Maria Teresa Taylor Oliver
Member No. 2237
SKILLS
- ENGLISH - SPANISH
- SPANISH - ENGLISH
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- TRANSLATION
- EDITING / PROOFREADING
- LOCALIZATION
- LAYOUT / DTP
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in English with a major in translation, Universidad Latina, Panama City
SPECIALIZATION AREAS
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES - BUSINESS AND INSURANCE - ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY - FOOD AND BEVERAGES - GENERAL - JOURNALISM - TOURISM AND TRAVEL
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
2001—present: Freelance translator working for both direct clients and translation agencies, locally and internationally
2024—present: Freelance translator and editor of Wikipedia articles for Open Knowledge Association (OKA https://oka.wiki/), a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the coverage of content from non-anglophone countries, which is typically underrepresented in Wikipedia
2017—2020: Independent contractor (translator and editor) for the United States Embassy in Panama
2014—2017: In-house English editor/proofreader, technical writer, and Spanish translator at Dell Services
2008—2014: Independent contractor (translator and editor) for the United States Embassy in Panama
2001—2007: In-house translator at Canon Inc.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Asociación Panameña de Traductores e Intérpretes (APTI) (Panamanian Association of Translators and Interpreters)
SOFTWARE
- Wordfast Classic
- memoQ 8.5
- SDL Trados Studio 2017
- Microsoft Office 2016
- Windows 10
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Teams
