Working languages:
Turkish to English
English to Turkish

Semih Aközlü
superior subtitling experience


Native in: Turkish Native in Turkish
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter
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Services Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Voiceover (dubbing), Training
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Specializes in:
Art, Arts & Crafts, PaintingLinguistics
Business/Commerce (general)History
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.

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Experience Registered at ProZ.com: May 2003.
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Bio
TRANSLATOR and SUBTITLER, Turkish Radio & Television (TRT) and other private TV channels
Ankara, Turkey
1991 - 2001
Translated Hollywood and independent American films, TV shows, documentaries, Spanish-language cartoons, British TV dramas. Worked as voiceover artist on dubbing projects. Identified voice characteristics of film characters and suggested possible voiceover artist matches to dubbing directors. Worked closely with dubbing directors and voiceover artists as script consultant during production phase.

Selected works:
Pretty Woman
Awakenings
Apocalypse Now
X-Files (30 episodes)
Days of Our Lives (120 episodes)
The Fisher King
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The Benny Hill Show (24 episodes)
Copland
The Linguini Incident
Steppenwolf
Wild Strawberries
The Bold and the Beautiful (35 episodes)
Star Trek: The New Generation (28 episodes)
Perfect Strangers (12 episodes)
Charles in Charge (40 episodes)
Spanish-language cartoons

OTHER TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION EXPERIENCE
Conference on Earthquakes and other Natural Disasters, co-sponsored by the UNDP, American Red Cross, American Friends Service Committee
Istanbul, Turkey
January 2002
Served as consecutive interpreter during a lecture and seminar on disaster preparedness given by an American professor to a gathering of Turkish officials.

Altzine.net
2001 - present
Translate the work of contemporary American writers, like A.M. Homes, John Biguenet, and Alexander Hemon for a Turkish literary web zine.

BBC/Discovery Channel
Turkey
1998
Worked as fixer, translator, archaeology consultant during filming of a BBC documentary about the lost continent of Atlantis.

World Health Organization, Conference on Malaria
Adana, Turkey
1997
Interpreted lectures during ten days of training provided by WHO to Turkish doctors and agricultural engineers.

World Bank Project on Accreditation
Ankara, Turkey
1997
Translated articles written by World Bank representatives, and assisted in the preparation of English/Turkish and Turkish/English glossary of accreditation terms.

PUBLISHED BOOK TRANSLATIONS (English to Turkish)
William FAULKNER, Mayday (Bir Mayıs Gün) 
Ursula K. LeGUIN A Very Far Away From Anywhere Else (Her Yerden Çok Uzakta) 
Alan WATTS The Meaning of Happiness (Mutluluğun Anlamı) 
NARAYAN Malgudi Days (Malgudi Günleri) 
Howard ZINN Truth Has A Power On Its Own (Hakikatin Günü) 
M.I. QUANDOUR The Plot, Sunset of Innocence, Kabardin, Warlord Trilogy, The Night of the Generals, The Deported, Diaspora, Eshref Bey. 
Keywords: subtitling, captioning, website, literature, social sciences, archaeology, anthropology


Profile last updated
Dec 25, 2023



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