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About Me
Translation, revision, proofreading (English into Italian, French into Italian, Italian into English) and language tutoring.
Areas covered: UK, Ireland, Italy, France, US
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Job Reviews on PPH
by Mark T on 13 Dec 2011
Excellent work. Sara did this job quickly and proficiently, and communicated clearly about the questions that came up. I recommend her highly.
by Ashleigh R on 13 Sep 2010
Completed work ahead of schedule, with impeccable accuracy and no fuss. A pleasure to work with and we hope to again in the future.
by Bozena F on 13 Jun 2010
Sara translated both French and Italian and done a good job
Work Experience
WINNER OF THE TRANSLATION PEOPLE PRIZE (2008-10).
WINNER OF THE SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES ITALIAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE (2008).
PROZ CERTIFIED PRO TRANSLATOR (2010)
Freelance Translator, Ferrara (Italy). Translation from English and French into Italian (texts ranging from business documents to marketing websites, from hotel descriptions to professional CVs).
In-house Translator and Reviser, Project Manager: EN-FR-IT Specialist, Ravenna (Italy). Translation, revision, proofreading in all directions between English, French and Italian. Multilingual project management.
Internship, Applied Language Solutions, Delph (Oldham, UK). Having been selected to carry out a 3-week internship at ALS, I gained experience in project management activities and developed my IT skills, including Excel, Talkbase2, and Outlook.
Freelance Translator, Parcel2Go.com, Bolton (UK). I translated a section of the company's website from English into Italian. The page, on the topic of international deliveries, can be seen at https://www.parcel2go.com/about-italy.aspx.
Private Tutor, Manchester (UK). I gave private Italian lessons to British adults at levels ranging from ab initio through to more advanced language competencies.
In-house Translator, Euro London Appointments, Manchester (UK). Temporary contract during which I translated marketing documents, advertisements and vacancy notices for telesales.
Private Tutor, Ferrara (Italy). I provided private English and French lessons to students aged 12-20, including a university student preparing an oral exam on Business and Legal English, as well as one whose task was to translate some of Shakespeare's plays from English into Italian.
Interpreter and Translator, E.M.A.C., Ferrara (Italy). Main duties: written translations of emails and reports between English and Italian, phone calls to the USA, France and Austria, interpreting (Italian into English and vice versa) during weekly meetings and inspections at the Japanese firm D.I.C. in Vienna (Austria).
May 2010
St Giles Hotel
Translation of “Plaquette 2009” from French into English ("Chateau" balance sheet). File delivered in MS Word format on 20/05/2010 to Miss Abigail Tan.
Reviews for this job by:
Abigail Tan
Sara is incredibly nice and easy to work with. She completed a specific piece of work that she hadn't had much experience of before perfectly. Her fees are very low for the high quality of work that she does. Value for money = 10/10
Education
University of Salford (UK), MA in Translating (Distinction). This course involved written and audiovisual translation between English and Italian (and vice versa). I have been awarded a School of Languages Italian award for excellence (ranked first) and obtained an overall mark of 77.42 (Distinction).
Universita degli Studi di Ferrara (Italy), Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures (English and French with German). Final mark: 110 cum Laude/110. I carried out the research for my thesis in Exeter (UK) from October 07 to January 08.
University of Exeter (UK). Having won the Erasmus bursary (3rd out of 62 students for merit), I have spent 9 months in Exeter attending various modules at the School of Modern Languages.
Liceo Classico Statale L. Ariosto (Ferrara, Italy). During my five years at high school, I have chosen to follow the path based on foreign languages: English, French, German and Latin. Final mark: 92/100.
Universita degli Studi di Ferrara (Italy), Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures (English and French with German). Final mark: 110 cum Laude/110. I carried out the research for my thesis in Exeter (UK) from October 07 to January 08.
University of Exeter (UK). Having won the Erasmus bursary (3rd out of 62 students for merit), I have spent 9 months in Exeter attending various modules at the School of Modern Languages.
Liceo Classico Statale L. Ariosto (Ferrara, Italy). During my five years at high school, I have chosen to follow the path based on foreign languages: English, French, German and Latin. Final mark: 92/100.
