"Fourteen uninterrupted years of experience relentlessly pursuing the best translation
and interpretation services involving cross-cultural issues."

Héctor Rodríguez - Karla Badillo - Carlos Escorcia

Carlos Alberto Escorcia

Fully bilingual and bicultural in English.
Born in San Francisco, California. Raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco for 15 years. Native language is Spanish. Attended Nueva Inglaterra Bilingual School during his Elementary Education period.
Learned to read, speak and write Spanish and English.
Junior and Senior High School at the Universidad de Guadalajara.
All Academic Curriculum was taught in Spanish.
Attended Tarrant County College and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX.                                      MBA in Business Administration.
 

Continuing Education

Texas Christian University
Foreign Interpretation 1 & 2 - Diploma obtained

Metroplex Interpretation and Translators Association
Trados Workshop 1,2 3,4
Running a Translating and Interpretation Business

Tarrant County College
Hurst, Texas
Microsoft MOUS Certification - Diploma obtained
Microsoft Publisher Power Point for Windows XP
Excel 2007

Permanent Goals

Use of the most exact equivalents and definitions.
Use of the state-of-the-art technical and scientific terminology.
Treatment of both languages from classic proverbs to current interpretations.
Accurate use of irregular Spanish and English verbs and their appropriate conjugation.
Usage of multiple bibliography sources to accurately identify and translate the diversity
of meanings in both languages.
Proper grammar and spelling in all translations.
Bicultural concise translations.
Proper idiomatic equivalents.
Use of neologisms, where applicable
Fast return by e-mail, modem or fax.
Very competitive rates.

Expertise
10 years IT experience for a leading technology company in Adddison, TX.

Living in the United States since 1999.

5 years Corporate Translator experience at Pro-Communications & Productions
Arlington, Texas.

Translated and typesetted owner manuals for electronic laboratory assembly manuals, scientific and desktop calculators, computer hardware and software, electronic home appliances, wireless and corded phones, answering machines, packaging and export documents.

Translated National Quality Control Laboratory Results and Engineering Analysis for
computer hardware and electronic household products.
Product development tasks and evaluation for new products exported to Mexico.

Wrote scripts for Training Manuals, and prepared Multimedia Presentations and brochures for Radio Shack de Mexico Distributor´s Program.

Translated a number of business related documents including business journals.

Freelance experience in the U.S.
Special Education Interpreter for Arlington ISD.
TV Commercials
Warning and Caution Labels
Material Data Safety Sheets
Cleaning Products Labels
TV Scripts for Lawn & Garden equipment
Air Conditioning Units Repair Manuals
Drug Rehabilitation & Prevention Books and Pamphlets
Interpreter for the Department of Justice - Immigration Review Court
Standards for Milk and Milk products
Surveys and their results
Hospital Admission and Therapy Procedures Forms and Pamphlets

Arlington Independent School District
Arlington, Texas
Permanent contractor as translator for Codes of Conduct, Parent Letters and other documents.
Interpreter for Special Education and Truancy Issues.

City of Arlington
Arlington, Texas
First choice Translator and Interpreter for the Public Information Office
and Transportation Department.

Translation Tools and Reference
Trados Freelance Edition 2007

Hardware and Software
IBM platform
- MS Office 2007 (Spell check in Spanish)