Member since Nov '08

Working languages:
French to Italian
English to Italian
Italian to French
English to French
Italian (monolingual)

Umberto Menon
VAT Number 01457050290

Italy
Local time: 21:15 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: Italian Native in Italian
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Check out my website: www.umbertomenon.com
Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Identity Verified Verified member
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Affiliations
Blue Board affiliation:
Services Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Software localization, Subtitling, Transcription, Training, Project management
Expertise
Specializes in:
Electronics / Elect EngCooking / Culinary
Tourism & TravelMedia / Multimedia
Furniture / Household AppliancesHuman Resources
Marketing / Market ResearchInternet, e-Commerce
Computers: SoftwareTelecom(munications)

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KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 93, Questions answered: 56, Questions asked: 51
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 3
Translation education Bachelor's degree - SSLMIT Trieste
Experience Years of experience: 20. Registered at ProZ.com: Oct 2005. Became a member: Nov 2008.
Credentials French to Italian (SSLMIT Trieste, verified)
English to Italian (SSLMIT Trieste, verified)
Italian to French (SSLMIT Trieste, verified)
Memberships N/A
Teams24/7, Traducendo team
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, Crowdin, FrameMaker, memoQ, MemSource Cloud, Microsoft Office Pro, Microsoft Word, SDL TRADOS Translator's Workbench, Powerpoint, SDLX, Trados Studio, Wordfast, XTM, XTRF Translation Management System
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Professional practices Umberto Menon endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines (v1.1).
Bio
Who I am & What I do in a few words

I have been working in the translation industry for almost 10 years, dealing with translation agencies and direct clients alike. My keywords are availability, flexibility and quality.
I am always available for my clients and I am extremely flexible in terms of deadlines. All this, of course, without compromises as far as quality is concerned.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TRANSLATION PROJECTS I COMPLETED:

• Translation from English into Italian (550,000 words) of several tourism-related
websites. Description of the main world cities with their most important
attractions, restaurants and cafés.

• Translation from French into Italian (400,000 words) of tourism-related texts
for several websites. Description of the main world cities with their most
important attractions, restaurants and cafés.

• Translation from English into French (30,000 words) of country guides for a
well known airline company.

• Translation from English into Italian (25,000 words) of technical texts concerning
BTC and BASF products. BTC and BASF are two of the world's leading chemical
companies.

• Software user guides of printing devices (150,000 words).

• Technical translation from English into Italian of several user guides concerning
earpieces, Bluetooth devices, speakerphones and musical keyboards (350,000).

• Training Courses: Word files and Power Point files for a total of 120,000 words.

Interpreting:
• Consecutive interpreter for 30 students attending the Mpi universitary master on “Industrial heritage conservation, management and enhancement - inventories, archives and museums; urban planning, architectural design and recovering; historical machines and production cycles”. Visits to the cities of Bergamo, Brescia and Ferrara. - October 2008

• VINITALY (landmark event for the Italian and international wine world). Working for several stand-holders. Chuchotage, consecutive and liaison interpreting. – April 2008

• Visit of an Indian financial journalists delegation to the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia; 
Chamber of Commerce (Udine). - September 2007

• Religious intercultural conference; 
Centro Ecumenico AGAPE (Prali). - summer 2007

Technical Skills And Competences:
• Windows 10 + Macintosh OS X El Capitan;
• Microsoft Office and its associated applications (Word, Excel, Power Point,
Access, Publisher);
• Internet and e-mail;
• CAT tools (Wordfast, SDLX);
• Windows compatible software for various tasks;

Should you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Menon Umberto EN, FR > IT
mob: +39 347 0068458
Email: [email protected]
Skype: umberto.menon
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This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 100
PRO-level pts: 93


Top languages (PRO)
Italian to English36
English to Italian28
French to Italian15
Italian to French6
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