Career / Experience

Curriculum Vitae

Name Katja van Hellemond
Address Cerro e Alcaria, Apartado 2337
8100-070 Boliqueime
Telephone (Home) +351 289369168 - (Mobile) +351 919332899
E-mail katjavanhellemond@gmail.com
Nationality Dutch
Date of Birth 23-08-1975
Website http://www.....com/profile/767806

Translator & Certified proof-reader

Specialization Tourism, web content, hospitality, business correspondence, press releases, literature, (non-certified) legal translations, manuals, CV's.

Language pairs Dutch/English/Dutch
Portuguese/Dutch
Portuguese/English
(Mother tongue: Dutch)

Expertise Certified Proof-reader (in English – pass with merit)
Resident in Portugal for 8 years
8 Years experience working for multi-lingual companies.

Clients’ Snelvertaler, Translation agency, Netherlands
123Algarve, Regional Newspaper, Portugal
All in Portugal, Villa Management company, Portugal
Inpokulis, Translation Agency, Portugal
Weirfire, Translation Agency, UK
Kosmos, Translation agency, Italy
Eurologos, Translation Agency, Portugal
Alancity, Translation Agency, Spain
Discobole, Translation Agency, Spain
Jaba Translations, Translation Agency, Portugal
Scandic Translations, Translation Agency, Netherlands
Premium Voices, Translation Agency, Netherlands
Mundilingua, Translation Agency, Portugal.
Schouten Translations, Translation Agency, Netherlands
Eurocom Translations, Translation Agency, Netherlands
Dussault Translations, Translation Agency, United States
Summit Vertalingen, Translation Agency, Netherlands
Tutorium, Translation Agency, Portugal
Transtec Translations, Translation Agency, UK
Infomarex, Translation Agency, UK

Resources
Oxford English Dictionary, Van Dale English/Dutch/English Dictionary ed. 2008, Van Dale Portuguese/Dutch Dictionary ed. 2008, Porta Editora Dictionaries, 2007 Apple Imac, ADSL Internet connection, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Zip, SDL Trados, Multiterm, Passolo, Tageditor.

Work Experience

March 2007 – Today
Working as a freelance translator, proofreader, editor, and journalist.
April 2006 – February 2007
Company Algarve to a Tee (English/Portuguese Tour Operator)
Function Senior Travel Advisor/Personal Assistant
Languages English/Portuguese/Dutch
February 2000 – March 2006
Company Solseta Travel (English/Portuguese Travel Agency)
Function Senior Travel Advisor
Languages English/Portuguese/Dutch
October 1998 – April 2000
Company D-Reizen (Dutch Travel Agency)
Function Junior Travel Agent
Languages English/Dutch
May 1994 – September 1998
Worked in the restaurant industry. Travelled to South East Asia and Australia.

Educational background
2009 SDL Trados Workshop
University of the Algarve - UALG
2007 Proofreading Course at the Publishing
Training Centre at Book House, London
(Pass with merit)
2002 Galileo Flight Reservation Course
C & M Travel Training
United Kingdom
1998 In-house Training Travel Agent
D-Reizen Travel Agency
The Netherlands
1996 Bachelor Journalism
Hogeschool Utrecht
The Netherlands
1994 VWO (pre-university secondary education)
Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam
The Netherlands
1992 HAVO (higher general continued education)
Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam
The Netherlands

   Pricing / Other services

depending on size and deadline of the project going rate varies between 0.05 and 0.10 euro per word source text.

   Certification / Accreditation

English > Dutch

certified proof reader - Publishing Training Center - UK

Portuguese > Dutch

SDL Trados workshop - University of the Algarve