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Profile
- Experience and references
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| Since
2001 |
Freelance
interpreter and translator, working in Italian, German,
English and Chinese. |
| Education
and training |
| 2011-2013 (ongoing) |
European Master in Audiovisual Translation at the University of Parma. |
| 2006 |
HSK
level 7 (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi - Chinese Proficiency
Test) |
| 2005
- 2006 |
One-year
course in Chinese at the Central
Academy of Drama in Beijing. |
| 1994
- 2001 |
Advanced
School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators
(SSLMIT),
University of Trieste. Four-year degree course in interpreting
- German, English and Chinese. Thesis: "Le plastiche
biodegradabili. Glossario italiano - inglese - cinese"
(Biodegradable plastics. Italian - English - Chinese glossary)
Degree in interpreting (2001), marks of 110/110,
summa cum laude.
Two-year degree in interpreting and translating (1996),
marks of 60/60. |
| 1989
- 1994 |
"Cardinal
Ferrari"-high school, Cantù (Como). Languages
studied: German, English and French. High school diploma
(obtained in 1994), with marks of 60/60. |
| from
1991 onwards |
Various
periods spent abroad: England, France, Germany, China
and Taiwan. |
| Skills
and competences |
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Ability to work in a multicultural and/or multinational
environment acquired during the various stays abroad
• Excellent communication skills in the three
main working languages (Italian, German and English);
good communication skills in Chinese
• Ability to work both in a team and independently
• Excellent organization skills (coordination
of large translation projects)
• Excellent computer skills (OS: Windows ME,
XP; MS Office 2000). Use of computer-aided translation
tools (Wordfast for translating text files, Catscradle
for translating html files, Dreamweaver for editing
and creating html files)
• Very good writing skills (publication of articles
and reviews in the internal magazine of the Gruppo
Arte e Cultura of Cantù and in Il
Foglio, magazine of Cucciago library, Como)
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| Some
past assignments |
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Technical translations in various fields (metallurgy,
mechanics, industrial machinery, electricity, automation,
computer science, industrial engineering, architecture,
plastic materials, waste disposal, environment and
ecology, Facility Management, wine & dine sector)
• Legal and business translations (contracts,
business correspondence, verdicts), patent translations
• Website localization
• Tourism and literary translations
• Translation of the book "Erinnerung verpflichtet:
Jüdische Schicksale 1939-1945", by Lilli
Bernhard-Ithai, from German into Italian, published
by "e" under the title "Una piccola
tessera - Il dovere di ricordare", Trieste, October
2001
Some
clients: Giorgio Armani S.p.A.; cooperation with the
websites "Tirol.at"
and"Friuli
Venezia Giulia - Turismo online"; Colombin
GM & Figlio S.p.A., Trieste; "GAMAR
- Motori elettrici"; CNS (Consorzio
Nazionale Servizi).
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Consecutive and liaison interpreting (press
conferences, fairs, trade meetings, technical trainings,
interviews) in Italian, German, English and Chinese.
Technical experience in the following fields: nut-and-bolt
works (grinding machines and lathes), printing industries
(offset printing machines), steel works (continuous
casting machines, rolling mills), oil & gas (production
of ball valves)
Some
clients: La
Stampa; Knee Top Joint (KTJ), Trieste; WWF;
Italian
Chamber of Commerce for Germany; Comune
di Cantù.
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Stage at the Islandwoods Green Plus International
Co. in Taiwan (July - September 1999)
• Teaching of Italian and English in companies
and private schools in China (Shenyang) and Taiwan
(1998 and 1999)
• Teaching of German, English and Chinese at
the Orizzonti dell'Est e dell'Ovest association in
Trieste (1998-2001)
• Private tutoring in German, English and Chinese
(since 1997)
• Summer job at the Stich Imbiss, Bühl (Germany)
(1996, 1997, 1999, 2000)
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