Curriculum Vitae

Name:                Meeli Kuura

Date of Birth:     19 January 1958         

Address:            Aisa 67-3, 80016 Pärnu, Estonia

Nationality:        Estonian, mother tongue Estonian

Ph.:                    00372 44 38 205           

Mob. ph.            00372 50 21 258         

E-mail address: meeli@kuura.ee

 

Education:

1976 - graduated from Tartu Secondary School No. 2 (current name: Miina Härma Gymnasium), English lessons for 11 years (from the 1st year), several subjects taught in English, other foreign languages: Russian and French.

1976-1981: University of Tartu, Estonia: dipl. philologist, teacher, interpreter - Romance-Germanic languages and literature (English). Second language - German.

Computer courses - databases, Ventura Publisher, Lotus 1-2-3.

1995-96, 1997: 1-year further training course for simultaneous interpreters, Folkuniversitetet Tartu.

2009, 2010: Estonian language training days.

 

Experience:

1981-1983: occasional translations.

1983-1989: agricultural enterprises in the Pärnu County, translation of research articles on animal production, biochemistry and waste management.

Since 1990 I have worked as a freelance translator and interpreter, registered in the commercial register since 1998. Main fields of expertise: pharmaceutical (SPC, PIL), medical equipment (IFU), clinical trials, vehicle owner's manuals, legal, EU documents, economics, business, accounting, medicine, printer manuals.

I have translated 17 books from English into Estonian, mainly textbooks of economics, but also spiritual books and books on health; 6 from Estonian into English.

19942001 I worked part-time for the Pärnu Institute of Health Resort Treatment and Medical Rehabilitation, translating research articles and documents. I am a founder-member of the Estonian Association of Interpreters and Translators.

February - May 2000 - full time translator of the Estonian Legal Language Centre.

  

Equipment:

I work from home with the following equipment: Fujitsu Celsius 64-bit, 16 GB RAM, printer. Tarkvara: Windows 11, Google Chrome, MS Edge, Office 2016, 365, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, SDL Trados Studio 2022, Wordfast Pro 3 and 5.