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    Linguist Mario Abelend is a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Spanish and French ancestry. He was born in Havana, Cuba in 1949. He is catholic. He is happily married to Yandy G. Abelend, a Philippine-born U.S. citizen, who is the Company's Vice President. He is a native speaker of Spanish, fluent in European, Cuban and standard Latin American Spanish, and has near-native fluency in English, French, and Portuguese. Mr. Abelend has over 30 years of experience as a professional translator and over 20 years as a professional interpreter. He is a Life/Active Member of the American Translators Association (ATA), and a member of ATA's French-Language, Portuguese-Language, Spanish-Language, Interpreters', and Translation-Company Divisions. |
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LANGUAGE EDUCATION |
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M.A. in German
Studies, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 1980 |
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Major in German Linguistics |
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Minor in Spanish Linguistics |
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Advanced
Degree in Modern French Studies, issued by the Alliance Française, Paris, France, 1978 |
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Proficiency
Diploma in Portuguese, issued by the Abraham Lincoln Language Center, Havana, Cuba, 1974 |
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SPECIALIZED INTERPRETING CERTIFICATES |
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 English<=>Spanish
Medical Interpreter.Certified by Language Line Services, Monterey, California, USA, on February 15, 2000. Registered under Certificate Number 10001.  English<=>Spanish
Healthcare and Medical Interpreter.Certified by Language Services Associates, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA, on December 8, 2008. |
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Court Interpreter.Certified by Language Line Services, Monterey, California, USA, on October 20, 2000. Registered under Certificate Number 20296. |
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CERTIFICATES OF
COMPLETION OF TRAINING COURSES
ON SPECIALIZED INTERPRETING |
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Insurance In-Language Session (in Spanish). |
AT&T
Language Line Services, Monterey, CA, USA ( June-July 1997) |
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Medical Interpreting Training |
Cross-Cultural Health Care Program, PacMed Clinics,Seattle, Washington, USA, and AT&T Language Line Services, Monterey, California, USA (October-November 1997) |
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Court Interpreting Training |
AT&T Language Line Services, Monterey, CA, USA (4/28/1998-5/8/1998) Language Line Services, Monterey, California, USA (October 2000) |
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Computer Terminology Training |
Language Line Services, Monterey, California, USA ( October 19-30, 1998) |
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TRANSLATING:
Freelance
Translator: 1981 - present, in the USA; 12/1980 - 7/1981 in Paris, France; and 1969 - 1974 in Havana, Cuba. In-house
Staff Translator (from 1981 to 1984) with PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATING SERVICES, currently located at Courthouse Tower Building, 44 W Flagler St, 18th Floor, Miami, FL 33130, USA. |
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INTERPRETING:Work-at-Home, Staff Telephonic
Interpreter (11/1991-05/2008) for LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES 1 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Building 2, Suite 400, Monterey, CA 93949-9880, USA
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Freelance
Face-to-Face Consecutive Interpreter (since early
2010) |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN BOOK PUBLISHING |
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AMSCO SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS 315 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013-1085, USA Spanish-Language Editor: Spanish-as-a-Second-Language Textbooks for NY Middle and High School Students (1988-1992) |
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MODERN CURRICULUM PRESS*,
Strongsville, OH, USA Senior Editor, Bilingual Education (English/Spanish) for Middle and High School (1992-1994) *MCP was purchased in 1993 by Paramount Communications, one of the industry's leading publishers of books and educational materials. In 1994, Paramount was acquired by Viacom, which subsequently moved MCP operations to New Jersey and Indiana. MCP became an imprint of Simon and Schuster, Viacom's U.S. publishing unit. In 1998, Simon and Schuster sold its educational, professional, and reference units,including MCP, to Pearson PLC, a London-based publishing firm. |
