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Spanish to English: El crecimiento de los servicios en Oaxaca y su relación con el bienestar social. 1970-2010 (Pedro Arjón López, "Temas de ciencía y tecnología," vol. 18 número 54 septiembre - diciembre 2014 pp 31 - 42) General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Economics
Source text - Spanish Organismos internacionales como el Banco Mundial, la UNCTAD y la OECD, sostienen que existe una correlación positiva entre crecimiento del sector servicios y el bienestar económico de la población. Este trabajo trata de determinar si dicha correlación se mantiene asimismo para una entidad como la de Oaxaca en donde el sector servicios ha estado creciendo en los últimos cuarenta años. Con este propósito, se investiga el crecimiento del sector servicios en relación con los otros sectores económicos y se determina su comportamiento relativo. Dicho comportamiento se contrasta con el de la actividad económica mexicana en su conjunto y con la del Distrito Federal y se toman en cuenta tanto las diferencias en su tasa de crecimiento como su contribución relativa al PIB (Producto Interno Bruto). Se correlaciona la importancia del sector servicios en Oaxaca con el nivel de bienestar de la población en términos del ingreso per cápita, y se determina la proporción de éste en el salario mínimo anual. La investigación demuestra que la economía oaxaqueña ha estado caracterizada por una participación creciente del sector servicios similar al de las entidades de referencia. Asimismo, el fenómeno del auge del sector terciario no ha sido acompañado de una mejora en el nivel de bienestar de la sociedad, como pudiera esperarse de acuerdo con los organismos internacionales.
Translation - English International organizations such as the World Bank, UNCTAD and the OECD argue that there is a positive correlation between service-sector growth and the economic prosperity of a population. This paper attempts to determine whether this correlation applies to a state like Oaxaca, where the service sector has been growing in the last 40 years. For this purpose the growth of the service sector in relation to other economic sectors is investigated and their relative performance is determined. This performance contrasts with that of the Mexican economy as a whole and with the Federal District. Differences in their growth rates and their relative contribution to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) are taken into account. The importance of the service sector in Oaxaca is correlated with the population’s level of prosperity in terms of per capita income, and its relationship to the annual minimum wage is calculated. Research shows that the economy of Oaxaca has been characterized by an increasing share of the service sector, similar to the cases of the baseline regions. Furthermore, the phenomenon of the growing importance of services has not been accompanied by a growth in society's prosperity, as might be expected according to international agencies.
Spanish to English: Propuesta de un prototipo de concentrador solar para la destilación de mezcal en la región mixteca oaxaqueña (V.M. Cruz Martínez, et al, "Temas de ciencía y tecnología," vol. 16, número 49, enero - abril 2013, pp 13 -21) General field: Tech/Engineering Detailed field: Manufacturing
Source text - Spanish Los concentradores cilindro-parabólicos (CCP) son captadores solares que transfieren la energía térmica de la radiación solar concentrada en una línea focal a un fluido de trabajo. Al calentar un fluido se consigue elevar la temperatura de este dentro de un rango de 35°-300°, haciendo a los CCP ideales para acoplarse a una diversidad de procesos industriales.
Los concentradores solares están compuestos de una superficie reflejante colectora, un tubo receptor, el fluido, y de un sistema electro-mecánico para el seguimiento solar. Generalmente, para la superficie del concentrador se usa una placa metálica pulida o una placa de aluminio con una película reflejante. En este trabajo se presenta el proceso de diseño y manufactura de un prototipo de concentrador solar del tipo parabólico. Para lograr un desempeño eficiente se utilizaron técnicas de manufactura asistida por computadora CAM en la elaboración de la estructura de soporte de la superficie y así garantizar una geometría parabólica.
Se utilizó, temporalmente para fines de demostración, una placa de acrílico acabado espejo como superficie reflexiva. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que es factible de utilizar concentradores solares en procesos industriales como en la destilación del mezcal.
