CURRICULUM VITAE, ALEXANDRA TAYLOR

MEMBER OF THE OMT

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DATA

SOURCE LANGUAGES

Translation/Reviewing: French, English, Spanish, Latin.

TARGET LANGUAGES

Spanish (MX, LA or US), English (UK or US)

TRANSLATING EXPERIENCE

Approx. 17 years

QUALIFICATIONS

BS PHYSICS,  MS THEORETICAL PHYSICS,

University of Guadalajara

 

ADDITIONAL COURSES:

 

MOLECULAR PHYSICS COURSE, Physics Institute , UNAM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1988

HIGH ENERGY EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS COURSE,CINVESTAV, IPN, Mexico City, 1989

LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PHYSICS,ELAF'90 Collisions, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1990

LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PHYSICS, ELAF'91 Collisions, Caxambu, Brasil, 1991

LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PHYSICS,ELAF'93 Non-linear Systems Dynamics, Mexico City, 1993

I PARTICLE ACELERATOR APPLICATIONS COURSE, Physics Institute, UNAM, Mexico City , September 1994

QUANTUM MECHANICS, Teachers course, Exact Sciences and Engineering Campus, UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA, Guadalajara, Jalisco,1997

MODERN ASTRONOMY COURSE : Astronomy and Meteorology Course, UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA, 1979

"ENGINEERING THESIS TUTORS COURSE" UNIVERSITY OF THE VALLEY OF ATEMAJAC, Guadalajara, Jalisco,July 2002

PROGRAMMING IN C++, Computer Science Department, UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA, Guadalajara, Jalisco, 1994

WEBCOURSE DESIGNING (WEBCT), PANAMERICAN UNIVERSITY , 2003

WEBCOURSE DESIGNING (WEBCT), UNIVA (University of the Valley of Atemajac), 2004, 2005

VARIOUS SOFTWARE COURSES (AutoCAD, etc)

I PARTICLE ACELERATOR APPLICATIONS COURSE, Physics Institute, UNAM, Mexico City , September 1994

Radiation Physics Program BSc Social Service Project Training Course:, Physics Department, Oncology Division of the Mexican Social Security System, Western Medical Centre (Centro Médico de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), 1988.

 

SOME EXAMPLES OF TRANSLATING WORK EXPERIENCE

FIELD

TRANSLATION

TYPE

LANGUAGES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCIENCE/ TECHNOLOGY

COMPUTER SCIENCE

"Modern Structured Analysis"> "ANALISIS ESTRUCTURADO

MODERNO" E. Yourdon, Prentice-Hall Hispanoamericana,S.A. 1993 ISBN: 968-880-303-0 (Original English Language Edition published in 1989 by Prentice-Hall ISBN 0-13-598624-9).

 

TEXT BOOK

 

ENGLISH>SPANISH

PHYSICS/ CHEMISTRY

Various scientific papers and articles written by researchers of the Physics, Chemistry, and Geophysics Departments of the University of Guadalajara, since 1991.

 

“Tópicos de Óptica Cuántica” A.B.Klimov & S.M.Chumakov, Editorial Universidad de Guadalajara, 2005 ISBN 968-7846-94-1

 

Various documents in the field of nano-particles, polymers, pharmaceuticals, etc, through various translating agencies.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

 

BOOK

 

DOCUMENTS

SPANISH > ENGLISH

 

 

SPANISH > ENGLISH

 

FRENCH > ENGLISH

SPANISH > ENGLISH

ENGLISH> SPANISH

FRENCH>SPANISH

ENGINEERING

Various papers and articles written by researchers of the Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Departments of the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico since 1990.

 

Various documents belonging to Repsol YPF, Rhodia, Refuel America, CEMEX, Siemens, General Electric, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (Mexico), Alcan, Alcoa, etc, through various translating agencies.

 

 

 

 

DOCUMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH > SPANISH

FRENCH > ENGLISH SPANISH > ENGLISH

ENGLISH>FRENCH

 

 

 

 

 

MEDICAL

 

 

Various scientific papers and articles written by researchers of the Medical Department of the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico since 2001

 

Various documents for physicians and researchers of the Oncology Division of the Mexican Social Security System, Western Medical Centre (Centro Médico de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico since 1987.

