Jessica Cohen

                  The Hebrew Translator

 

 

Résumé

   
 

 

Languages & Background:

Native Languages: English, Hebrew

Born in England, 1973; immigrated to Israel, 1980; immigrated to the U.S., 1997

Freelance translation, editing, copyediting, proofreading

 

Specialization Areas:

Legal, Business, Marketing

Literary, Academic (Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities), Journalism, Correspondence

 

Professional Memberships:

American Literary Translators Association (Board Member 2007-2010)

American Translators Association (Active Member)

Colorado Translators Association

Israel Translators Association

PEN American Center

 

Awards & Grants:

American Translators Association Student Translation Award, 2000

Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Grant, U.S. Department of Education, Summer 2000

 

Published Translations:

David Grossman, Writing in the Dark. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008

Amir Gutfreund, The World a Moment Later. New Milford: Toby Press, 2008

Tom Segev, 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2007

Amir Gutfreund, Our Holocaust. New Milford: Toby Press, 2006

Winner of the Sami Rohr Choice Award, 2007

Yael Hedaya, Accidents. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2005

David Grossman, Her Body Knows. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005

Winner of the Koret Jewish Fiction Award, 2006

Ronit Matalon: Bliss. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2003

Three poems by Yehonatan Geffen, Beacons 6 (2000)

 

Editorial Work:

 

Translation editing for the Hebrew edition of The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander. Jerusalem: Keter, 2008

Compilation of bibliography and transliteration for Modern Hebrew Fiction by Gershon Shaked. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000

 

Education:

Localization Certificate, University of Washington Extension / Seattle, WA (2004)

M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures / Indiana University (2001)

Graduate Certificate of Literary Translation / Indiana University (2001)

Literary translation workshop, New York State Summer Writers Institute / Skidmore College, NY (1999)

B.A. in English Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Israel (1997)

 

Employment:

Freelance Translator / 1998 - present

Translation of commercial and literary materials for translation agencies, direct clients and publishers

Translation of theses, dissertations and research for students and professors

Editing and proofreading of translations

 

Software Localization and Quality Assurance, Microsoft - Middle East Product Development Group / Redmond, WA / February-June 1998

Hebrew localization of Office 2000 applications

Monitoring and quality assurance of outsourced localization

Designing and testing of localization tools

General translation work, including legal documents and product packaging

 

Bilingual Secretary & Translator, Ephraim Abramson & Co. Law Offices / Jerusalem, Israel / July 1996 - June 1997

Translation, editing and proofreading of legal documents and correspondence

 

Computer Equipment:

Hardware:

PC (Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 2 GB of RAM)

Cable internet connection

Laser printer

Internet fax service

Scanner

 

Software:

Windows XP Professional

Office 2003 Professional (English/Hebrew)

Adobe Acrobat 7.0

Wordfast 5.0

DavkaWriter Platinum 3.0



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