Langues

Domaine d'expertise

Autres domaines de travail: Comptabilité et Audit • Arts et Lettres (général) • Astronomie et Espace • Industrie automobile/Voitures et Poids lourds • Règlementation bancaire et financière • Biologie/Biochimie/Biotechnologie • Programme informatique • Ordinateurs (général) • Copywriting • Ecologie et Environnement • Electronique • Ingénierie: Aerospatiale, Aviation • Ingénierie: Industrielle • Ingénierie: Pétrole • Jeu et paris/Jeux videos • Gastronomie • Général/Conversation/Salutations/Lettres • Histoire • Ressources humaines • Assurance • Développement International/Coopération • Réglementation des contrats • Gestion • Médical (général) • Médical: Pharmaceutique • Imprimerie et Edition • Relations Publiques • Immobilier • Science (général) • Sciences sociales, Sociologie, Ethique…

Key points

Language & Translation skills: Fluent in Italian (native), English and French. Specialist work undertaken in politics, social science, law, economics, music, fiction.

Competence and Experience: High level of competence, experience and responsibility in varied office work tasks.

Varied work experience & Outgoing personality: Work experience in marketing, PR, teaching and social work

Computer skills. Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, ProTools, Dreamweaver (Mac & Windows)

Career History

2006 - At present: Freelance Translator, Proofreader & Voice over
Farrow & Ball, Wimborne (UK) 2005: Export Sales Officer, translations for italian customers (technical data sheets, advertisements)
Digital Studio Sound, Ascona (Switzerland) 2004: PA (01-05.2004), events organisation, general office work, translation for daily correspondence with foreign companies (letters, faxes, E-mails, contracts); participated in negotiations & developed business plans and web site in English and Italian (freelance 05.2004-08.2005)
Red Cross, Lugano (Switzerland) 2002 - 2003: social worker, administration and translations (English and french: legal documents, interpreter for asylum seekers)
Primary School, Ascona (Switzerland) 1997-2001: Primary School Teacher (french and italian)

Education

1993 -1997 University of Lausanne (Switzerland) Bachelor's Degree in Political Science Wide-ranging social science degree with specialist courses taken in Economics & Law
1991 -1993 Alta Scuola Pedagogica di Locarno (Switzerland) Primary School Techer's DiplomaMethodological, pedagogical and practical teacher training. Courses in Italian, French, Mathematics, History, Geography, Science, Drawing, Music, IT.
1987 -1991 Liceo cantonale di Locarno (Switzerland) High school diploma "Maturità Classica" - Broad-based advanced High School diploma with specialist papers in greek and latin.

Experience & Language expertise

· politics, economics · Marketing, business · Social science, social work, human rights, migration
· Music projects, services and equipment · Biomedicine, medical · law, legal documents
· literature, history, journalism · manuals (technical, software...) · tourism

Main projects

2006 Mayflower (agency) Translation of a manual (software)
2006 Experts in Translation (agency) Translation of various legal documents (contracts, EU law,...)
2006 Translation & Project management Magazine emoTIon: translation & proofreading of articles (IT/DE, DE/IT)
2006 Translation & Project management Ticino Turismo (official tourist office of Canton Ticino, Switzerland): newsletter (monthly), articles, descriptions
2003 -2005 Sensimed (www.sensimed.ch) Technical/medical translations (ita-eng/eng-ita)
2002 -2003 Mr Paolo Bordoli, Lugano (Lawyer) Translation of legal documents
1987 -1994 Festival del film di Locarno (Switzerland) Hostess and interpreter for foreign customers (french, english and german)

Contact

info@blueworldtranslations.com
samanta.translations@gmail.com
0044 7896 004598

References available on request.

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