Proofreader and Translator of the Magazines of Psychiatry and Psychology of Cuba; Main translator of the Cuban Glossary of Psychiatry III, version of the 10TH Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), Chapter V; Methodological Adviser of Scientific Searchings regarding Terminology in the HPH; Chairman of the Group of Medical Translators of Cuba (GTS); Member of the Excecutive Board of the Cuban Association of Translators and Interpreters 'ACTI), incharged of Public and International Relations. Participated as Interpreter in several international events regarding Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Health, Neurology, Terminology, and Scientific-Medical Translation.
Prices :
0.08 € per word
0.12 € per word
Working method :
MS Office (word, Excel and Power Point)
Fax, E.mailing, Internet Explorer 6.1, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer.
CAT - Trados 5.5 Freelance, Systran Standard 4.0SDLX, L&S Simply Translating, Power Translator (Pro) 6.x, Language Assistant 2.x, Web Translator 1.2, Telegraf 1.x, Globalink Language Assistant DOS 5.0 microtac.SEA (Spanish-English) MICROTAC.ESA (English-Spanish), Globalink Language Assistant 2.0 (C:/LA20) SEUSER.CDS (Spanish-English) ESUSER.CDS (English-Spanish), Windows 1.0, Language Assistant Export LACONV.EXE and TecApro Spanglish 3.0;
Formatos: Hypertext Markup Language (HTM, HTML), Rich Text Format (RTF), and Text (TXT)
L&H Simply Translating and Babel Fish Translator.
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