Tess Whitty

Current

Independent translation and localization professional at Swedish Translation Services

Past

Language teacher and president at Svenska Skolan Salt Lake City
Product Marketing Manager at Sonera

Education

European University
Åbo Akademi

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Translation and Localization

Tess Whitty’s Summary

I am a native English-Swedish freelance translator, living in the US since 2001. I provide translation, editing and proofreading services. I have also performed several copy writing jobs and quality assessments of other people’s translations.

Tools:
• TRADOS Studio 2009
• SDLX 2006
• Catalyst 8.0
• LocStudio 7.1
• Passolo 8.0
• WordFinder 9.0
• Wordfast Pro

Education:
Master of Arts in Business Communication and Public Relations, June 1996
Master of Science in Economics, October 1994

I am an active member of the American Translators Association (atanet.org) and it’s Nordic Division, where I am currently working on starting a certification program for English into Swedish, plus administering our new blog (nordicdivision.wordpress.com). I am also a member of the Swedish Association for Professional Translators (sfoe.se) in Sweden.

Before moving to the US, I worked as a Product Marketing Manager for a telecommunications company in Sweden. During my time there I also translated documents between English and Swedish and Finnish and Swedish.

I am very comfortable using the latest versions of different translation software, MS Office and the Internet. I stick religiously to deadlines and pride myself in offering high quality translations that are proofread and edited. I have extensive knowledge and experience with both the Swedish and North American cultures. I travel to Sweden every year and I keep myself updated within my fields of expertise in both languages in order to be able to offer a professional and natural translation.

Tess Whitty’s Specialties:

Specialization:
• Software localization
• IT and telecommunication
• Marketing, PR, advertizing, copywriting
• Business communication

I provide services in other related areas as well, depending on knowledge and comfort in the area. I have experience translating software, websites, user manuals, electronic questionnaires, management training material, marketing material, press releases, advertising material, medical device documentation, medical surveys, legal claims and more.

Tess Whitty’s Experience

Independent translation and localization professional

Swedish Translation Services

(Translation and Localization industry)

July 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)

English-Swedish translation and localization
Owner of Swedish Translation Services
Language teacher and president

Svenska Skolan Salt Lake City

(Education Management industry)

October 2002 — June 2007 (4 years 9 months)

Teaching Children 8-12 years old Swedish, Swedish culture, traditions
Product Marketing Manager

Sonera

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

September 1996 — January 2000 (3 years 5 months)