Name Perry Svensson Nationality Swedish Home address 2/F., No. 31, Lane 31, Sec. 1, Ta-an Rd. Taipei, Taiwan Home phone (+886 2) 2741 7372 Mobile phone (+886) (0)955 333 404 Skype: su_pei SkypeIn: +46-8-559 23 328 E-mail address perry@pstranslations.com I have worked with translation on freelance basis since 1994 and full time since 2001. I am currently deputy chief of the translation section at Taipei Times, a daily newspaper in Taiwan, translating from Chinese to English. In my freelance business, I translate from Chinese and English into my native language, Swedish, excepting legal and medical texts. I may on occasion also accept Tawian-related translations from Chinese to English. I specialize in government/politics/political science, Taiwan/China affairs/sinology, consumer electronics user manuals, software (having completed several translations of strings for computer and mobile telephone software), and also work in photography, business/commerce/finance/economy, IT, internet, e-commerce, history. Translation Services Translation: English->Swedish Chinese->Swedish Chinese->English (Taiwan-related texts only) Editing/proofreading: Swedish texts Specializations: Government/politics/political science, Taiwan/China affairs/sinology, IT, general culture, general articles, photography, software I do not translate legal or medical texts. Rates Translation: E->S US$0.08 / source word C->S US$0.10 / source character C->E US$0.8 / source character (Taiwan-related texts only) Hourly flat rate: US$35/hour Minimum charge: US$35 Client sample: Auerbach International Inc., USA, Evermore Translation Service, Taiwan Exakta Översättningar, Sweden HiTRUST Inc., Taiwan Mega Translation Service, Taiwan National Museum of History, Taiwan Paceblade Computers, Taiwan President Translations, Taiwan Pristine Communications, Taiwan ViewSonic, Taiwan Wonder Translations, Taiwan Hung Yan Translations, Taiwan AC Nielsen, Taiwan Academia Sinica, Taiwan Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Department of Health, Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency, Taiwan Kaohsiung County Government, Taiwan Taiwan Fixed Networks, Taiwan Taiwan National Film Archives, Taiwan Computer/software: Celeron 2.66GHz, 1Gb RAM, 80GB HDD, scanner, color ink-jet printer, ADSL connection, Windows XP, Office XP, SDLX, Trados, WinZip, Acrobat Reader, Norton Anti-virus, ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall Terms and conditions: Translations returned for corrections within two weeks of completion are included in the price of the translation. Later changes or additions to the original text requiring further translation are charged on price per source word/character or as a flat rate. Invoice will be in US$/word or character unless otherwise agreed. Unless otherwise agreed, charges are based on source language word/character count as calculated by the word count function in MS Word. Payment due 30 days from date of invoice. Education 1992 - 1994 Chinese at Stockholm University, Sweden 1992 - 1993 Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden 1989 - 1991 Classical Chinese and Taiwanese, Taipei, Taiwan 1987 - 1989 Chinese at Xiamen University, China 1985 - 1987 Chinese at Stockholm University, Sweden 1976 - 1979 College, the Humanities, Sweden Professional experience 2001 - Full time translator C->E, Taipei Times, English daily in Taipei, Taiwan From 2005, deputy chief of translation section. 2000 - 2001 Business development manager and editor at Media Federal Co., Ltd. 2000 Regional Sales Consultant, S-E Asia 1998 - 2000 Editor at Media Federal Co., Ltd. 1996 - Part time freelance translator E->S, C->S, C->E 1996 - 1998 International sales at TriumStar Int'l, Taiwan 1995 - 1996 Cotton trading at ECOM USA in Dallas Texas, USA. Actively involved in futures and, to a certain extent, options trading 1994 - 1995 Managing owner of a language consultancy in Sweden, offering translation, interpreting and editing services E->S and C->S. 1992 - 1994 Consular division of the Taipei Mission in Sweden. Translating from Chinese to English and Swedish. Other Certified translator from Chinese to Swedish by the Swedish National Board of Trade from 1994 - 1999. Certification expires when residing outside of the European Union for an extended period of time.