Translation - English Cylindrical-parabolic concentrators (CPCs) are solar collectors that transfer thermal energy from concentrated solar radiation in the line-focus collector to a working fluid. Upon heating the fluid, the temperature is elevated within a range of 35°-300°, making CPCs ideal for a range of industrial processes.
Solar concentrators are composed of a reflective collecting surface, a receiver, the fluid, and an electromagnetic system for solar tracking. Generally, the concentrator’s surface is made of a polished metal plate or an aluminum plate with a reflecting film. This paper presents the design and construction process for a parabolic prototype solar concentrator that uses an acrylic plate as the reflecting surface. To achieve efficient performance, manufacturing techniques aided by CAM software were used in creating the surface support structure, thus guaranteeing a parabolic shape.
For purposes of demonstration, an acrylic-finished mirror plate was temporarily used as the reflecting surface. The experimental results show that its use is viable in industrial processes such as the distillation of mezcal.
Latin to English: Isaac of Stella, First Sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Religion
Source text - Latin Erat Iesus eiciens daemonium, et illud erat mutum. Facile erat, dilectissimi, a Domino Iesu de isto daemonium eici, sine cuius permissione et lecentia nequaquam poterat in eum ingredi. Nihil enim est in omni multiplicitate creaturae quod non per eum Pater sicut creavit sic et regat. Quando ergo et quare et quomodo voluit, ingredi permisit, et quando et quomodo voluit, eiecit.
Qui ergo ibi corporali praesentia erat eiciens daemonium, is antea et postea hodieque, sicubi fit, divina potentia per quos vult, aut angelos aut homines, eosdemque aut bonos aut malos, quomodo vult, seu oratione seu adiuratione seu incantatione, seu herbis seu lapidibus vel aliis aliisque modis, daemonia eicit. Eius nimirum est omnis potestas in caelo et in terra, quam secundum deitatem a Patre semper habuit, secundum humanitatem aliquando accepit. Data est, inquit, mihi omnis potestas in caelo et in terra. Haec autem ut ubique et semper veraciter crederetur, loco quodam et semel manifeste edocuit.
Translation - English Jesus was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It was easy, beloved, for the Lord Jesus to cast the demon out from this person; without Jesus’ permission and authorization the demon could never have gone into him. For in all creation’s great variety, there is nothing that the Father did not create and does not rule through his Son. Therefore he let the demon enter the man when, how, and for the purpose that he wished, and he cast it out when and how he wished.
He who was casting out the demon there with his bodily presence is the same person who before, afterward, and today casts out demons wherever they are cast out. He casts them out with divine power by means of any person he wishes—angels or human beings, the good or the wicked—and in whatever manner he wishes: by prayer, invocation, enchantment, plants, stones, or any other method. All power in heaven and on earth, of course, belongs to him. He has always had this power from the Father according to his divinity, and he received it at a certain moment according to his humanity. All power has been given to me in heaven and on earth. He openly taught of this power at a specific time and place so that people would always and everywhere truly believe it.
Spanish to English: Corrección de iluminación no uniforme en imágenes microscópicas (Beatriz Sabino Moxo, et al., "Temas de ciencía y tecnología," vol. 16, número 49, enero - abril 2013, pp 3 - 12) General field: Tech/Engineering
Source text - Spanish Este documento presenta una técnica para corregir la iluminación no uniforme en imágenes microscópicas, mediante la modificación del modelo radial (función de ajuste), éste genera una imagen de fondo y con ello se lleva a cabo la corrección; además proporciona mejores resultados al compararlo con un modelo cartesiano, el primer modelo reduce considerablemente el margen de error estándar, ya que se obtiene un rango de 29.19 a 48.5 y para el modelo cartesiano es de 46.84 a 14481.64. Es importante realizar esta corrección ya que la uniformidad de la iluminación facilitará la segmentación de los objetos contenidos en la imagen (células, agentes contaminantes, entre otros) y posteriormente contabilizarlos.