 

Various documents belonging to Abbott Laboratories, Gambro, GE (Aptaer Heliox) and various hospitals as well as government forms through various translating agencies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOCUMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPANISH > ENGLISH ENGLISH>SPANISH

FRENCH > ENGLISH

FRENCH > SPANISH

ECONOMY/

BUSINESS/ FINANCE

Various documents for local companies together with local Court Translators, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico since 2004.

 

Various documents for professors of the Business and Finance departments of various local universities and for AB&C Leasing de México, S.A. de C.V. since 2005.

 

Various SAP related documents through different translation agencies.

 

 

 

DOCUMENTS

 

 

SPANISH > ENGLISH ENGLISH>SPANISH

FRENCH > ENGLISH

FRENCH > SPANISH

 

 

 

LEGAL

 

 

Various contracts for local Supreme Court Translators, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico since 2004.

 

Contracts for AB&C Leasing de México, S.A. de C.V. since 2005

 

 

DOCUMENTS

 

FRENCH > ENGLISH SPANISH > ENGLISH

ENGLISH>SPANISH

 

 

VARIOUS  

 

Web pages and documents related to Human Resources, insurance, tourism, agronomy, education, etc., and various certificates, either directly or through translation agencies.

 

DOCUMENTS AND WEB PAGES

SPANISH > ENGLISH

ENGLISH>SPANISH

FRENCH > ENGLISH

FRENCH > SPANISH

LATIN > ENGLISH

LATIN > SPANISH  

 

LANGUAGES

SPANISH

NATIVE LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

NATIVE LANGUAGE

FRENCH

DIPLOME DE LANGUE FRANCAISE, EXAMEN DE PARIS, Alianza Francesa y Escuela de Lengua y Civilización Francesas

GERMAN

ZERTIFIKAT DEUTSCH ALS  FREMDSPRACHE,  Goethe Institut Guadalajara, and PRIVATE COURSE

JAPANESE

PRIVATE COURSES and INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND HIGHER STUDIES OF MONTERREY (ITESM), Campus Guadalajara

CHINESE

PRIVATE COURSE

KOREAN

PRIVATE COURSE and CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DEL PACIFICO, UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA

LATIN

J.GPE.ZUNO  H. S. inc. UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA and CAMBRIDGE LATIN COURSE, Organización Mexicana de Traductores

 

SOME OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

ENGINEERING / PHYSICS/ CHEMISTRY/ MATHEMATICS / COMPUTER SCIENCE

 UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA (UdeG):

 

INFORMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE SCHOOL:

 

·          COMPUTER ENGINEERING, courses: Physics I, II y III1991-1997

·          COMPUTER ENGINEERING, 1996-1997, Head of the Hardware Department

·          CURRICULAR DESIGN TEAM, (Overall Syllabus Design) Academic Development Department. University of Guadalajara, 1992.

·          COMPUTER ENGINEERING SYLLABI DESIGN. New Syllabi, University of Guadalajara, 1993-1994

 

BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION, Exact Sciences and Engineering Campus (CUCEI):

 

·          PHYSICS DEPARTMENT 1997 to 2001, Courses: Physics, Mechanics, Dynamics, Optics, Electricity and Magnetism, Electromagnetic Theory, Classical Electrodynamics.

·          MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT, 1998 -1999, Course:  Logic.

 

MONTERREY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER STUDIES (TEC de Monterrey, ITESM), Campus Guadalajara:

 

·          Courses: Mechanics, Heat and Electricity,1996-1998.

·          Head of the Physics Section, Science Department, Bilingual H.S. 1998.

·          Redesigning of the mechanics courses, August 1997- January 1998.

 

UNIVERSITY OF THE VALLEY OF ATEMAJAC (UNIVA), Guadalajara Campus, Mexico:

 

·          INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT, 1998 -1999. Courses: Statics, Dynamics, Electricity and Magnetism, Physics Course for Teachers.

·          INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT, 1998 -2000. Head of the Physics Department.

·          MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT, Mathematics Web course, WebCT, Design and teaching, since 2004.

·          SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, Courses: Logic, 2004. 

·          BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT, courses: Statistics, Fall 2004.

·          BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT, (Impulso UNIVA). Courses: General Mathematics, Statistics, Differential and Integral Calculus since 2004. Statistics, since 2005. 

·          INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT,  (Impulso UNIVA). Guadalajara, Mexico. Courses: General Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Differential and Integral Calculus, 2004-2007. 

