Member since Nov '07

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English to Greek
Greek to English

Natalia Alexiou
Lawyer-linguist, 20+ years of experience

Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Local time: 16:24 EET (GMT+2)

Native in: Greek Native in Greek
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Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, MT post-editing, Transcreation, Training, Subtitling, Language instruction, Interpreting, Voiceover (dubbing)
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Specializes in:
Law: Contract(s)Law (general)
International Org/Dev/CoopLaw: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
Law: Taxation & CustomsReal Estate
InsuranceComputers: Software
Computers: Systems, NetworksIT (Information Technology)

KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 206, Questions answered: 68, Questions asked: 4
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 2
Translation education Other
Experience Years of experience: 25. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2006. Became a member: Nov 2007.
Credentials English to Greek (LLM Cambridge University, verified)
Greek to English (LLM Cambridge University, verified)
Greek to English (BA (hons) Interior Design, Middlesex University)
English to Greek (BA (hons) Interior Design, Middlesex University )
English to Greek (Law degree, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)


Memberships PAT (PEM in Greek)
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, MateCat, MemSource Cloud, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Smartcat, Trados Studio
Website http://GreekLegalTranslations.eu
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As a professional legal translator with over 20 years of experience and robust academic and professional qualifications in law, I offer my clients unrivalled expertise in English->Greek translations.

Past and present clients include Fortune Global 500 companies, Legal 500 law firms in Europe and the Americas, and translation firms of all sizes.

I have trained as a lawyer in Greece (LLB, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and the UK (LLM, Cambridge University). I practised law with a large Greek firm for several years and I have worked as a legal researcher at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I have taught legal English at the Greek
National School for the Judiciary and at seminars organized by the Thessaloniki Bar Association.

I have considerable teaching experience in the fields of IT law, data protection law and international transactions. As adjunct faculty, I have taught at the Tulane Law School Study Abroad Program, the University of Macedonia and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I have been a speaker at IT law conferences and I have published in the fields of IT law and human rights law (unfortunately in Greek only).   

Although I’m currently based in Greece, as a child and young adult I have lived in London, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Cambridge, England. As a result, I’m fully bilingual for all practical purposes and have a somewhat messed-up accent!

I started translating as a law student and enjoyed it tremendously. As a practising attorney who often worked with foreign clients, I was frustrated at the subpar
quality of legal translations offered by translation agencies. I ended up translating critical documents such as contracts and court briefs myself. When I stopped practising law, I continued translating either full-time or part-time to this day.

Producing accurate texts in both Greek and English is part of my professional training. Apart from my linguistic skills, my strength as a legal translator lies in the deep understanding of both the Greek legal system and Common Law, which is the legal system of most English-speaking territories, such as the UK, US and Australia. Many concepts of common law do not exist at all in civil law jurisdictions like Greece--and vice versa. Therefore, a competent legal translator has to be able to come up with appropriate terminology that actually makes sense. Due to the complexity of legal concepts and wording, only an experienced lawyer is able to produce a final text which is precise, unambiguous and blunder-free. During my career, I have seen too many cringe-worthy English<->Greek translations produced even by experienced translators who nevertheless lacked legal training. Legal translations between languages of different legal systems involve much more than simply translating the technical jargon.  

Poor legal translations can be very costly or even catastrophic for an unsuspecting client. As part of my services, I work closely with my clients to ensure that the appropriate meaning is conveyed, alerting them to any inconsistencies or other problems that I spot in the source documents or translations.

My legal translation rates reflect my unrivalled expertise and vary somewhat depending on volume, complexity and urgency, but generally start at EUR 0.08 per source word for translating and EUR 0.04 per source word for proofreading/editing or EUR 40 per hour. Certified translations are also available at extra cost.

Besides legal documents, I also have extensive experience in IT and technology, marketing, website and software localisation. 

I also offer bilingual voice-over services (female, age range: 30-45). Voice samples are available here: https://is.gd/voiceoverNA

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Total pts earned: 210
PRO-level pts: 206


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