Member since Dec '13

Working languages:
Polish to English
Spanish to English

John McCarthy
Legal/medical, 11 yrs experience

Hyde, England, United Kingdom
Local time: 04:48 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) Native in English
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Sep 13, 2022 (posted via ProZ.com):  Translating 50,000 words of medical documentation! ...more, + 2 other entries »
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Identity Verified Verified member
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Affiliations This person is not affiliated with any business or Blue Board record at ProZ.com.
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Subtitling, MT post-editing, Transcription, Project management, Copywriting
Expertise
Specializes in:
Finance (general)History
Medical (general)Medical: Health Care
Medical: PharmaceuticalsLaw (general)
Law: Contract(s)Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
InsuranceAdvertising / Public Relations

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KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 16, Questions answered: 10, Questions asked: 24
Payment methods accepted Wire transfer, PayPal, TransferWise
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 2
Glossaries ES-EN Medical - Cardiology, PL>EN medical
Translation education Master's degree - Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń, Poland
Experience Years of experience: 12. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2012. Became a member: Dec 2013.
Credentials Polish to English (Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, verified)
Spanish to English (University of Manchester)
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Aegisub, MateCat, memoQ, MemSource Cloud, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, STAR Transit, Trados Studio, Wordbee
Events and training
Professional practices John McCarthy endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
Bio

Freelance translator living in Toruń, Poland, with a Master’s Degree in English Philology (sp. translation) and a postgraduate diploma in legal and financial translation (Polish – English, English – Polish) from the Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland), a diploma in English Law and Legal Skills from the British Law Centre (University of Cambridge / University of Gdańsk)and a Bachelors’ degree in English literature and Spanish language studies from the University of Manchester (UK).

Nine years’ experience as an independent translator and editor for various agencies and private clients. Experienced in working as a translator, editor, copywriter and proof-reader on texts from various fields:

Seven years’ experience of full time work as a translation project manager and in-house translator for a translation agency.

Areas of specialisation:

 legal and financial (contracts, articles of association, court documents, certificates, EU legislative documents, financial reports, insurance, etc.);

 medical (general, cardiology, orthopaedics, psychiatry / hospital and patient records / clinical research);

 business and marketing texts (website content, newsletters, press releases, product catalogues/brochures, marketing materials, etc.);

 historical;

 academic texts (doctoral theses, research papers);

 literature (history books, children’s literature, psychology/self-improvement, biographical)

Conducted a workshop at the Translation and Localization Conference in Warsaw - Regular Expressions: a Quickstart Guide for Language Professionals – 25 April 2017.

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Total pts earned: 16
(All PRO level)


Language (PRO)
Polish to English16
Top general fields (PRO)
Law/Patents8
Medical4
Bus/Financial4
Top specific fields (PRO)
Law (general)8
Business/Commerce (general)4
Medical (general)4

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Sep 27, 2023



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