I am a native Icelander with working background and university education in the computer/software field but in recent years I have been working as a full-time freelance translator for the language pair English/Icelandic. I have provided services for various outsourcers and clients. Main fields/subjects of projects I have worked on are: technical (automotive, consumer electronics and electric appliances, software localization, manufacturing and safety procedures), marketing (website localization, user instructions), legal (user agreements), finance and general medical. I am a user of various translation software tools.
A native speaker of Icelandic with excellent command of the English language. I have over two years of experience as a translator, working both on translation platforms and with private clients. Experience includes:
*entire websites for consumer products, including pet food and payment solutions, as well as workforce management,
*marketing documents,
*apps and computer games,
*instruction manuals,
*subtitles for film and television,
*proofreading and quality checking.
I am an experienced user of SDL Trados 2019, PhraseApp, Smartling, Smartcat, Google Docs, MemoQ, iTrans Media, Word, Excel and more.
My name is Elva and I am from Iceland. I have been living in Iceland and in Spain for the last 20 years and have been working as a freelance translator since 2012. I have a B.Ed in English Education and a DELE diploma superior in Spanish. I am reliable, honest and fast and will always meet the deadline I a agree upon.