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About Alisha Rice

Spanish | Portuguese to English Translator

I graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Economics and Spanish with a minor in Portuguese. I went on to obtain my Master's in Translation Studies from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in May 2024. .

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Education & Training

  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois                        

  •  Master of Arts in Translation Studies, GPA 3.91/4.0

  •  University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA                  

  •  Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish, Minor in Portuguese

Skills

  • Computer Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

  •  CAT Tools Software: MemoQ, MemeSource, Phrase, Sketch Engine, Catscradle

  •  Subtitling Software: OONA Tools

Projects

  University of Illinois, Terminology, Fall 2023

  • Built and managed term bases in Termimum Plus & TermoStat software

  • Applied concordance features and extraction tools to compile terms

  • Worked with different file formats, including XML, XLFF, TMX

  • Filtered and exported term-bases into Excel

 

  University of Illinois, Localization, Fall 2023

  • Incorporated strategy of pseudolocalization for localization of content

  • Localization of user interface elements on Spanish and Portuguese language websites

  • Cultural customization of web content in appropriate languages

 

   University of Illinois, Audiovisual Translation, Spring 2023

  • Created Spanish subtitles for the film, , directed by J.A. Bayona

  • Strong command of a multimodal approach to subtitling

  • Demonstrated superb technical and quality parameters in a finalized product

  • Applied appropriate linguistic strategies to evoke equivalent communication intent

 

   University of Illinois, Computer-Assisted Translation, Spring 2023

  • Utilized different CAT tools software to create translation memory through various corpora

  • Re-used translation memory to add to ongoing projects

  • Translated multiple documents from Spanish to English and Portuguese to English

  • Reviewed documents through the quality assurance process before finalizing projects

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