Working languages:
English to Turkish
Turkish to English

Turkan Toksabay
English>Turkish Translator/Linguist

Munich, Germany
Local time: 06:53 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: Turkish Native in Turkish

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Senior Language Professional | English -
Turkish Translator & Editor

 

 

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Over 14 years' experience as a language professional

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Content customization, localization, transcreation

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Terminology mining, search, development

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Proofreading, reviewing, QA

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Leading linguistic teams

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Mentoring/training junior translators

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Acting as Quality Control Specialist in large-scale projects

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Tools: JIRA, Trados Studio 2011 - 2015, Wordfast, MemoQ, Memsource

  WORK EXPERIENC


Medical Translator/Reviewer – ICON plc
(2019 – )

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Materials in the areas of medicine,
pharmaceutics, clinical trials, and law (primarily clinical contracts)

 

Language Lead / Language Manager
(Freelance) – TransPerfect / translations.com (2019 – )

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Direct, client facing role acting
as liaison between the linguists and the client

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Responsible for multiple accounts

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Drafting Style & Voice Guides,
validation of glossaries, reference material, etc.

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Quality control (review) step
ensuring content is on brand, on preference etc.

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Manager of the linguistic team for
their language and ensuring there is a strong feedback loop. This
responsibility includes:

o Owning the overall quality output of the linguistic team

o Establishing a linguistic roadmap to maintain consistency and accuracy across
translations

o Coordinating with reviewers and linguists to answer queries and provide
clarification, guaranteeing consistency and coherence among reviews and
translations

o Helping on-board new linguistic teams

o Training and supporting new linguists

o Building community among linguists

o Advising on resource selection upon request, taking into account previous
experience and market knowledge

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Giving feedback and reporting on
Machine-Translated Content, providing input for improved machine learning

 

Language Specialist – TransPerfect /
translations.com (2018 – 2019)

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Working on projects in IT, Travel
& Accommodation, Fashion & Retail

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Editing / QM / QA of translated
material and digital content

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Acting as the primary linguist to
assess the quality feedback & suggestions by the clients

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Providing solution to linguistic
queries both internally and externally

Providing feedback on the quality of localized content

Freelance
Translator – Lionbridge (2016 – Present)

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Member of Turkish Localization
Team working on Google projects (Help, UI, Marketing, Legal)

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Localization of subtitles for
Google training videos

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Post Machine-Translation Editing

 

Freelance
Editor – Plarium (2016 – Present)

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Acting as the Lead Turkish Editor
& QM Specialist working on localized UI and marketing texts for online
games: Vikings: War of Clans and Throne: Kingdom at War

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Preparing & updating Style
Guides and Glossaries

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Evaluating and providing solutions
for culturally specific issues for in-game texts as well as marketing material

 

Freelance
Senior Translator & Proofreader – TurkishEnglish.com, Inc. (2014 – Present)

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Senior Translator / Reviewer
working on small to large scale projects mainly in the fields of IT, legal,
finance & medical

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Preparing Glossaries, ensuring
client-approved Glossaries are followed, making suggestions for new terms

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Addressing client feedback
regarding quality

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Working in cooperation with an
online team of linguists to ensure quality throughout the project life cycle

 

Freelance
Translator & Proofreader – RWS Moravia (2014 – Present)

Turkish Language Collaborator working on Natural
Language Understanding project to train Google’s Virtual Personal Assistant


Freelance
Translator & Proofreader – MotaWord (2014 – 2019)

Freelance
Translator – Entra Translation (2015 – 2019)

Freelance Translator – Istanbulingua.com
(2014 – 2019)

Freelance
Senior Translator, Proofreader & Copywriter – MyTurkish (2008 –
2014)

In-house
Translator & Proofreader – Arslaner Tercume (2006 – 2007)

Freelance
Translator – Investco Corporate Finance, Dijital Tercume, Sentro Dil
Hizmetleri
(2006 - 2008)

Freelance/Part-time
Translator & Copywriter – Medyaevi (2006)

Part-time Assistant/Translator/Interpreter – Yabyay
Yayımcılık
(2005)


ACADEMIC RECORDS

2002
– 2006:

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies, Faculty of Arts &
Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey (B.A.) 


VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Volunteer
Translator – Sikana (sikana.how)

          Volunteer Translator &
Proofreader – The Rosetta Foundation




 



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Profile last updated
Feb 3, 2021



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