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Langues de travail :français vers anglais
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| Donald Pinnock
Ex field-support engineer high tech comp
England, / Langue maternelle : anglais  |  Contact :  
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| | Engineer, Technical writer and translator 43 years | | | Indépendant | | | Translation |  | | Spécialisé en : | | Énergie / génération d'électricité | Électronique / génie électronique | | Droit : contrat(s) | Télécommunications |
| Autres domaines traités : | | Transport / expédition | Physique | | Brevets | Génie et sciences nucléaires | | Métrologie | Mathématiques et statistiques | | Matériaux (plastique, céramique, etc.) | Fabrication | | Ingénierie : industriel | Ingénierie (général) | | Ordinateurs : matériel | Ordinateurs : systèmes, réseaux | | Ordinateurs (général) | TI (technologie de l'information) | | Métallurgie / moulage | Construction / génie civil | | Sciences (général) |
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SUMMARY OF LAST 43 YEARS OF CAREER
1964-66: Field support engineer - Tektronix UK Ltd, world leaders in
oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and test equipment.
Job: To provide technical back-up from field support office.
1966-69: Field support and marketing engineer - Kent International Ltd
(now ABB Kent), major European manufacturer of process control
equipment, involving process controllers, converters, transmitters,
recorders, flow meters, level meters, pressure cells, transducers, gas
chromatographs, actuators, valves, analogue-digital converters, data
loggers, explosion-proofing, intrinsic safety, etc.
Job: To provide technical support for subsidiary companies in Europe, in
particular France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Job
involved travel to European plants and work at exhibitions in Paris,
Milan, Barcelona, etc.
1969-75: Freelance technical author - working for Decca, Ferranti, Marconi,
Plessey, Racal and other large high-tech companies.
Job: To write detailed technical manuals covering the following:
Analogue equipment, including instruments, sensors, test equipment,
filters, etc.
Computer hardware, including encoders and decoders, clock and timing
systems, shift registers, monostables, bistables, single-shot circuits,
logic testers, memory noise analysis, etc.
Electro-mechanical equipment, including material handling devices
(weighing and other conveyors, feeders and lifts), drive motors and
contactors, transmission systems, solenoid valves, sequential control
systems, control panels, etc.
Navigation equipment, including Loran 100 kHz system.
Radar equipment, including transmitters, receivers, antennas, etc.
Radio communications equipment, including transmitters, receivers,
transceivers, man-packs, antennas, earthing systems, electromagnetic
compatibility, etc.
1975-80: Senior technical translator - Snamprogetti UK Ltd, leading European
petrochemical engineers.
Job: To provide translations from French, Italian, Portuguese and
Spanish to English in the following subjects:
Electrical power generation and distribution, including control panels,
sub-stations, switchgear, power lines, etc.
Processes, including safety equipment, fire-proofing, hazardous zones,
etc.
Instruments (electrical and pneumatic)
Piping, including fittings, valves, stress analysis, etc.
Civil engineering, including plants, buildings, roads, bridges, bills of
quantity, cost estimates, etc.
Heat transfer equipment
Pumps
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning
Plant safety and noise control
Bid and contractual documents
1980-2007: Freelance technical translator (British Standards approved), working
directly for the electrical, electronics and telecommunication industries,
and translating technical, contractual and bid documents.
The following were typical long-term customers:
- British Standards Institution
- British Telecom
- Cable & Wireless
- GPT (now Marconi Communications Ltd)
- Interconnect Communications Ltd (European telecom consultants)
- Motorola
- Nortel Networks
- Racal Radio Ltd
- Timken Desford Steel Ltd (now Timken Bearings)
- Zeneca Agrochemicals (now Syngenta A.G.)
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Mots clés : Translator of high-tech documents, including technical bid and contract documents, specifications, standards, etc. |
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