Computing & Software Localization
I have worked for more than 35 software localization projects from English into Spanish (mostly Mid-Atlantic Spanish versions of Microsoft software applications). Translation and editing for Windows, DOS, Mac, and PalmOS platforms. See some recent projects.

Tasks involved in this kind of projects: translation team recruitment, workload breakdown, translation of RS files, software strings, help files (RTF, HTML, Java), documentation, help compilation, beta-testing, glossary & style guide creation and maintenance, implementation of translation tools (macros, Trados).

Cell phones (Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, etc.), PBXs software & hardware, frequency scanners, phones, modems, fax machines, ISDN cards & phones, switching software, and GSM Mobile telephony (smart card phones), BTS installation and deployment, global satellite phones (Iridium), etc.

Printers, modems, scanners, plotters, monitors, removable units and media, motherboards, peripherals (serial, parallel, USB), videocameras, audio & video capture systems, palmtop organizers (Palm OS, PSION), etc.

HI-FI stereo equipment, CD players, video players, lawn mowers for golf courses, home appliances, irrigation systems (Toro, Maxicom²).

Advertising documents, brochures, marketing reports and press releases for Nike, Volvo, Imation, EMC, HP, etc.

Television and movie scripts (dubbing and subtitling) for major film producers (Warner Bros., Polygram, 20th Century Fox, etc.) in Spain; press dossiers, press releases.

Translation advisor for the Spanish Centro Virtual Cervantes (institution dedicated to protect and promote Spanish language and culture worldwide). Articles for computing and linguistics magazines, Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (Spanish Royal Academy Dictionary) manual and online help editing & creation, etc. I have given presentations about translation and the Spanish language in Spain and the USA (ATA Conferences). I currently give presentations and small courses on audiovisual translation and software localization in some Spanish universities.

Netscape Communicator 4.3-4.5 (translation, editing, glossary and style guide creation), LatAm advertising brochures, localization of some parts of the Palm Pilot organizer; documentation and help authoring for the Spanish Royal Academy CD-ROM dictionary. Translation and editing of multiple corporate websites.

AMD K7 1 GHz, RAM 256 MB, 30 GB (in 2 HDs).
21" monitor.
HP laser printer.
ISDN.
Iomega Zip Drive, SuperDrive, CD Burner.
Mustek Flatbed scanner (1200 dpi) with transparency adaptor.
Fax machine, Sony digital camera, multizone DVD player.
Software
Office 97 & 2000.
Trados Workbench.
Basic programming knowledge (Visual Basic & WordBasic).
600 MB of official glossaries, 120 printed dictionaries and 14 dictionaries and encyclopedias on CD-ROM.