Asta Bonniot

EU policies & documents, law, immigration, business, oil, medicine, patents, advertising, technical, film subtitling.

Asta Bonniot
PG/European Masters in Conference Interpreting
Lithuanian, English, Russian
55A Ennersdale Road
London SE13 6JE
Home/Fax 02088528798
Mob. 07905342605
e-mail: abonniot@aol.com


Education & Qualifications:

UNIVERSITY University of Westminster, London PG/European Masters in ConferenceInterpreting Techniques 2000-2001

British Open University
Courses: Managing Customer & Client Relations
the Effective Manager
1994-1996

Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania
the Department of Foreign Languages
Graduate Diploma in the English Language & Literature & Language Teaching Techniques
1988-1993

HIGH Plunge High School No. 1, Lithuania
1976-1987


OTHER
in-house training at
Owen White & Catlin Solicitors
June 2001

training at the Lithuanian Embassy in London
Feb-April 2001

training at the EU institutions in Brussels, Belgiun
March 2001

Advanced Conference Interpreting Course
at the University of Bradford
May-June 2000

course of French at Centre Paris-Lecture
Paris, France
Feb-June 2000
2-day course with HRStrategies (now “AON Consulting) on
teamwork & time management
Aug 1995, Vilnius, Lithuania

Experience 05-01 - till now a freelance interpreter & translator

09 97-11 99 managing director of the language service company
“I&T Services”;
Duties: managing the overall business, translation, interpreting,
proof-reading.

11 96-07 97 staff administrator for “Celebrity Cruises & Partnership” in Miami, the USA;
Duties: HR management, liaison interpreting.

12 95-11 96 commercial manager for the British garment producing
company “GlenMore” in Vilnius, Lithuania;
Duties: organizing garment production & export to the UK, preparation & signing contracts with factories, English used as a communication language.

06 94-12 95 import-export representative for the branch of MARS Inc. in Klaipeda, Lithuania - “MasterFoods”;
Duties: responsible for import operations of MARS products from its factories Europe-wide to Lithuania & export to other Baltic
countries, English used as a communication language.

09 93-06 94 administrator for the branch of MARS Inc. in Klaipeda, Lithuania - “MasterFoods”;
Duties: secretarial, administrative, PA, interpreting & translation.

06 93-09 93 translator for the State Fishing Fleet Enterprise “Jura”,
contract department, Klaipeda, Lithuania.

07 92-06 93 interpreter & translator for the garment producers “RICCO-VERO” and “C&A”, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Equipment:
Hardware: Intel Mobile Pentium processor, 64MB, CD-ROM, modem,
Canon S400 printer, Lexmark X73 printer & scanner.
Operating system: Windows 2000
Software: Microsoft Office, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, PowerPoint


Specializations: EU policies & documents, immigration, law, economic, technical, environment, patents, cosmetics, oil production, film subtitling, etc.

Professional membership: AIL of the Institute of Linguists, a member of the UK NRPSI, registered freelancer for the Asylum Refugee Center, IAA Court Service, the UK Kent Constabulary

PG/European Masters in Conference Interpreting

Associate member of the Institute of Linguists