Cynthia Coan

Description

Language Background:

Spanish

Work Experience:

Translator, 2007-present. Translated items include medical (patient records, journal articles, book excerpts), and legal (birth and marriage certificates, guardianship transfer, etc.)

Education:

Spanish to English translation certificate: Expected completion date, Spr. 2012.

Ccursework completed:

Spanish to English medical translation I and II (online courses): New York University, Sum. 2009 and Spr. 2011.

Spanish to English technical translation, New York University, Sum. 2010.

B.A. Minor: University of Arizona, 1984.

Coursework in progress: Spanish to English literary translation. Expected completion date: Aug. 9, 2011.

Swedish

Work Experience:

Translator, 2007-present. Translated items include medical (patient records and drug study literature), legal documents (patents, birth and marriage certificates, and a contract).

Abstracter of Swedish-language journal articles covering political and social sciences and librarianship, Feb. - June 2009.

Correspondence with Swedish relatives, including translations of Swedish letters into English, 1991-present.

Education:

Private lessons taught by native speaker of Swedish, 1991-1996.