Thomas Hedden

Current

• Free-lance technical translator (Self-employed)

Past

• Quality Assurance Engineer at Consilium
• Project Manager at SimulTrans

Education

• University of Massachusetts at Lowell
• Foothill College
• University of California, Berkeley

• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Connections

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Industry

Translation and Localization

Websites

• My Website

Thomas Hedden’s Summary

I have many years of experience translating technical documentation in many fields.

Thomas Hedden’s Specialties:

pharmaceuticals, alternative energy, chemistry, biochemistry, telecommunications

Thomas Hedden’s Experience

• Free-lance technical translator

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Translation and Localization industry)

  August 1994 — Present (15 years 4 months)

• Quality Assurance Engineer

  Consilium

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 1995 — January 1996 (10 months)

  Tested foreign-language versions of workflow modeling tool called "FlowStream" that is used in the pharmaceutical industry. Found numerous bugs including one serious bug in the version of Oracle that was being used at that time.

• Project Manager

  SimulTrans

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Translation and Localization industry)

  1990 — 1994 (4 years )

Thomas Hedden’s Education

• University of Massachusetts at Lowell

  Certificate , UNIX , 1999 — 2000

• Foothill College

  Certificate of proficiency , UNIX , 1994 — 1999

• University of California, Berkeley

  Ph.D. , Slavic linguistics , 1981 — 1986

• University of California, Los Angeles

  M.A. , Slavic Languages , 1978 — 1979

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  B.S. , Biochemistry, Russian , 1971 — 1977

Additional Information

Thomas Hedden’s Websites:

• My Website

Thomas Hedden’s Groups:

ATA, NETA

•    Linux Users
•    American Translators Association
•    American Translators Association French Language Division
•    American Translators Association Language Technology Division
•    XLIFF (XML Localization Interchange File Format)

Thomas Hedden’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• getting back in touch