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7 projects entered 2 positive feedback from outsourcers
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Corroboration
Translation Volume: 5 days Completed: Oct 2010 Languages: English to Tetum
Four Immunization Booklets
Translation of 10,100 words documents of four booklets on immunization. The outsourcer was very collaborative and project was completed on time.
Medical: Health Care
positive Unlisted : Very punctual, meets tight deadlines and a pleasure to work with.
Felix Da Silva: Thank you.
Translation Volume: 2 days Completed: Aug 2010 Languages: Tetum to English
One page translation of official memo
Translation of an official memo on smoking prohibition. The project was completed on agreed date.
Medical: Health Care, Government / Politics
No comment.
Translation Volume: 5 hours Completed: Jul 2010 Languages: English to Tetum
Translation of immigration leaflet
Translation of a leaflet for the immigrants contains the services the addresses of lawyers and immigration advisory centers in the UK
Law (general)
No comment.
Translation Volume: 2 days Completed: May 2010 Languages: English to Tetum
Three page translation of training paper
Translation of question paper for food safety training. The questions were in multiple choice format. The outsourcer was cooperative and very friendly.
Nutrition, Medical: Health Care, Cooking / Culinary
positive Unlisted : Translation great, communication brilliant. Highly recommended
Felix Da Silva: Thanks Ann, it was a pleasure working with you.
Translation Volume: 11 hours Completed: May 2010 Languages: English to Tetum
Four page translation of survey questions
Translation of a roughly four page questionnaires. The project was completed in the same day.
Surveying
No comment.
Translation Volume: 3 days Completed: May 2010 Languages: English to Tetum
Translation of leaflets for public events
Translation of leaflets for community fairs.
Tourism & Travel
No comment.
Translation Volume: 5 days Completed: Feb 2010 Languages: Tetum to English
Translation of Questionnaires & Answers
Translation of more than 11,000 words of questionnaires and answers from Tetum into English. The project was conducted in collaboration with the outsourcer who was always ready to assist.
Surveying, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English to Tetum: Security Sector Reform General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: International Org/Dev/Coop
Source text - English The reform and the democratic control of the security sector have thus become, at the threshold of the 21 century, a key challenge - for the Euro-Allan-be region as much as for the developing world.
The Concept of Security Sector Reform
The term and the notion of "security sector reform” are, surprisingly enough, quite recent. Raised as an issue in the context of good governance, the term as such was first used by Clare Short in 1997 and later further developed by several British academics, notably at King's College and Bradford University; it has, however, not yet fully entered even the US academic, let alone policy debate. There exists, obviously, a vast amount of literature on civil-military relations and the democratic control of armed forces. But there has been only recently a growing interest in the interrelationship between, on the one hand, the armed forces, the police and other internal security agencies, border guards and the intelligence community and, on the other hand, between those components of the security sector and the institutions of a democratic state (most notably the government. parliament and the judiciary, but – in-wider sense - also civil society at large) Even then, the debate kicked off by British expels and picked up by Canadian, Dutch, German and a few US experts focused initially to a large extent on security sector reform in the context of development cooperation.
The absence of effective security structures under civilian and democratic control forms an insurmountable obstacle to sustained development. Without security there can simply be no sustained development, nor any progress towards democracy, stability and peace. The problems posed are, however, not restricted to developing counties. They are of a much broader relevance - as is consequently also the concept of security sector reform.
Every country has, in the security realm, some basic clearly defined interests, most notably: the ability to protect and, if necessary, defend its territory, air space, sea frontiers, critical national infrastructure, and national interests; to guard its borders against illegal and clandestine entry or exit of persons and goods; to safeguard security, physical safety and the property of its citizens and inhabitants, protect country against organized crime, terrorist attack or acts by any son of group that aims to overthrow through violent means the constitutional order or the existing state structures or to gain control over at least parts of the state territory.
