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    • ABOUT THE COMPANY'S OWNER/MANAGER

    Mr. Mario Abelend is a U.S. citizen, of Spanish and French ancestry. He was born in Cuba  in 1949,
    and is happily married to Yandy G. Abelend, a Philippine-born U.S. citizen, who is the company's assistant manager.
    Mr. Abelend, an Active Member of the American Translators Association (ATA), is a native speaker of Spanish,
    and has near-native fluency in English, French, and Portuguese. He has over 20 years of experience as a
    professional translator and has also been working as a professional telephonic interpreter since 1991.


    LANGUAGE EDUCATION

    M.A. in German Studies,
    University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 1980

       Major in German Linguistics
       Minor in Spanish Linguistics


    Advanced Degree in Modern French Studies,
    issued by the Alliance Française,
    Paris, France, 1978

    Proficiency Diploma in Portuguese,
    issued by the Abraham Lincoln Language Center,
    Havana, Cuba, 1974



    SPECIALIZED TELEPHONIC-INTERPRETING CERTIFICATES

    English<=>Spanish Medical Interpreter.
    Certified by Language Line Services,
    Monterey, California, USA, on February 15, 2000.
    Registered under Certificate Number 10001.

    English<=>Spanish Healthcare and Medical Interpreter.
    Certified by Language Services Associates,
    Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA, on December 8, 2008.




    English<=>Spanish Court Interpreter.
    Certified by Language Line Services,
    Monterey, California, USA, on October 20, 2000.
    Registered under Certificate Number 20296.



    CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION OF TRAINING COURSES ON SPECIALIZED TELEPHONIC INTERPRETING

    Insurance In-Language Sesion (in Spanish). AT&T Language Line Services, Monterey, CA, USA
    ( June-July 1997)


    Medical Interpreting Training
    Cross-Cultural Health Care Program, PacMed Clinics,Seattle, Washington, USA, and
    AT&T Language Line Services, Monterey, California, USA (October-November 1997)


    Court Interpreting Training
    AT&T Language Line Services, Monterey, CA, USA (4/28/1998-5/8/1998)
    Language Line Services, Monterey, California, USA (October 2000)


    Computer Terminology Training
    Language Line Services, Monterey, California, USA
    ( October 19-30, 1998)



    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING

    TRANSLATING:

    Freelance Translator: 1981 - present in the USA;
    12/1980 - 7/1981 in Paris, France;
    and 1969 - 1974 in Havana, Cuba.

    In-house Translator (from 1981 to 1984)
    with PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATING SERVICES,
    Courthouse Tower Building,
    44 W Flagler St, 18th Floor, Miami, FL 33130, USA.



    INTERPRETING:

    Work-at-Home,Staff Telephonic Interpreter (11/1991-05/2008) for
    LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES
    1 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Building 2, Suite 400,
    Monterey, CA 93949-9880, USA

    Work-at-Home, Freelance Telephonic Interpreter (06/2008-present)

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    IN BOOK PUBLISHING:

    AMSCO SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS
    315 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013-1085, USA
    Spanish-Language Editor: Spanish-as-a-Second-Language Textbooks
    for NY Middle and High School Students (1988-1992)
    MODERN CURRICULUM PRESS*, Strongsville, OH, USA
    Senior Editor, Bilingual Education (English/Spanish) for Middle and High School (1992-1994)
    *MCP was purchased in 1993 by Paramount Communications, one of the industry's leading
    publishers of books and educational materials. In 1994, Paramount was acquired by Viacom,
    which subsequently moved MCP operations to New Jersey and Indiana. MCP became an imprint
    of Simon and Schuster, Viacom's U.S. publishing unit. In 1998, Simon and Schuster sold its educational, professional, and reference units,including MCP, to Pearson PLC, a London-based publishing firm.