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Professional Experience |
Since 1994 - today FREELANCE SPANISH TRANSLATIONS (areas specified before):
Also:
· Court interpreting, liaison.
· Portuguese voice-overs for multimedia products, The Sounds Factory (Madrid) (1996)
· Books published: MICHELIN GUIDE OF THE NETHERLANDS, 1998.
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
2000 - IFF Spain - International Flavors and Fragrances - Marketing Responsible - Deep understanding of consumer goods mass market, beauty, fragrance, cosmetics, and home and laundry care.
1999- 2000 Panda Software International- Antivirus Software Vendor, New Markets PR and Communications- Editor.
1999 - Les Must de Cartier Espana, S.A.: Technical translator for Spanish-Portuguese.
1998- 99 Account Executive, Tactics Europe (Advertising and Communications Agency), Madrid
1994-1995 Journalist, Jornal de Notícias, Porto, Portugal /SIC TV Station
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Specialization |
1. Marketing and advertising adaptation
(I hold a Marketing Management Masters from a prestigious business school called ESIC
in Madrid, Spain)
2. Software (esp. antivirus and DTP) /Computers, IT
(I have been online since 1996 and have worked as PR Manager for an antivirus software vendor for a year)
3. Healthcare, cosmetics.
(Several members of my family work in different professions in this field)
I have also translated documents in the following fields: contracts, legal documents, banking, finance, e-commerce,
engineering, machines, automotive manuals, videogames, food, lip-synch adapting and architecture.
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Languages |
English - Spanish (native)
Dutch - Spanish (native)
German - Spanish (native)
French - Spanish (native)
Portuguese - Spanish (native) |
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Education |
Masters Degree Marketing Direction at ESIC Business School, Madrid (1999-2000)
Fashion and Image Styling , Cremer Fashion University, Madrid (2000)
BA Information Sciences, branch Journalism, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
(1989 -1994) - 4th Year spent with Erasmus fellowship at Rijksuniversiteit Gent (Flemish-speaking Belgium)
BAF Lettres Modernes (French Literature) and Interpreting/ Translation at Institut Cluny, Université Catholique de Paris (English-French-Spanish).
(1989-1994)
Drama and Acting Training (ESTUDIO DE CRISTINA ROTA), Sala del Mirador, Madrid (1995-97)
Certificate of Proficiency in English, Cambridge University (1996)
Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal, Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1993)
Since 1984, extensive travelling & living abroad: Ireland, Canada, France, Italy, UK, Belgium, Germany, Portugal.
Other languages spoken: Italian and Greek, some Swedish, Norwegian and Japanese.
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Equipment |
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
· PC Pentium III 850, HP colour printer, scanner.
· Windows 98, Microsoft Office 2000
· Trados 5.
· PageMager, FrameMaker, Quark, Acrobat 5.0, Photoshop, Freehand
· Full Internet access: basic knowledge of HTML and Javascript.
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