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Example of detailed cover letter

I am a freelance English to Spanish translator based in Bogotá city, Bogotá D.C. (Colombia - South
America), and after 20 years’ experience at the International Translation Market, I would like to
offer my services to your agency. My specializations include different fields of knowledge related
to Natural Science, Business, and Technical translations. Due to my extensive experience in the
above fields and industries, I have in-depth knowledge of automotive terminology and industry
procedures.

Please let me know if I can provide you with any additional information.

Example of an answer to an international call for translators

Dear Mr. / Ms. Chloe,

Replying to your appealing International Call for Spanish into English
medical specific field translators, I am very pleased to offer my
capabilities in this field, that I got after 20 year experience working with
several translation agencies from different countries, plus a Marine
Biology Bachelor Degree obtained back in 1987.

As for pricing I can offer you a competitive rate of US$0.08/word, which

will render you a professional proofread and edited work, ready for
delivery to the client right away. The payment method should be bank
wiring, 30 days after date of invoice and a PO should be issued to start
any project.

Please, kindly check over the résumé I include herewith and if interested
I would be eager to make a positive contribution to your agency.

I look forward to receiving news from you soonest possible at your

earliest convenience,

Warm regards,

Application as Freelance Translator

Dear Project Manager, I came across your agency's information through

the TranslatorsCafe webpage.

(Also: I am interested in the job opening posted on your company

website)

I am a freelance English to Spanish translator based in Bogotá city,

(Colombia - South America), and after 20 years’ experience at the
International Translation Market, I would like to offer my services to
your agency.

My specializations include different fields of knowledge related to Natural

Science, Business and Technical translations. Due to my extensive
experience in the above fields and industries, I have in-depth knowledge
of medical terminology, automotive terminology and industry
procedures as well.
For your convenience, attached you will find my résumé which you are
kindly requested to check out and if a further interest arises from its
reading, I ask you to let me know it accordingly. Please let me know if I
can provide you with additional information.

I look forward to receiving a positive reply from you,

Format to apply for translations through TranslatorsCafe:

R E S U M E:

Presentation

Living and born in Bogotá, capital city of Colombia (South America). More than 2.7
million words have passed through my mind during the last two and half years, either
as an Active Translator or Project Manager for big projects undertaken by our Four
Translator Teamwork, leaving a huge experience and knowledge in text translating
mainly within the fields of Automobile, Technical Manuals, Enterprise/Marketing,
Dentistry and Medicine and Natural Sciences —among others of less intensity—, which
added substantially to the knowledge got through eighteen years of professional
translation activity, plus about thirty five years of devoted learning to English and
Spanish languages.

Accreditations

February – June 2009 Universidad del Rosario Bogotá D.C.

English-Spanish Translation Advanced Course.

January – December 1995. After having reached a high level of English knowledge,
traveling to the United States of America for practicing became a most, which I did
first to Miami and from there to several States around the Gulf of México, always
seeking after getting in touch with as much people as possible to get involved in real
conversation.

1972 – 2013 Self Taught Process Bogotá D.C.

Started studies on English language by building up a strong foundation on lexicon as a

way to understand and make rough translations of Scientific Literature I was working
on at the time; continuing on English Grammar, Syntax and Spelling studies which led
me to start doing the first acceptable translations. Practice was gotten through reading
dozens of books dealing with items such as Science (mainly Biology and its several
related branches), Tech and Literature, a habit never faded to these days. Through the
years I focused on strong application to English Reading, Listening, Comprehension
and Conversation, using lately the Web and Communication Media as a source for
learning material.
June 1987 to Nov. 1988. Escuela de Administración de Negocios. Bogotá D.C.

University Post-Grade: Specialist to Financing Administration.

Feb. 1971 - 1976. Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano Bogotá D.C.

Bachelor Degree: Marine Biologist.

References

Verbatim Solutions. Ms. Robyn Nelson. robyn@verbatimsolutions.com

Telelingua International. Ms. Sonia Miranda Relvas. smiranda@telelingua.com

InWhatLanguage. Mr. Maurice Van Zutphen. mauricevz@inwhatlanguage.com

SEI Industries Ltd. Mr. Paul Reichard. paul@sei-ind.com

Interests

Fields of interest and experience are, Biology (General-, Marine-, Micro-); Chemistry
(Bio-, Chem Sci-); Fisheries; Genetics; Medicine/Dentistry/Pharmaceutical;

Business/Commerce (general); Economics; Finance (general); Management; Marketing

/ Market Research; Accounting; Technical/IT Brochures & Manuals; Automotive / Spare
Parts Manuals & Catalogs.

Qualifications (Text Translation)

Some of the jobs made for the 2011-2016 time gap as follows:

Company: InWhatLanguage (Salt Lake City, USA)

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a Landfill Gas & Renewable Energy

statement. Total words: 5,198. November 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a Customer Guidelines for an urban

transportation company. Total: 13,132 words. October 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of an Enterprise E-Learning Course. Total

words: 8,690. September 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a Healthy and Active Yeast Guidelines.

