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Notary Certified and Sworn Interpreter and translator. Turkish<>Arabic<>English freelance translator.

I am a native Turkish speaker and a certified translator/interpreter with over 10 years of experience in translation, interpreting and proofreading. I have studied and lived in English speaking countries for many years. I started working as a full-time sworn in-house translator in 2007 and worked continuously for the the same translation/localization agency for 10 years until March 2017. I have literally been involved in every aspect of translation and localization industry and had the chance to develop my skills and understanding in various fields of translation profession, notably technical, legal, business and marketing fields as a result of regular daily translation assignments (ranging from 2000 to 4000 words) over the last decade. I may not be a graduate of language and translation studies (my background includes Political Science and Sociology) but I firmly believe that what I lack in formal training I more than make up for with 10 years of daily on-the-job experience.

I'm an ambitious person who likes research and learning about new things. This aspect of my personality aids in my progression in the translation field. I particularly enjoy medical documents.

As an adept localization professional, I have a well-rounded experience in the industry and refined talents as a linguist. In addition to my linguist background, I also have experiences in DTP project management, translation delivery management, vendor management, CAT tool integration, translation process automation, translation process improvement. E-mail: balayenes@gmail.com

I started my career in the translation and localization field working as a vendor translator for SDL plc. when I was at Boğaziçi University. During that time, I completed several projects and gained experience mostly in technical translation (automotive and manufacturing). In 2017, I started my first full-time job as a translation project manager and carried out project management and quality assurance tasks for almost a year. In 2018, I was hired by a software company, JotForm, as a full-time English-Turkish translator. For 1.5 years, I translated a wide variety of content including JotForm's website, landing pages, products, inspirational blog posts, and mobile app into Turkish, which helped me gain immense experience in software localization and marketing fields, and knowledge in HTML language. I have recently decided to continue my career as a freelancer. I am currently working with several language service providers and providing high-quality translation and localization services.

I have a bachelor's degree in Translation and Interpretation (English) Studies. I have been working on various translation jobs through the years. SDL Post Editing Certification :http://www.sdl.com/certified/30909a21-c37b-4c4d-b0aa-2c9958fbc5bf

Fulltime Turkish Translator

My Freelance Translator Journey Before putting an end to my career as an officer in the Army I had chance of doing great volume of translation works at the highest HQ of Army for 7 years from English to my native language, Turkish, in the area of military, security, defense, international security, arms control, disarmament, peacekeeping operations, peace support operations and crisis management. Besides that experience as a translator I worked at United Nations Lebanon mission (UNIFIL) Operations Center which is one the most important and longest missions of United Nations in the context of peacekeeping that gave me priceless experience on crisis management, peacekeeping, peace support and international security and its of course terminology. Not only this honorable mission did gave me experience but also I organised many events and attended at many meetings, workshops, seminars, events and courses in the area of disarmament and arms control in United Nations, OSCE and NATO.

Experienced translator with an extensive background of translating legal texts, finance and technology.

I have worked for 7 years as a professional linguist for major clients in the localization industry.

13 years of experience in the field of professional translation and interpretation.

- A hard working and dependable engineering graduate - Self motivated with an outgoing personality and determination to succeed - Ready to take responsibility and use all sources of reference - Ability to work well both independently and in a team - Willing to learn new language tools/softwares/utilities - Excellent web research skills and analytical abilities - Fast, resourceful, quick learner - Flexible professional attitude