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@International
Services (@IS) is a language solution innovator in translation and
voice recording for technical applications, image pieces, marketing,
media, training materials and software. A decade ago, @IS was also
the first company to offer on-demand recording around the world
as well as the first company allowed to record inside Beijing without
governmental interference. And recently, @IS is the developer of
GlobalConcatTM, the international concatenation coding generator
that prepares computer applications and dynamic web text for perfect
localization in 200 languages.
Founded
in 1990, with headquarters in the United States and affiliate members
in 41 countries, @IS is a Global Network of member companies and
experts that specialize in international translation and recording
for multimedia, telephony, training, software localization, voice
applications, interfaces and web or digital text. @International
Services then further differentiates itself by by its array of members
in each country, including advertising copywriters, professional
voice talent, engineers, telephony engineers, television and broadcast
specialists, lip sync script adaptors, software localizers and other
hard-to-find professionals.
The
300 professional @IS members and 1,000 voice talents worldwide deliver
first-class translation and recording to customer specifications.
Written
translations and voice recordings for audio products are performed
in 41 countries with guaranteed market acceptance and credibility,
at fair prices. Properly globalized applications translated and/or
recorded by @International Services are 100% on par with overseas
in-country competitors and do not sound like translations.
The
@IS Global Network is divided into 4 continents, with management
hubs on each continent. Of the 41 countries in the @IS Global Network,
each country has its team of professionals who are top of their
field. Each country works in harmony with other countries to give
multi-language customer satisfaction with the highest degree of
modernity and marketing appeal available for the customer's product
or translation.
Sue
Ellen Reager, CEO
Ms.
Reager is CEO and founder of @International Services (@IS). Reager
speaks 10 languages and has worked as a translator, simultaneous
interpreter and director of voice performance and recording on five
continents. She is also sole inventor of GlobalConcatTM, the international
concatenation coding generator for perfect playback of voice prompts
and dynamic web text in 200 languages.
Today
she has more than 30 years experience in international production
and media translation. Her work spans 34 cities and 17 countries
and includes production for companies such as CBS, ZDF German National
Television, ORF Austrian Television, Polygram, TeleFrance, Baby
Records Rome, Disney, MGM, Paramount, and MusikBox (European MTV).
Reager has been a university lecturer and teacher on international
subjects. She delivers educational presentations that address international
marketing issues ranging from the technical aspects of designing
international video, audio, and websites, to computer telephony
globalization, programming and application translation.
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LEADERS...
Below
are short bios of some of other leaders in the @International Services
network, plus bios of selected members in translation and other
capacities.
Armando
Plata
Background:
CNN anchor, news and entertainment anchor for several television
stations in South America, National Director and anchor for Caracol
Radio (largest in Latin America). Spanish host for the Academy Awards
(Oscars), Golden Globe Awards, PGA Golf. Produced, directed or starred
in over 121 Spanish television and radio shows. Voice for over 1,000
television and industrial projects including: Coca-Cola, CNN, BBC,
Master Card, VISA, NationsBank, Laptiva IBM, Continental Airlines,
Citicorp, World Cup Soccer, Fruit of the Loom, Campbell Soup, UPS,
Burger King, Hilton Hotels, NASDAQ.
@IS
Corporate Affiliates
The
@IS Global Network includes 29 of the top recording studios around
the world. These same studios are responsible for voicing the translated
versions of major motion pictures for Disney, Universal Studios,
Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Paramount and others into the local
languages. The voices from these countries are offered to the corporate
world for product introductions, machine voices, telephony applications,
CD-ROMs, DVDs and other media. The 1,000 talents from the @IS Global
Network are breathtaking in quality and results, with 100% guaranteed
market acceptability and increased sales potential.
Bert
Ross
B.S.
Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Superintendent 31 years with
Monsanto Chemical Company. Specialties: mechanical, electrical,
construction, industrial, structural, material handling, heating
and air-conditioning, maintenance, piping design, chemical plant
construction and start-up. Other areas of expertise: management
consultant, conference leadership, training. Organizations: ASME,
ASHRAE, Material Management Society.
Yang
Song
Awards:
USA-SINO Award, Guilin South China Award. Winner: Chinese National
Television Competition and Chongquing Competition. On-camera and
live performer for television, music recording and opera. A celebrity
in mainland China. Personal appearances include White House Presidential
Inauguration, performance for the British Royal Family, and world
tour as solo vocalist. Director of Chinese productions for over
15 years.
Francisco
Cuevas
Awards:
Six international Broadcast Designers Association (Promax) awards.