Total: 3,257 words. August 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of Math Student Standards —A highly Math

specialized translation. Total words: 59,000. July 2016.

Job´s content: English-Spanish translation of an Internet Security Course. Total words:

12,101. June 2016.

Jobs content: English-Spanish translation of an Enterprise Anti-Corruption & Bribery

Policy. Total words: 11,500. June 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of an online business course workbook. Total

words: 23,592. March 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a web business course. Total words:

19,118. February - March 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of public speeches from a US well known

lecturer. Total words: 76,500. May 2015.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation for a paper stamping company’s monthly

catalogs. Total: over 300,000 words. 2013 – 2014.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of Enterprise Manuals for Employees. Total:

70,811 words. October/November 2013.

Company: Telelingua Int’l (Belgium).

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a Clinical Study Report on Hepatitis B.

Total words: 163,000. November through December 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of an Industrial Products Policy and

Guidelines. Total: 17,886 words. December 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a Corporate Report Synopsis and

Brochure. Total: 152,624 words. October-November 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of different documents related to Tumor

Tissue Biopsy and Pharmacogenomics. Total words: 12,474. Dec. 2015.

Job’s content: English Spanish translation of a laboratory manual. Total: 24,798 words.
Nov. 2015.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translations of medical (Diabetes Mellitus) main inform

consent form. Total: 4,285 words. January 2014.

Company: LANGUAGE CONNECT (London, UK)

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of an Enterprise Recruitment Questionnaire.

Total: 2,000 words. June 2016.

Job’s content: Spanish (Spain) to Spanish (Colombia) localization task of a Sports

Survey Questionnaire. Total: 10,689 words. June 2,016.

Job’s content: 12,680 words. Electrical Safety Work in Plants and Facilities. March
2015.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of SCA Fempro pack test Questionnaire.

Total: 4,232 words. June 2013.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of Health Questionnaire. Total: 5,315 words.

September 2012.
Company: VERBATIM SOLUTIONS (Salt Lake City, USA).

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of HR Related Benefits. Total: 3,600 words.

October 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a Wall Kit Installation Module. Total:

2,674 words. August 2016.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a Distributor’s agreement, sales policy &

Purchase Terms and Conditions. Total: 21,505 words. May 2014.

Jobs content: English-Spanish translation of a Record Management Course. Total:

15,500 words. January 2014.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of car lighting system. Total: 342,000

words. November 2012 - February 2013.

Job’s content: English-Spanish Translation Project on Computers. Total: 7,000 words.

March 2011.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of Asperger Syndrome Features & Training.

PPT and word formats. Total: 67,000 words. 2010.

Company: Fidel Softech pvt. Ltd (India)

Job’s content: English Spanish translation of Automotive Mechanics series of advanced

courses. Total words 300,000 from end of August 2015 through mid-October 2015.

Company: Worldone Technical Translations (South Korea).

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of a Land Transportation Project proposal.

Total words: 20,000. Dec. 2015.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of Report on Current State of Roads. This

job relates to Civil Engineering. Total words: 25,000. Feb. 2015.

Company: thebigword (London, UK).

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation for automobile industry. Total: 122,000

words. May-July 2013.

Company: WORLD WRITERS (London, UK).

Job’s content: Spanish proofreading of a two drugs Clinical Trial English-Spanish

translation. Total words: 15,103. Aug. 2015.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of DHL’s Operation Manual. Total: 42,000

words. 2013.

Company: CONVERGENT MEDIA GROUP (Moscow, Russia)

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of household appliances main features and

cuisine recipes. Total: 35,046 words. 2012.

Job’s content: English-Spanish translation of an Executive Summary of a proposal for

an Airport Security System. Total: 4,517 words. 2012.

Professional Experience

I got 21 years as professional translator and 4 years as consecutive interpreter.

Rates

As for consecutive interpretation the rate shall be US$400/day (8 hours a day),

For most specialized field translations the minimum rate is US$0.07/word, which could
go up to US$0.09/word, depending on complexity of text and format editing.

Payment Method

Interpretation jobs shall be paid 50% of the fee through bank wiring two days before
starting business meetings to confirm the arrangement, and the balance not later than
9:00 A.M. on the final day. All jobs require P.O. before start.

As for text translation jobs all payments shall be made through Bank Wiring 30 days
after date of invoice. All Jobs requiring P.O. before starting any translation.

Software

The tools used for translation are Windows 10; SDL Trados Studio 2017; SDLX;
Microsoft Office Package (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/FrontPage/Publisher/Visio, etc.);
Fireworks. Translation, proofreading and editing processes are done before delivery of
final work to the customer.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VALUABLE ATTENTION!