Kapil Swamy
Freelance EnglishHindi Translator
C-1/302, IIIrd Floor, Sec. 11, Rohini, Delhi-110085
Mobile: +91-8800226668, +91-7428218805
kapil.gzb@gmail.com
Profile
I am working as a full time freelance translator since May 2008. I have
been translating commercial material from various areas including Medical,
Business & Marketing, Information Technology, Legal, Social Sciences
and Literature. My areas of specialization are (i) Medical (including ICF) (ii)
Company's manual or code of conducts (iii) Business promotional texts,
press release, brochures and other texts. I am working for several leading
translation agencies and publishers.
Native language
Hindi
Specialization
Medical, Business & Marketing, Legal, IT, Software localization, Tourism, Sub-
titles & Literature.
Translation
— Medical questionnaires, patient information and informed consent forms.
— Code of Conducts and organizational manuals for management and business
purposes.
— Worked as a team member on localization projects for national and
international agencies.
— Press releases, brochures, posters, background material for a number of
organizations, PR agencies and translation agencies.
— Phone manuals, software manuals, operator manuals.
— Short stories, children literature, non-fiction books.
Some recently completed projects
— Azathioprine Bioequivalence study in Rheumatoid Arthritis, patients informed
consent sheet & informed consent form, 2,200 words.
— GSS Employee Survey, 3000 words
— Code of conduct, manual for a major manufacturing company, 7,000 words.
— Informed Consent form for a investigation study on COPD 2,500 words.
— Parts of annual report of Action Aid, India, 25,000 words.
Qualification
10th & 10+2 from CBSE, New Delhi and B.Com from Delhi University
One year P.G. Diploma Course in Translation (English-Hindi) from
Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi
One year P.G. Diploma Course in Journalism from Bhartiya Vidya
Bhawan, New Delhi
Diploma in D.T.P. from Priyadarshini Institute for Computer Aided
Knowledge, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Technical Support
Hardware: Desktop computer intel Core 2 Duo, 250 GB Hard disk, 2 GB RAM,
DVD Writer, Laser Printer.
Software: Windows XP, Office XP, MS Office, PageMaker 7, Quark Xpress 7.1,
Adobe Photoshop 7, Mozila Firefox, Encyclopedia Britannica 2004, Several
Others.
Broadband connection with sufficient speed.
Reference Sources
General Dictionaries
Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of English
Oxford Advance Learner's Dictionary
Dictionary of Foreign Words & Phrases in English
Oxford Dictionary of Slang
Roget's Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Online Medical Dictionary and Thesaurus
Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
Bahri's English-Hindi Dictionary
Bulke's English-Hindi Dictionary
Standard English-Hindi Dictionary (Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag)
Hindi Thesaurus by National Book Trust, India
Brihat Hindi Kosh (Hindi-Hindi Comprehensive Dictionary)
Black's Law Dictionary
Glossaries (Administration, Banking, Science & Technology, Humanities,
Agriculture) published by Central Hindi Institute, Govt. of India
Medical Dictionaries
Black's Medical Dictionary
Medical Dictionary (Merriam Webster) hosted by NIH
English-Hindi Dictionary of Scientific and Medical terms published by Govt. of
India
Websites of NIH, WHO, clinical trials.gov, and other online resources
Translated Books and Literature
Translation of parts of a book "Problems of Aborigines of Central
India" (Madhya Bharat mein Aadivasi Samasya) by W. Grigson,
Published by Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
Hindi translation of 'Annual Forecasts' of Bejan Daruwala for (Full
Circle, New Delhi).
Hindi Translation of the book 'Key Works in Media Studies' (to be
published by Granth Shilpi Publication, Delhi).
Hindi Translation of the book 'Bright Clouds' A collection of Chinese
stories (to be published by Parikalpna Prakashan, Lucknow).
Articles on varied subjects published regularly in Hindi magazines and
newspapers like Ahwan, Bigul, Jansatta, etc.
Translation of numerous articles, reports and stories from English to Hindi
for non-profit organizations.
Personal Details
Date of Birth : 08/February/1979
24.05.2011