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Romanian to English: (extras dintr-o sentinta penala pronuntata in 2010 de Inalta Curte de Casatie si Justitie) General field: Law/Patents Detailed field: Law (general)
Source text - Romanian Potrivit dispozitiilor cuprinse in art. 1 din Codul de procedura penala roman, scopul procesului penal il constituie constatarea la timp si in mod complet a faptelor care constituie infractiuni, astfel ca orice persoana care a savarsit o infractiune sa fie pedepsita potrivit vinovatiei sale si nicio persoana nevinovata sa nu fie trasa la raspundere penala. Procesul penal trebuie sa contribuie la apararea ordinii de drept, la apararea persoanei, a drepturilor si libertatilor acesteia, la prevenirea infractiunilor, precum si la educarea cetatenilor in spiritul legii. In desfasurarea procesului penal trebuie sa se asigure aflarea adevarului cu privire la faptele si imprejurarile cauzei, precum si cu privire la persoana faptuitorului. Normele procesual penale obliga organele de urmarire penala si instantele de judecata sa aiba un rol activ si, pe intreg cursul procesului penal, sa respecte dreptul la aparare garantat de stat invinuitului, inculpatului si celorlalte parti in procesul penal. Orice persoana, bucurandu-se de prezumtia de nevinovatie, este considerata nevinovata pana la stabilirea vinovatiei sale printr-o hotarare penala definitiva. Invinuitul sau inculpatul beneficiaza de prezumtia de nevinovatie si nu este obligat sa-si dovedeasca nevinovatia. In legatura cu acest principiu, Inalta Curte constata ca in jurisprudenta Curtii Europene a Drepturilor Omului s-a statuat ca ,,prezumptia de nevinovatie reclama, printre altele, ca sarcina probei sa revina acuzarii si ca dubiul sa fie profitabil acuzatului.
Translation - English According to the provisions of article 1 of the Romanian Criminal Procedure Code, the criminal trial aims at the timely and thorough identification of the deeds qualifying as criminal offences, so that any individual having committed such offences may be punished according to his or her guilt and no innocent individual may be held liable under the criminal law. The criminal trial must be instrumental in the defence of the rule of law, the protection of individuals, of their rights and freedoms, in the prevention of crimes as well as in the development of citizens to the spirit of the law. The criminal trial must lead to the discovery of the truth with respect to the deeds and the circumstances in which such deeds occurred and with respect to the identity of the perpetrator. The criminal procedural regulations compel criminal investigation authorities and courts of law to play an active role and to respect, throughout the criminal trial, the right to defence guaranteed by the state to the individual charged with a crime, the accused and to the other parties to the criminal trial. Any individual who enjoys the presumption of innocence is innocent until proven guilty based on a final criminal court decision. The individual charged with a crime or the accused under a bill of indictment enjoys the presumption of innocence and is not bound to prove his or her innocence. As far as this principle is concerned, the High Court found that the case law of the European Court of Human Rights established that “the presumption of innocence requires, inter alia, that the burden of proof rests with the prosecution and any doubt should benefit the accused.”
English to Romanian: Break Costs (excerpt from Handbook to [bank’s name] standard facility agreement) General field: Law/Patents Detailed field: Law: Contract(s)
Source text - English The Break Costs clause is a standard broken funding indemnity clause. It is based on the assumption (which may not always be correct) that for each Interest Period for which a Loan is outstanding under the agreement, a Lender will fund itself in the Relevant Interbank Market with a matching deposit.
Lenders will arrange the match funding of each Loan to coincide with the relevant Interest Period. So, if a Borrower makes an early repayment of all or part of a Loan, the Lenders are likely to incur Break Costs as they will be unable to use those repaid funds (on which they are no longer receiving interest) to repay their matching obligations until the last day of the relevant Interest Period. There is likely to be a disparity between the amount they receive early from the Borrower and the amount they have to pay back to the market. Lenders will re-invest the amount prepaid by the Borrower for the remainder of the Interest Period, but their return on that amount may well be smaller than the amount they would otherwise have received from the Borrower. Although rates may have moved up or down since the Quotation Date for the Interest Period, the interest received on the amount re-invested will not include the Margin, and the period for which the amount is re-invested will not be of a standard length. Each Lender will, therefore, wish to be compensated for any loss it may incur during this period as a result of the early repayment.
