SANİYE BORAN
Linguist
İstanbul
Summary
Professional Turkish translator, transcreator, and localization specialist with over fifteen years of experience. Accomplished in several areas, I provide high-quality linguistic services, including translation, proofreading, MT-PE, transcreation, validating machine translations, editing, creation, and maintenance of style guides and glossaries, review, and language quality assessment. I have a proven record with many direct and end clients, including major IT brands. I also provide services as a Turkish voiceover talent.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Localizer/Reviewer/Linguist/Translator/Proofreader
Freelance
1 2004 - Current
- Involved in many localization, translation, proofreading, review, MT-PE, and Language Quality Assessment projects, mainly as a Lead Reviewer, Linguist, Language Lead, and/or Language Quality Assessor
- Reviewer/Linguist/Language Lead/Language Quality Assessment/Language Quality Management: Clients included Amazon, Apple, Dell, Google, Skype, and Microsoft
- Translator, Proofreader, Editor, MT-PE: Software, Help, Documentation, and Websites
- Major Clients included Amazon, Apple, Shopify, TikTok, Dell, Google, Xerox, MS, HP, Toshiba, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Cummins, Skype, and IBM
- Translator and Proofreader: Marketing and Legal Documents
- Major Clients included Skype, Google, Xerox, Sabancı University, Cummins, BSH Turkey, JVC, Tyco, EasyJet, Wizz Air and Microsoft, UnifiedRoot, and Koç University
- Translator and Proofreader for Life Sciences (mainly medical equipment)
- Project Manager: Clients included Microsoft, HP, Cummins Motors, and Toshiba
- DTP Operator & Type Setter: Clients included IBM, Cummins, and HP
Lead Reviewer
Apple
01.2012 - 01.2021
- Project: AppleCare and LocSS content
- Content: Software, hardware, help, website, training courses, marketing materials, HR content, linguistic tests
- Responsibilities included: Leader of the Review Team, Review of translated material, Language Quality Evaluation of the translated material, Ensuring accuracy, consistency, grammatical correctness, and naturalness of translated material, Functional and linguistic checks, Giving feedback to the translators, Creation and maintenance of the client's Style Guide, Management of the client's Glossary, Communicating with the translators
Local Linguist
Skype
01.2011 - 01.2018
- Project: Consumer and Business products of Skype, Lync, and MS Teams; Skype's website
- Content: Software, help, website and marketing materials, functional and linguistic tests
- Responsibilities included: Review of translated material, Language Quality Evaluation of the translated material, Ensuring accuracy, consistency, grammatical correctness, and naturalness of translated materials, linguistic checks, Giving feedback to the translators, Creation and maintenance of the client's Style Guide, Functional and linguistic checks, Maintenance of the client's Style Guide, Management of the client's Glossary, Communicating with the head of the translators' team and the client
Translator
Al Jazeera
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Translated news/opinion articles in an international and multicultural environment and created the translation style guide
Reviewer, Language Quality Assessor, and External Linguist
Google
01.2005 - 01.2010
- Projects: Google's Consumer and Monetization products (AdWords, AdSense)
- Content: Software, help, website content, marketing materials, functional and linguistic tests
- Responsibilities included: Review of translated material, Using Language Quality Assessment tools on the translated material, Ensuring accuracy, consistency, grammatical correctness, and naturalness of translated material, Ensuring language quality, especially for the marketing material on client's websites and communications, Functional and linguistic checks, Giving feedback to the translators, Creation and maintenance of the client's Style Guide, Help management of client's Glossary, Communicating with the head of the translators and the client, Help in the assessment of new team members, both translators and reviewers
Translator, Proofreader, and Project Manager
Es Bilgisayar Ltd
12.1999 - 11.2004
- Company Overview: One of the largest Turkish localization companies
- Involved in several translation/localization projects as a Translator, Proofreader, and Project Manager
- Major clients included Microsoft, IBM, Lotus, HP, Xerox, Nokia, and Intel
- Worked on many legal/business/marketing translation projects
- Major clients included Microsoft, HP, and IBM
- One of the largest Turkish localization companies
Freelance/In-house Translator, Proofreader, Project Manager, and Interpreter
TTC Language Services Ltd
01.1992 - 01.1999
- Took part in many commercial translation projects
- Worked on several DTP projects
- Worked as a Court/Police Interpreter, Interpreter at Company Trips
Education
PG. Dip. - Policy Studies
South Bank University
London, UK 01.1992 - 01.1994
City Planning
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey 01.1987 - 01.1991
Department of Translation
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Turkey 01.1986 - 01.1987
Skills
Translator
Localizer
Interpreter
Reviewer
Editor
LQA Specialist
Language Specialist
Validator
Project Manager
Tester
Translation
Interpreting
Proofreading
MT-PE
Style Guide and Glossary Management
Review and Editing
Language Quality Assessments
Validating Machine Translations
Language Quality Management
Transcreation
Testing
Software
Hardware
Firmware
Help
Documentation
Websites
Marketing Documents
Machine Translations
Product Documentation
Legal Documents
News Bulletins
News Articles
Skillsservicesspecialization
- Translator
- Localizer
- Interpreter
- Reviewer
- Editor
- LQA Specialist
- Language Specialist
- Validator
- Project Manager
- Tester
Services
- Translation
- Interpreting
- Proofreading
- MT-PE
- Style Guide and Glossary Management
- Review and Editing
- Language Quality Assessments
- Validating Machine Translations
- Language Quality Management
- Transcreation
- Testing
Skillsandpersonalqualities
- Strong experience in international business, multicultural and multi-language environments
- Ability to work independently and take the initiative to achieve goals and objectives
- Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- Strong knowledge of IT and international localization processes
- Detail-oriented, prompt, and friendly
- Have an eye on the quality and naturalness of translated material
Workinglanguagepairs
- English, Turkish
- Turkish, English
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Lead Reviewer
Apple
01.2012 - 01.2021
Local Linguist
Skype
01.2011 - 01.2018
Translator
Al Jazeera
01.2010 - 01.2011
Reviewer, Language Quality Assessor, and External Linguist
Google
01.2005 - 01.2010
Translator, Proofreader, and Project Manager
Es Bilgisayar Ltd
12.1999 - 11.2004
Freelance/In-house Translator, Proofreader, Project Manager, and Interpreter
TTC Language Services Ltd
01.1992 - 01.1999
PG. Dip. - Policy Studies
South Bank University
01.1992 - 01.1994
City Planning
Middle East Technical University
01.1987 - 01.1991
Department of Translation
Hacettepe University
01.1986 - 01.1987
Localizer/Reviewer/Linguist/Translator/Proofreader
Freelance
1 2004 - Current