Professional experience

Freelance translator, interpreter and language teacher

Translation language combinations:

– From English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian to French.

– From English, French, Portuguese, Italian and Italian into Spanish

Interpretation language combinations:

– English, Spanish, Italian, Italian and Portuguese into French

– English, French and Italian into Spanish

– English, French and Spanish into Italian

Language services provided:

– Translation

– Simultaneous and liaison interpretation

– Editing and proofreading

– Proofreading of texts

– Drafting and rewriting of texts

– Transcription

– Transcreation

– Tailor-made French classes

French teacher The Acorn House International School

French teacher (part-time) at 4 levels using playful, multisensory, interdisciplinary and task-based approaches to language learning and teaching.

– Beginners: French as a foreign language (pupils from 7 to 9 years old).

– Infant education for French-speaking children

– Primary education for French-speaking children (5-6 years)

– Primary education for French-speaking children (7-9 years)

Translator, interpreter and Programme Assistant Bioversity International (formerly IPGRI)

Main translations carried out:

English to French translations of nutrition reference material for the project “Partnerships to mobilise the diversity of traditional food systems to ensure adequate nutrition and health in ECOWAS Member States”, funded by Bioversity, FAO and WAHO (September 2007).

– Simultaneous (whispered) interpretation from English into French at the International Scientific Symposium on “Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets: United against Hunger”, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 3-5 November 2010.

– Technical translations from English into French and Spanish for seminars, meetings and workshops.

– Proofreading of scientific articles/reports written in French

– Translations from English into French and Spanish of Syngeta/IFPRI project material on “Payment for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services (PACS)” (fact sheet and full project proposal).

– Translation of scientific presentations in English, French, Spanish and Italian.

– Translation of meeting reports, letters of agreement, memoranda of understanding, consultancy contracts and project proposals from English into French and Spanish.

– Proofreading and editing of publications in French and Spanish

Translator and Assistant International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (PGRI)

Duties performed:

– Technical translations of scientific presentations and official material from English into French, Spanish and Italian.

– Proofreading of documents in French and Spanish

– Syntactic and linguistic proofreading in English, French and Spanish of scientific documents, travel reports and proposals

– Drafting of official material in French, Spanish and Italian.

Translator and Assistant, Training Department International Development Law Organisation

Duties performed:

– Organisation of seminars, courses, training workshops (quotations, correspondence in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese; assistance in obtaining visas; organisation and scheduling of travel engagements; research of information on the Internet).

– Drafting bids for training programmes financed by the World Bank, EBRD, USAID and IDB

– Simultaneous interpretation from Italian to French and from Spanish to Italian

– Translations into Spanish, English, Italian, French, Portuguese and Spanish of annual reports, training programmes, current documents of the organisation.

Translator and trilingual assistant (English, French and Italian) Gambino International Law Firm

Assisted a lawyer and university professor of commercial law in the preparation of his legal actions (correspondence in Italian, English, French and Spanish (compilation of material), legal translations from Italian into French, travel arrangements, invoicing).

Proofreader and editor COLORS magazine

Proofreading and editing of COLORS magazine (sponsored by Benetton) from English into French.

Import/export assistant Hiberexport

Responsible for relations with freight forwarders in Spain, follow-up of imported goods, administrative support.