Translation - Romanian Clauza privind Costul de intrerupere a finantarii este o clauza standard de despagubire in cazul intreruperii finantarii si se bazeaza pe ipoteza (care nu este neaparat corecta in toate situatiile) potrivit careia, pentru fiecare Perioada de Dobanda pentru care un Imprumut este datorat conform contractului, Creditorul se va finanta singur de pe Piata Interbancara Relevanta printr-un depozit corespondent.
Creditorii vor coordona finantarea corespondenta a fiecarui Imprumut astfel incat sa coincida cu Perioada de Dobanda relevanta. Astfel, in cazul in care un Imprumutat opereza o rambursare anticipata a intregului Imprumut sau doar a unei parti a acestuia, este posibil ca Creditorii sa fie nevoiti sa suporte Costul de intrerupere a finantarii dat fiind ca nu vor mai putea utiliza aceste fonduri restituite (asupra carora nu mai primesc dobanda) pentru a-si rambursa obligatiile lor corespondente pana in ultima zi a Perioadei de Dobanda relevante. Este posibil sa apara discrepante intre suma pe care Creditorii o primesc anticipat de la Imprumutat si suma pe care acestia trebuie sa o restituie pe piata. Creditorii vor reinvesti suma rambursata anticipat de Imprumutat pentru restul Periodei de Dobanda, insa, chiar si in aceasta situatie, profitul obtinut la aceasta suma reinvestita poate fi mai mic decat suma pe care ar fi primit-o in mod normal de la Imprumutat. Cu toate ca ratele inregistreaza majorari sau scaderi de la Data Cotatiei pentru Perioada de Dobanda, dobanda acumulata la suma reinvestita nu va include Marja, iar perioda pentru care suma este reinvestita nu va fi o perioada standard. Fiecare Creditor va dori, in consecinta, sa fie despagubit pentru orice pierderi pe care le-ar putea suporta in aceasta perioada ca urmare a unei rambursari anticipate.
Romanian to English: excerpt from a 2011 Paris Fashion Week article - Boy George and Kanye West set the pace of applauses for VIVIENNE WESTWOOD General field: Other Detailed field: Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Source text - Romanian Vivienne Westwood este unul dintre promotorii fenomenului punk, iar noua sa colectie nu face exceptie de la stilul noncomformist cu care ne-a obisnuit inca din anii ’70. Machiajul excentric si coafura rebela au ,,imbracat” look-ul eclectic pe care il propune cu fiecare defilare. Westwood este dovada vie a faptului ca moda nu are limite. In aceeasi colectie se gaseste un amalgam de piese avand stiluri sau texturi opozabile, pe care numai designerul londonez are talentul de a le mixa intr-un mod atat de avangardist. S-ar putea spune orice despre hainele Vivienne Westwood, doar ca sunt plictisitoare, nu. Incoerenta alaturarii elegantelor haine din stofa englezeasca cu jambiere multicolore, botine pavate cu paiete aurii si rochii voluminoase din tafta capata sens numai in colectia sa. Asa ca, in intampinarea curiozitatii nesaturate a fashionistelor din intreaga lumea de a afla ,,ce se poarta”, creatoarea de moda vine sa demonteze miturile trendurilor sezoniere, demonstrand ca orice se poate asorta la orice sau, si mai bine spus, orice este limita.
Translation - English Vivienne Westwood is one of the exponents of the punk phenomenon and her latest collection took no exception to the nonconforming style she had accustomed us to as early as the 70’s. Eccentric make-up and defiant hairdo took up the eclectic air she comes up with for each and every of her défilés. Westwood is the living proof that fashion has no limits. The same collection includes a blend of clothing items displaying contrastive styles or textures which could have been fused into such avant-garde look by the gifted London designer alone. You can say absolutely anything about Vivienne Westwood’s designs, except that they are boring. The inarticulate juxtaposition of the elegant English cloth outfits with multicoloured legwarmers, boots fully set in golden spangles and massive gowns made up of taffeta make sense in her collection only. In anticipation of the insatiate curiosity of the fashionistas all over the world, to find out “what’s hip”, the designer’s work is a successful deconstruction of the myths of the season trends, proving that anything goes with anything or, in other words, the sky is the limit.
