Qualified,professional interpreter and translator

Phone: 0044(0)2088915655 Mobile: 0044(0)7929429565 Address: 30 St George's road TW1 1QR St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex United Kingdom Add opinion »

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Expertise

Additional work areas: Business/Commerce (general) • Agriculture / Livestock / Animal Husbandry • Arts and Humanities (general) • Cosmetics/Beauty • International Development/Cooperation • Finance / Economics (general) • Forestry / Wood / Timber • Gastronomy • History • Real Estate • Automotive Industry/Cars & Trucks • Engineering: Chemical • Engineering: Electrical • Journalism • Literature / Poetry • Fashion / Textiles / Clothing • Music • Media / Multimedia • Medical: Pharmaceuticals • Machinery & Tools • Photography / Imaging/ Graphic Arts • Science (general) • Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. • Sports / Recreation / Fitness • Telecommunications • Travel & Tourism

About me

I'm a conference interpreter and translator,working into and out of English, French and Italian.

I am based in London since 2001.

Qualifications

MA Conference Interpreting, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

FIRST class BA(Hons) Professional Language Studies, University of Westminster, London.

Chartered Member of the IOL (Institute of Linguists).

Member of the ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting).

Member of the London Region Group- ITI.

Education

MA course in Conference Interpreting, Ecole de Traduction et d'Interpretation, Geneva, Switzerland.

BA (Hons) Professional Language Studies (French and English), University of Westminster, London.

Liceo Linguistico Vittoria Colonna, Rome, final grade 100/100.

Master level French langauge course, Universite de la Sorbonne, Paris.

Beginner German language course, Freie Universitat, Berlin.

CPD courses organised by IOL, ITI and LRG.

Experience

January- May 2006
ASSISTANT LECTURER on the Master in Conference Interpreting, University of Westminster, London.

- EU Parliament and Commission, Brussels (19-22 February 2006),
Visit of the institutions and simultaneous interpreting in a variety of conferences and meetings.

-Consecutive interpreting for a Premier League footballer during interviews and major                 TV/website advertising production (Sept 2006)

-Telephone interpreting (French-English-French), private clients: assistance to call utility company, plumber, garage, builders etc.

-Translation of subtitles for sport documentary, sponsored by Adidas (Dec 2005)

-Lombardy Region, Ad-hoc interpreting at event for promotion of Lombardy's trade fair system in the UK (Nov 2006)

-Port Talbot County Borough Council, Simultaneous Interpreting at "Annual Twin Towns Conference", (Oct 2006)

-Research International, Simultaneous Interpreting in focus groups and marketing meetings prior to launch of new product (Nov 2006)

-Lister Hospital, Consecutive interpreting between IVF patients and medical staff (2005-present)

-Italian National Health Service, Department of Environment and Primary Prevention,

Translation of research articles/abstracts on exposure to chemical and biological agents, and their effects on human health and on environment (2004)

-Libera Università  Maria Ss. Assunta, Rome. Translation of Masters student's thesis "The impact of intrauterine growth delays on the development of twins" into English (2005)

-University College London, Department of Human health and performance.
Translation of physiotherapy research papers from Italian into English, to assist Masters' research project (2005)

-Isproma, Aetech, Global Engineering (chemical engineering companies)

References

Cecile Narbeth (Cefina Design Ltd)- Translation client : cecile@cefina.com

Dr Barbara Moser-Mercer (Conference Interpreter &  lecturer, ETI, Geneva):   Barbara.Moser@eti.unige.ch

Interests

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