Translation - English This paper presents a technique for correcting uneven illumination in microscopic images through the modification of the radial model (settings function). A background image is generated by which the correction can be made. This model also provides better results than the Cartesian model. The former considerably reduces the standard margin of error, given that it yields a range of 29.19 to 48.5, whereas the Cartesian model yields from 46.84 to 14481.64. Making this correction is important because uniform illumination allows for the segmentation and tracking of the objects contained in the image (cells, contaminating agents, etc.).
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Years of experience: 15. Registered at ProZ.com: Sep 2019. Became a member: Sep 2019.
Spanish to English (Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language) Spanish (Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language, verified) Spanish to English (American Translators Association)
I was a language professor and translator at the Language Center of la Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca from 2009–2019, serving as the Center’s chief translator from 2009-2016. Since then, I've been a full-time freelance translator specializing in academic articles, legal, audiovisual, literary, and medieval theological translations.
I’m a native English speaker with a bachelor’s in English literature and a certification from the American Translators Association. I have lived in Mexico for fifteen years. My Spanish level is certified C2 (mastery – DELE exam, 2014).
I’ve also translated three books from Latin to English:
Academic articles: translations of journal articles on corrosion analysis through computerized image processing (3,285 words, 2022), image segmentation using convolutional neural networks for lung-cancer detection (2,945 words, 2021), image recognition to help diagnose autism, (3,729 words, 2021), image segmentation for identifying corrosion patterns (3,048 words, 2021). Editing/proofreading of academic articles on developing an audiovisual database for machine learning (4,359 words, 2022), COVID-19 classification using machine learning techniques (3,451 words, 2022), COVID-19 blood test analysis using fuzzy models (5,676 words, 2022), high-definition orthomosaic reconstructions using CNNs (4,410 words, 2021), the use of Fast Fourier Transforms in image processing (4,500 words, 2021), simplification of fuzzy classifiers (11,500 words, 2021), the relationship between COVID-19 and public transportation from a data-science perspective (7,292 words, 2021)
Legal translations: deeds of sale, articles of incorporation, engagement letters, merger instruments, over thirty affidavits, employment contracts, apartment leases, office leases, international sales agreements, publishing contracts, and consent orders
Subtitling: Over 100 hours of content for major streaming services and networks. Familiar with Netflix, Amazon, and HBO style guides. Proficient in EZTitles and Ooona. Proficient in pivot-language dialogue lists, scripting, closed caption creation.
Literary: Translation of a literary novel from Spanish to English (The Uncontrolled Invasion by Michael Perezguerrero) and three book-length collections of medieval sermons from Latin to English (by Aelred of Rievaulx and Isaac of Stella, published by Cistercian publications). Bachelor’s degree in English literature.
Business: Internal corporate email correspondence, articles of incorporation, annual reports, financial statements, corporate name certifications, CVs and professional profiles, invoices, offer letters, performance reviews, subtitles for corporate video presentations, public instruments for corporate name changes, tax returns and other tax documentation, operating licenses, promotion letters, corporate powers of attorney, appointments to Boards of Directors, human Resource documents, employee handbooks, codes of ethics, contracts, PowerPoint presentations, job descriptions, pay stubs, speeches for corporate meetings, organizational charts, financial audits, employee contracts, shareholder certifications, merger instruments, commercial registry certificates, taxpayer status certifications, campaign presentations, transcriptions and translations of business meetings, stock-ledger entries, websites
Transcription and translation: interviews for a Dominican reality show (73 min., Feb. 2020), marketing interviews from Valencia (88 min., Jan. 2020), interviews with executives of an international corporation (72 minutes, 2021), interviews on the immigrant experience in California for a major U.S. university (135 min., Sep. 2019), interviews and footage with Bolivian street vendors (179 min., Nov. 2019), interviews with a Yucatan chef (105 min., Dec. 2019), recordings of mothers speaking to their children in English and Spanish for a U.S. university (24 min., Oct. 2019), interviews with Ecuadorian indigenous cooperatives for a documentary for Compass Light Productions (72 min., Aug. 2019)
Vital and academic records: Over 500 birth certificates, 150 marriage certificates, 30 newspaper and magazine articles, 380 diplomas and academic/training certificates, 50 academic transcripts, and 27 professional licenses
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