Romanian to English: Caminante - de Octavian Paler - Capitol: Festina lente General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - Romanian ,,Fiecare secol are, poate, un mal du siècle al sau. Al nostru ne impinge sa n-avem rabdare…Trenuri, avioane, vapoare, toate gafaie si isi ambaleaza la maxim motoarele aruncand in aer trambe de fum…bilete de avion, bilete de vapor, bilete de tren, gari, aerogari, porturi, ,,Parisul in doua zile”, ,,Mexicul pe scurt”, vize de intrare, vize de iesire, hoteluri, ,,Taxi!”, pliante, cine mai are timp sa citeasca Odiseea? Suntem grabiti, ,,Legati-va centurile, peste cateva clipe vom decola”, trenurile pleaca toate ,,peste cinci minute”, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mesdames et Messieurs, Seňoras y Seňores, nu mai e timp nici macar sa alergam in prima librarie, sa citim cartea pe drum…nu-i nimic, poate data viitoare, atunci…si, la urma urmei, ce vroia Homer? Atatea incurcaturi pentru ca sa aduca un grec siret pe un tarm pietros unde abia crestea iarba pentru capre… Nu, din pacate, nu mai e timp, suntem intre o gara si alta, intre un avion si altul, imbatandu-ne de graba noastra ca de un scop…Doamne, si totusi am vrut ceva, am dorit ceva, dar ce anume? Ne-ar trebui un popas, putina liniste, sa ne adunam gandurile…dar, vai, semaforul arata ca trenul nu mai poate sa astepte, scara avionului s-a retras, ,,Legati-va centurile de siguranta!”, iar vaporul se desprinde de chei. Sa lasam Odiseea, sa rasfoim ghidurile si mai ales sa nu uitam sa trimitem cunoscutilor si necunoscutilor ilustrate, insotite de cateva randuri, eventual cu vorbe prescurtate, in vreme ce continua zgomotul rotilor pe sina, vuietul elicelor in aer, iar pe puntea vaporului toata lumea zambeste auzind un vals desuet: ,,Valsuri, acum? Cine mai are vreme de valsuri, mon cher? Ne trebuie altceva, care sa ne sugereze betia vitezei in cursele de formula unu…” Festina lente? Cine a spus asta? A, da, am invatat pe vremuri la orele de latina ca poetii ii sfatuiau pe romani sa se grabeasca incet, in schimb cohortele inarmate faceau sa trepideze drumurile imperiului… Dar ce rost are sa ne aducem aminte de dictoane depasite? Ele suna ca valsul acela de pe vapor. […] Nu mai avem chef sa reluam rationamentele, sa cantarim argumentele, vrem sa sarim direct la concluzie, nu mai avem rabdare sa citim o carte intreaga, vrem o fraza frumoasa, inteleapta, atat.”
Translation - English “Every century has perhaps its own mal du siècle. Ours pushes us headlong into impatience …Trains, airplanes, boats, all puffing and panting and racing up their engines, leaving circles of smoke behind …airline tickets, boat tickets, train tickets, railway stations, air-stations, ports, “Two Day Tour of Paris”, ’’Mexico – Short Tour”, entry visas, exit visas, hotels, ‘’Taxi!”, leaflets, who’s got time to read Odyssey anymore? We’re in a hurry, ‘’Fasten your seatbelts, we are going to take off in a couple of moments”, the trains shall be all leaving ‘’in five minutes”, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mesdames et Messieurs, Seňoras y Seňores, there’s no time, not even to run to the nearest bookshop to get a book and read it on the way…but it’s all right, maybe next time …and, what did Homer want after all? A pile of trouble only to bring a foxy Greek onto a stony shore where the grass could hardly feed a goat … No, unfortunately, there’s no time anymore, we’re living between one station and the other, between this flight and the next one, indulging in our haste as if it served some sort of purpose …Oh, good God, yet we must have wanted something, we must have had some desire, but what would that be? We need to make a stop, we need some quiet to put our thoughts together …but, that’s impossible, the traffic lights say the train cannot wait any longer, the passenger boarding stairs have been pulled back, ‘’Fasten your seatbelts!”, and the ship sails away from the shore. Forget about Odyssey, let’s leaf through the guides and, more important, let us not forget to send the folks we know and those we don’t know, illustrated postcards with a few lines on the back, some abbreviated words perhaps, while the noise of the railway wheels never ends, the propellers’ howling fills the air and, on the deck of the ship, all the people are smiling at the sound of an outmoded waltz: ’’Waltz? Now? Who’s got time for waltz, mon cher? What we need is something else, something to suggest to us the delirium of motion in formula one racing …”Festina lente? Where have we ever heard that? Oh, yes, we learnt once, during our Latin classes, that poets would advise Romans to make a slow haste, whilst the armed cohorts were having the roads of the empire quiver under their feet… But what’s the point of recollecting obsolete sayings? They sound just like that waltz on the deck. […] We no longer feel like going over arguments, brooding over reasons, we simply want to jump to conclusions, we are impatient to read a whole book, we settle for a nice phrase, that’s all we need.”
