Esra Diker

Experience

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  KAGEM

  Sept 2012 - Jun 2015

  English Teacher

  As an English Teacher in Istanbul University's institution; KAGEM.- Giving speaking lectures to university students on weekly basis.-Attending university's congresses to represent our university and helping foreign guests.

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  Aton Production

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  Translator

  Translation of Discovery Channel Documentaries- Subtitle translation.

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  Walt Disney World

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Merchandiser

  As a merhandiser in the park of EPCOT in Walt Disney World - Florida/USA- Joined the Walt Disney family with an internship program and worked as a merchandiser for 3 months.

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  SDL

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2021

  - Act as an account manager for various sector leading clients such as Samsung, Ipsos, Kingfisher, Amazon, Mapfre, OKI etc. in the Marketing team.- Engage with cross-functional teams on daily basis.- Manage accounts/projects that require high quality within tight deadlines and with demanding instructions.- Coordinate translation workflow and translators/proofreaders.- Establish a feedback mechanism and perform quality evaluations with linguists (both in-house and freelancer) to ensure quality meets client’s expectations.- Originate and maintain account specific glossaries, style guides and memory databases.- Maintain translation quality across the projects and manage terminology effectively.- Linguistic QA testing and checking of localized software, help, websites, DTP and audio output.- Mentor translation team members to strengthen their skills.- Actively contribute to the maintenance of high-quality standards throughout the team. Show less

  • Associate Senior Language Specialist

    Mar 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Language Specialist- Project Lead

    Jun 2015 - Oct 2020

  • Freelance Translator-Reviewer

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Intern

    Feb 2014 - Jun 2014
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  Paloma Publishing House

  Mar 2014 - Mar 2014

  Tweets From Tahrir - Tahrir Meydanı'ndan Tweet'ler
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  Beyaz Baykuş Yayınları

  May 2017 - May 2017

  Book Translator

  The Boy Billionaire/ Genç Milyarder

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  Paloma Publishing House

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

  Book Translator

  Tuhaf

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  RWS Group

  Mar 2021 - Oct 2022

  Senior Language Specialist

  - Act as an account manager for various sector leading clients such as Canon, Samsung, Synology, Motorola, ANL, OKI, Cambridge, etc. in the Marketing team.- Coordinate translation workflow and translators/proofreaders.- Responsible for planning, final quality and outsourcing of the projects.- Support my manager in the recruitment of new translators through such activities as evaluating test translations, managing interns’ schedules, providing them some expert level trainings etc.- Use required translation tools in the most effective and professional way, especially with regard to RWS’ language technology.- Act as a Helix (a unique RWS system) champion to provide technical help to all of RWS Turkey employees and Mediterranean region employees. Also attended monthly meetings with other countries’ RWS Helix champions to help find new ways to develop Helix system.- Create new trainings for new and existing employees about how to use certain technological localization tools and how to become a valuable localizer.- Act as an active trainer of the newly-recruited translators or interns on the subjects of LSO (Linguistic Sign Off)/Proofreading, ICR (Client Amendments Implementation), Alignment Process and Communication with Freelancers and Project Managers.- Communicate as a representative of SDL with client reviewers on linguistic matters.- Actively contribute to improvement of systems and procedures. Show less

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  Pearson

  Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

  Senior Freelance Proofreader

  -Proofread hard copy English lectures in order to migrate them into a digital platform.

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  Lionbridge

  Dec 2022 - now

  Freelance Translator