 

WESTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER STUDIES (ITESO):

 

§          Mathematics and Physics Department, 1998 to 2001.Courses: Mechanics I, Mechanics I Laboratory Course.

§          Financial mathematics Web course, WebCT, Design and teaching, Guadalajara, Mexico 2004, 2005

§          Statics laboratory design. Mathematics and Physics Department, ITESO, 1999.

 

PANAMERICAN UNIVERSITY (UP) , Campus Guadalajara:

 

·          ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1998 to 2002.Courses: Statics, Dynamics, Physical Systems Dynamics and Thesis Project tutoring.

·          MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 2002 , Courses: Chemistry

 

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER STUDIES OF ZAPOPAN (ITSZ).

 

·          Systems Engineering, Electronical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Departments. 2002 , Courses: Physics I and II

 

AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF SINALOA (UAS),

 

·          CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, Mazatlán Sinaloa: Mathematics Preparation Course for the UNAM Civil Engineering Masters Admission Tests, May/June 2005 and May/June 2006.

VARIOUS:

 

· "MATERIAL SCIENCE AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVITY" Jalisco Industrial, (Guadalajara Chamber of Metallic Industry Magazine), Year XIX #2144, January, 1988.(Article)

 

· XXXIII NATIONAL PHYSICS CONGRESS Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, October 1990 "Variational solutions of the Schröedinger Equation for the Hydrogen Atom Confined in Spaces with Paraboloidal Boundaries. (Lecturer)

 

· PAPER:"VARIATIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE  HYDROGEN ATOM CONFINED IN SPACES WITH PARABOLOIDAL AND SPHEROIDAL BOUNDARIES” International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 54, 3-11 E. Ley-Koo, UNAM, S.A. Cruz, UAM, J.L.Marin, UNISON, A. Taylor-Armitage, UdeG.

 

· JALISCO STATE TEAM TRAINER, NACIONAL PHYSICS OLIMPICS 1991. Mexican Physics Society and National Scientific Research Academy, 1991

 

· PHYSICS OLIMPICS DELEGATE, STATE OF JALISCO, National Scientific Research Academy. 1991-1992.

 

· PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS CONGRESSES: 

 

XXXIII NATIONAL PHYSICS CONGRESS, Monterrey, N.L., October 1988;  XXI NATIONAL MATHEMATICS CONGRESS, Hermosillo, Sonora, November 1988 ; I NATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE USES AND APPLICATIONS OF PARTICLE ACCELERATORS National Institute for Nuclear Research (ININ), Salazar, Estado de México, May  1989; XXXII NATIONAL PHYSICS CONGRESS, León, Guanajuato, October 1989;  XXXIII NATIONAL PHYSICS CONGRESS, Ensenada, B.C., October 1990; XXXIV NATIONAL PHYSICS CONGRESS, Mexico City October 1991; XXXV NATIONAL PHYSICS CONGRESS, Acapulco, Guerrero, October 1992; IV WIGNER SYMPOSIUM, Guadalajara, Jalisco, August 1995

 

MEDICAL

DOSIMETRY BY THERMOLUMINISCENCE (Program: Radiation Physics Physics Department, Oncology Division of the Mexican Social Security System, Western Medical Centre (Centro Médico de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), 1988.

FINANCE/ BUSINESS

PANAMERICAN UNIVERSITY (UP), Campus Guadalajara:

 

·          INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, 2000-2002, Course: Mathematics II (Calculus with BA applications).

·          MARKETING BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, 2000-2001.Course: Mathematics II (Calculus with BA applications).

 

WESTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER STUDIES (ITESO),

 

·          ECONOMY, ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT, 2003-2005. Courses: Financial Mathematics.

 

UNIVERSITY OF THE VALLEY OF ATEMAJAC UNIVA):

 

·          BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MASTERS DEPARTMENT, redUNIVA. Courses: Statistics and Administration Mathematics. Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico 2004 and Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico 2004

·          BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, (Impulso UNIVA) Guadalajara, Mexico. Course: Financial Operations (Appliedl Mathematics), 2005-2007. 

VARIOUS:

 

·          MEMBER OF THE JUDGING TEAM: XIX NATIONAL FINANCIAL RESEARCH PRIZE IMEF-DELOITTE, Research Foundation of the Mexican Institute for Finance Executives , 2003

 

·          VICTORY, S.A. ( Local Martial Art Equipment Company) Production Cost Analysis   2004