Translator authorized to perform certified translations by the Ministry of Justice under certification number 4519 / 2001 issued after having passed the English language test. Tested fields: economic and literature.
2001-2003
Master's degree in International Affairs
The Faculty of International Relations of the Academy of Economic Studies – Bucharest
1997 - 2001
Bachelor’s degree in English and French languages and literatures. English major, French secondary.
The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Bucharest.
February 2002 - November 2002
In-house legal translator with Badea, Radu & Asociatii (a recently emerged law firm at the time, presently, Clifford Chance Badea).
October 2002 – February 2003
Teaching assistant with the English Studies Department of the Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest.
Teaching Business English to the Management, Administration and Marketing Departments of the Academy.
November 2002 – January 2008
In-house legal translator and, from 2005 to 2008, head of the translation department with Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen.
2008- to date
Freelance legal translator for reputable companies active on the Romanian market. A non-exhaustive client list is included herein below:
CLIFFORD CHANCE BADEA
SALANS MOORE & ASSOCIATES
BOSTINA SI ASOCIATII
MUSAT SI ASOCIATII
RADU TĂRĂCILĂ PĂDURARI RETEVOESCU SPRL IN ASSOCIATION WITH ALLEN & OVERY LLP
OGILVY & MATHER ROMANIA, OGILVYACTION ROMANIA, OGILVY AND MATHER ADVERTISING, S.C. GROUPM MEDIA OPERATIONS S.R.L.
PELI FILIP
DLA PIPER ROMANIA
BULBOACA SI ASOCIATII
AMBIENT S.A.
ANGHEL, RADULESCU SI ASOCIATII
HELLMANN WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS
SALIS TERRA SRL
RWEA (the Romanian Wind Energy Association)
My translation projects from and into English have included along the years legal, economic, business materials as well as texts on general topics (legislation covering wide business fields, corporate documentation (articles/memoranda of association, deeds of incorporation and related instruments issued by or to Romanian public authorities for corporate registration and operation, such as: powers of attorney, certifications of corporate resolutions, minutes of the meeting, sworn declarations/affidavits, specimen signatures, letters of creditworthiness issued by banking institutions etc.), financial instruments (loan agreements, financing facilities, several guarantees/security interest agreements etc.), real estate and constructions (sale and purchase agreements, lease agreements, PPP contracts etc.), securities and capital markets (issuance of debt instruments, prospectuses, notices to and from the National Securities Commission), intellectual property (documents concerning trademark administration services, trademark and patent litigation documents), competition (decisions/clearances issued by the Competition Council, notifications of economic concentrations), employment and immigration (individual and collective labour contracts, internal regulations and policies, confidentiality, restrictive covenants and non-compete agreements, management contracts, data protection-related documents), dispute resolution (court orders, injunctions, criminal complaints, statements of claim/defence etc), legal opinions, due diligence and title reports, localization support materials for IT service companies, financial reports.
For almost two years now, I have been translating into English the fashion articles published by Janina Nectara in a Romanian magazine for women readers (Tabu) and on her own fashion website (www.fashionavecpassion.com).
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