Translation - Tetum Reforma no kontrolu demokrátiku iha setór seguransa sai tiha ona dezafiu prinsipál ida iha entrada sékulu 21 nian ba rejiaun Euro-Atlántiku hanesan mós iha rai sira ne’ebé sei dezenvolve hela.
Konseitu Reforma Setór Seguransa
Termu no nosaun “reforma setór seguransa”, surprezamente, kuaze sei foun hela. Mosu nu’udar asuntu ida iha kontestu boa governasaun nian, termu ne’e uluk liu Clare Short mak uza iha tinan 1997 no hafoin dezenvolve husi akadémiku britániku balun, iha King’s College no Bradford University; maske nune’e liafuan ne’e seidauk tama kompletamente mezmu iha akademia Estadus Unidus nian, sa tán iha debate polítiku. Iha duni literatura lubuk ida kona-ba relasaun sivíl-militár no kontrolu demokrátiku ba forsas armadas. Maibe só foinlalais ne’e mak mosu interese iha inter-relasaun entre, husi parte ida, forsas armadas, polísia no ajénsia seguransa interna sira seluk, guarda fronteira no grupu intelijénsia no, husi parte seluk, entre komponente sira seluk setór seguransa nian no instituisaun sira estadu demokrátika nian (liu-liu hanesan governu, parlamentu, no judisiariu, maibé mos -- iha kontekstu luan liután – sosiedade sivíl en jerál). Mezmu nune’e, debate ne’ebé hamosu husi matenek na’in britániku sira no adopta husi matenek na’in sira iha Kanadá, Alemaña, Olánda, no sira balun husi Estadus Unidus ne’e foufoun foka liu ba reforma setór seguransa iha kontestu kooperasaun dezenvolvimentu nian.
Auzénsia estrutura seguransa ne’ebé efetivu iha kontrolu demokrátiku no sivíl nia okos hamosu obstákulu boot atu sustenta dezenvolvimentu. Lahó seguransa, simplesmente dehan katak sei la iha dezenvolvimentu ne’ebé sustentadu nune’e mós nein atu iha progressu ruma ba demokrasia, estabilidade no pás. Problema hirak ne’e la’os deit mosu ba nasaun sira ne’ebé foin dezenvolve an. Sira iha relevánsia ne’ebé luan liután – hanesan mós ho konseitu reforma setór seguransa.
Iha area seguransa, nasaun ida-idak iha interese fundamentál balun ho definisaun klaru, mak hanesan: kapasidade atu proteje no, se presiza, defende ninia territóriu, aero espasu, fronteira tasi, infra-estrutura nasionál sira ne’ebé importante, no interese nasionál sira; atu guarda ninia fronteira sira hasoru atividade tama-sai ilegál no klandestina ba ema no sasán; atu salvaguarda seguransa, propriedade no seguransa fízika husi ninia sidadaun no populasaun sira; atu fó protesaun kontra krime organizadu, atake terrorista ka lala’ok husi kualkér grupu ruma ne’ebé hakarak estraga orden konstitusionál ka estrutura estadu ne’ebé iha liuhusi meius violentu atu hetan kontrolu ba pelumenus parte balun husi territóriu estadu nian.
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Years of experience: 23. Registered at ProZ.com: Aug 2009.
I am a freelance translator. I translate primarily from English to Tetum, Tetum to English and English to Indonesian as well as from Indonesian to English.
I had been working as a translator and an interpreter for various organizations and projects in Timor-Leste since 2001 until 2005. These include the World Bank funded Community Empowerment Project, UNDP Media Support Assistance for the then newly established Timor-Leste's National Broadcasting Service - Radio Televizaun Timor-Leste (RTTL), and the News Translation Service at RTTL. In 2007, I was the lead translator and interpreter for the Electoral Assistance Service of United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) stationed in Baucau District during the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
I am a native speaker of Tetum, a national language and one of the the two official languages of Timor-Leste. I also speak Indonesian fluently.
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2 positive feedback from outsourcers