Your definitive destination for high-precision
​Greek technical translation.​

Contact details:
​Postal address: Ntaliani 13, GR 71306 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
PHONE: +30 6934349232
EMAIL: [email protected], 
​[email protected] 
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/fotini-vallianatou-853a6792/

​Expertise:
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-Medical​

• Instrumentation
• Clinical studies
• PILs
• SmPCs
• Dental
• EMA Regulations
• QRD templates
• SSCPs
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-Automotive

-Construction equipment

-Technical

• Engineering
• Electricity
• Air-Conditioning
• Telecommunications
• Tools
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-Marketing

-Mining industry

Services:

• Translation
•  MTPE
• Proofreading
• Editing
• Setting
• Subbing
• Linguistic check

Translation tools:

• SDL Trados Studio
•  WordFast
• MemoQ
• Phrase
• Client delivered translation platforms
  
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FOTINI VALLIANATOU

Technical and Medical Translator
English and French into Greek

Translation MTPE Editing Proofreading Copyediting Linguistic Validation CAT Tools

Profile

Over 30 years of experience as a freelance translator from English and French into Greek in the fields of automotive, construction equipment, mechanical engineering, medicine, medical instrumentation, electronics, electrical engineering, and other technology domains.

Extensive experience in: Translation, MT Post Editing, Editing, Proofreading, Sub-editing (Copyediting), Linguistic validation. Experienced CAT user.

Education

Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
1988 – 1994, Degree in Translation

Work Experience

• Freelance translator (self-employed) — 1995–today: Freelance translator specialised in technical and medical texts.
• Greek Foundation of State Scholarships, Translator — 1995: Full-time English/Greek, French/Greek Translator for the European Programmes Department.
• University of Crete, Medical School, VEIC, Translator — 1993–1994: Translation support for EC research programmes.

Continuing Education

• Editing and Proofreading update, e-Learning Course, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2018
• Subtitling, e-Learning Course, meta|φραση Institute, 2019
• Dental terminology, Seminar, Merimna Institute, Athens, 2021

Publications and Awards

Books (Translations)

• American Academy of Ophthalmology, Eye Facts Sheets (English→Greek), for the University of Crete, Medical School, 1992
• Chateaubriand, Atala, LE LIVRE DE POCHE classique, Paris 1989 (French→Greek), for Gutenberg Publications, Athens, 1991
• Th. Gringoire & L. Saulnier, Le Repertoire de la cuisine (French→Greek), Corfu, 1990

Publications

• CAT Tools and Productivity. Tracking Words and Hours. Translation Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, Oct 2005 — link
• The Financial Crisis and Translator's Math. Translation Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4, Oct 2011 — link

Awards

1st prize in Literature Translation Competition. 2nd Panhellenic University Competition, Athens 1992 (D. H. Lawrence: “Tickets, please”, translated from English into Greek).

Hobbies

Decoration, Cooking, Traveling, Photography, Water colouring

Output

• Translation: 2000 words/day
• Post Editing: 5000 words/day

Expertise and List of Clients

Medical / Medical instrumentation / Clinical studies / PILs / SmPCs / Dental
Extensive experience in translation/post editing of SSCPs. Familiar and experienced with EMA Regulations and QRD templates.

Medical & Life Sciences clients (click to expand)

Bio-Rad, Inpeco, Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., MicroVention, AlphaTec, Gen-Probe, Caridian BCT, General Electrics (medical), Gambro, Alcon (Ophthalmology), Johnson & Johnson Vision, Allergan, Cook, Genzyme, Ethicon, Centinel Spine, Respironics, ThermaCool, DePuy Orthopedics, Stryker, Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Amgen, Bayer, Convace, Eli Lilly, Abbott, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Lutonix, Quintiles, ATL Ultrasound, Novartis, Safeware, Nucletron BV, Ultradent Products Inc, OroClean, Nipro, Taema, Siemens, Coherent, NuVasive, Biomet, Gore Biomedical, Biom'up, Ivoclar.

Automotive clients & scope (click to expand)

Tesla, LEXUS, Toyota, Volvo Cars, Renault Trucks, Opel, Yamaha, Suzuki, Ford, Land Rover, Jaguar, Daewoo, Mitsubishi.

Translation or Editing of Owners Manuals, Service Manuals, Website material, Software strings, Diagnostic Codes, Maintenance manuals, Warranty material, Creation of automotive glossary. Sub-editing of LEXUS Magazine for Greece.

Other sectors (click to expand)

Construction equipment: Volvo CE, Caterpillar, Hyundai, JCB.
Technical/Engineering/Electricity/Air-Conditioning/Telecommunications/Tools: Daikin, TetraPak, TetraBrik, Alfa Laval, Sidel, AtlasCopco, Ridgid, IBM, Dafnoss, Schneider Electric, Dako, Hitachi, HP, PCMC, Bullit Group, Catphones, Samsung, Sony, Ericson, Tarkett, etc.
e-Commerce/Marketing: Alibaba Group, DHL, Novartis, Bard, Lloyd’s, Volvo CE.
Mining: HELLAS GOLD SA, FLSmidth, Metso Minerals.

Equipment and Resources

Experienced user of both Windows and Mac OS.

Hardware (click to expand)

Windows: HP EliteOne, Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900 (2.00 GHz), 64,0 GB RAM, 1 TB hard disk, 27 inch monitor.
Apple: MacBook Pro.
Connection: Fast WiFi Connection.
Epson WF-2750 (printer, scanner, fax).

Software (click to expand)

Windows: Windows 11 Pro; Microsoft Office 365; Adobe Acrobat Pro DC; SDL Trados Studio 2021; WordFast 5; MemoQ; Phrase; various client-delivered translation tools; communication software.
Apple: Microsoft Office; Adobe Suite; WordFast; communication software.

Numerous specialised dictionaries, extensive reference material, large volume of previous projects as Translation Memory Databases, experienced user of MT tools. Extensive experience with web-based client delivered translation platforms.

Contact me for a quote:

[email protected]

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