Member since Apr '19

Working languages:
Italian to English

Sean Nation
21 yrs technical/scientific translation

London, England, United Kingdom
Local time: 20:47 BST (GMT+1)

Native in: English Native in English
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IT>EN Med/Sci/Tech Translator, Qualified MITI, ISO 17001:2015 Qualified, MISTC, ATA Member
Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Identity Verified Verified member
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Services Translation
Expertise
Specializes in:
Computers: HardwareComputers: Software
Computers: Systems, NetworksEngineering (general)
IT (Information Technology)Internet, e-Commerce
Mechanics / Mech EngineeringComputers (general)
Automation & RoboticsMedical: Health Care

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Translation education Bachelor's degree - National University of Ireland - Galway
Experience Years of experience: 26. Registered at ProZ.com: Apr 2019. Became a member: Apr 2019.
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Credentials Italian to English (National University of Ireland)
Italian to English (Institute of Translation and Interpreting)
Memberships ATA, ITI, Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
Software Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDLX, Trados Studio
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Bio
Freelance translator based in London, UK. After a BA in Italian and French and postgraduate studies in Technical Communication, I worked from 1996-1998 in multilingual IT technical support. 
From 1998 until 2011 I worked for an Italian software company based in Shannon, Ireland and in Genoa, Italy as their head technical writer and translator. During this time, I researched and wrote over 100 software manuals based mainly on interviews in Italian with software engineers.
For the last 21 years I have worked as a freelance translator both directly with customers and with translation agencies in Italy, UK, Ireland, Germany and the US.
Over this period, my annual output has been between 750,000 and 1 million words (roughly equivalent to a total of 100,000 pages) across a wide range of subjects. Given my background in technical writing, I have come to specialize in Medical, Scientific and Technical fields, while also regularly translating business, financial, academic, legal and other texts.

I have translated a wide range of materials for many types of end customers, including: service reports for manufacturers of hospital equipment; clinical trial documentation for numerous pharmaceutical companies; computer hardware and software documentation;  financial statements for Italian companies across many sectors, from car manufacturers to the fashion industry; technical and marketing documentation for a wide range of Italian companies producing everything from industrial and agricultural machinery to domestic appliances; academic papers; legal contracts and agreements, and many other types of documentation. 
I have been using SDL Trados software for about 15 years (from Trados 6.0 to SDL Studio 2019 at present). 

I am a Certified Member of the UK-based Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (MISTC). I am a Qualified Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (MITI) and therefore also qualified to translation standard ISO 17001:2015. I am a voting  member of the ATA (American Translators Association) and of its Italian Language Division.

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