Resume – CV – Experience – Projects

Basil Kezios

(312) 867-7407
basil@greektranslations.com

Translations – Interpreting – Typesetting – Escort – Voiceover since 1995

Interpreting
  • Certified by the Department of State and the U.S. Federal Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • County of Cook – Court Interpreter
  • Law Firms
  • Amway Hellas
  • Herbalife Hellas
  • McDonald’s Corporation
  • Trane Inc.
  • Rainbow Conference Interpreter

Legal / Law
  • McDonald’s Corporation
  • UPS, United Parcel Service
  • Wendy’s International
  • Kemper Financial
  • Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
  • US Department of State
  • Franchisee contract translation and review
  • Operations and training manuals, translation, editing and typesetting.
  • Training video voice-overs & subtitling.
  • Employee motivational training program; job safety training program; twelve steps and twelve traditions; anti terrorism assistance program interpreter.

Technical
  • Caterpillar, Inc.
  • Atlas CopCo Wagner, Inc
  • Brunswick Corporation/Mercury Marine
  • Anti Terrorism Assistance

Various Projects
  • Boeing
  • Citibank, International
  • Mellon Bank
  • Janus Mutual Funds
  • Goldman Sachs Investments
  • Pepsico
  • Jenner & Block
  • Katten, Muchin & Zavis
  • Jones, Walker et al.

Legal translations
  • government hearings;
  • international contracts;
  • Depositions: maritime, corporate, medical and criminal. Expert trial witness, newsletters; prospectus, marketing materials, financial documents, annual reports

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Localization

 Canon; ILE; Stirling Technologies; Accent Software; Zebra Technologies, Inc.; VideoJet SystemsLocalization Of Arcview (Cad Program); Installshield (Win95 Program); Localization Of User Interfaces, Web Pages, Product Packaging; Translation Of Value-Line & Videojet Excel Printer Manuals & Software

DTP

 Wizards of the Coast; Warner Brothers; Disney; Hallmark Entertainment Network Translation & DTP: game user manuals; character development, script dialog translation and subtitling.

Equipment & Software

 • PC – WINDOWS 7

• HP SCANNER (2400 DPI),

• MS OFFICE PROFESSIONAL SUITE

• WORDPERFECT

• SDL TRADOS 9 Suite

 • ADOBE PAGEMAKER, QUARKXPRESS AND FRAMEMAKER+ SGML (PC AND MAC), INTERLEAF (PC)• MACROMEDIA FREEHAND GRAPHICS STUDIO• ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, CORELDRAW

Education

 Parks College of SLU – Aerospace Engineering;