1996 Award of Excellence. Silver Award at the New York Film Festival
for television promotion. Special graphics consultant to Univision
Hispanic Television, HPTV and other channels. Former art director
and graphic artist for Univision, Telemundo, TNT Latin America and
Dynamedia. Over a decade in international television broadcast graphics,
localization of corporate advertisements and brochure artwork, and
covers for the recording industry.
SPECIALISTS
IN 41 COUNTRIES:
- 24
software localization project managers
- 30
working telephony engineers
- 29
adversiting copywriters
- 1,000
professional voice talents and on-camera talents
- 35
directors
- 22
marketing writers
- 29
digital audio recording studios
- 18
video taping studios
@INTERNATIONAL
SERVICES works
with over 200 translators around the world. All translators are
professionals working in their native countries. Most are Certified
Public Translators, have university degrees or Master degrees in
Translation or other similar accreditation and experience. Below
are just a few...
SPANISH
- Certified
Public Translator, U.S. and South America
- Member,
American Translators Association
- Member,
Association of Interpreters and Translators
- National
Assoc. of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators
- University
Adjunct Professor
- Advanced
Spanish Translation; Legal and Financial
- Translation
- Graduate
Program Interpretation
- Univ.
of Arizona, Inst. for Court Interpretation
- Bilingual
Mediator, Justice Center
- Catalan
Language Studies
- Lecturer
Certificate of Education Cambridge, England, in Spanish and English
- Certificate,
Teacher of Foreign Languages
- Professional
Translators and Interpreters
- University
Católica del Peru, Latin American literature
- Teacher
of Spanish Language, Washington and Jefferson College
- 20years
experience
FRENCH
- PhD,
Master of Science, Bachelor of Science
- Supreme
Court, S.A. Certified Trans/Interp.
- Part-time
Faculty, GA State Univ. Paris University, France, Baccalaureate
- Accreditation
by American Translators Assn.
- Certificate
in Conference Interpretation
- Certificate
in Translation
- Member,
Int'l Federation of Translators
- Member,
American Translators Association
- Université
de Paris, School of Law and Economics, Master of Civil Law
- Académie
de Paris, Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
- Past
president Alliance Française
- Professional
Certification in Translation, Dept. of Foreign Languages
- Fully
accredited member: American Translators Assn.
- Association
of Interpreters and Translators
- Board
of Governors, Alliance Française
SOME
TECHNICAL TRANSLATORS ...
- Telecommunications
Engineer
- B.S.
Engineering, U. of Buenos Aires
- Industrial
manufacturing engineer, RCA
- R
& D, instrumentation, United Nations
- Flight
control specialist, Space Program
- Engineering
applications programming
- B.S.
Finance and Economics
- Post
Grad, Industrial Engineering
- Industrial
engineering and systems consultant for: Citicorp, Lockheed Aircraft,
Fairchild Semiconductor, Peralta & Associates, Bio PLUS, SMS,
Ortho-Medica, and others.
- Other
qualifications: University Professor of Project Management, Managerial
Accounting, Industrial Engineering at the University of Mexico
- B.S.
Electrical Engineering Sr. Engineer, Industrial computers, MOTOROLA
- Senior
Software Engineer, RAYTHEON
- Software
Design Eng., ENERGY DYNAMICS
- Microcomputer
Consultant, DATAPRO
- Applications
Engineer, SPECTRAGLOBAL
- Computer
Engineer
- Developer
for DOS and WINDOWS
- Computing
Specialist, BASF
- Syst.
Support Analyst, AMERICAN EXPRESS
- Cambridge
University, England
- Universidad
Complutense, Madrid
GERMAN
- University
degree in Translation
- Member
of BDUE
- Assn.
of European Translators and Interpreters
- Based
in Germany
- Clients:
Siemens, Adidas, Alfa Romeo, BASF, Tyco, European Economic Union.
- Specialty:
Localization and publicity for software, electronics, engineering,
economic and financial products.
BRAZILIAN
PORTUGUESE
- University
C. de Rio de Janeiro - Law Degree
- University
Federal de Rio de Janeiro - B.A. in Languages (Portuguese and
English)
- Escola
Ignacio Azevedo - Degree in Education
- Certified
teacher
- Cambridge
University - Certificate in English
- Published
author
- Translator
and interpreter for BBC
RUSSIAN
- Former
Production Manager and Translation Supervisor, Berlitz Translation
Services headquarters in California
- Managing
Editor, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences, Riga
- Summa
cum Laude, Ph.D. with special studies: publishing and management
- Long
term interpreter and translator NASA US-Russia joint space missions
- Clients:
AT&T, Rockwell International, NASA, Management Advisory Services,
Weyerhaeuser, Mellon Bank, Oracle Corp.
- Honors
degrees from Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia and Monterey
Institute of International Studies, California
And
many, many more.
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