Adriana Grigorescu

CURRICULUM VITAE

Adriana GRIGORESCU

Viale Sarca 94

20125 Milano

Italy

Mobile phone no.: +39.320.41.39.558

Date and place of birth: January 12^th 1976, Bucharest, Romania

Nationality: Romanian

E-mail: agrigorescu@yahoo.com; adrianagrigorescu@msn.com

Proz.com profile: www.proz.com/profile/614997

My web page: www.rimech.it

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since March 2007 - :

Freelance translator (from English, Portuguese, Italian into Romanian)

Clients from Italy, Portugal, UK, Germany, Belgium a.s.o.

Types of translations:

technical manuals

instruction booklets for centrifugal pumps and reciprocating compressors

quality procedures

operative safety norms

company brochures.

2005 - 2007

Office employee, translator of documents and technical manuals

(English – Italian) and quality system manager assistant - SOMI s.r.l.(No), Italy

2004 – 2005:

Translator (Portuguese – Romanian)

MEDIA PRO S.R.L. (ACASA TV – Romanian private TV station), Bucharest

Translated soap-operas:

“Mulheres Apaixonadas” (Women in love ) – Portuguese (Br) to Romanian

“Morangos com Açúcar” (Strawberries and Sugar) – Portuguese (Pt) to Romanian

2003 – 2004:

English teacher and sworn translator - Cuatro Team s.r.l., Bucharest, Romania

Training courses for firm personnel:

March 2004 – May 2004: English course taught to two groups of cameramen (7 persons each – beginner and intermediate levels) at MEDIAPRO, Bucharest

July 2004 – August 2004: Basic English course taught to make-up artists and hairstylists (one group of four persons – beginner level), JANINE fashion, Buftea, Romania

Types of translated documents: power of attorney, birth certificates, marriage certificates, identity cards, driving licences, diplomas of study, accreditations, CV, user’s manuals, etc.

2002 – 2003:

Substitute teacher of English and Portuguese for foreigners

Escola Internacional de Línguas (International School of Languages), Lisbon, Portugal

2001 – 2002:

Translator of documents – The Consulate of Moldavia, Lisbon, Portugal

1999 – 2000:

Substitute teacher of Portuguese language and civilization – Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Portuguese Department, University of Bucharest, Romania

1997 – 1998:

Student teacher of English – “George Cosbuc” high-school, Bucharest, Romania

ACCREDITATIONS:

Sworn translator of the Romanian Ministry of Justice since 2004    

(Accreditation no. 11728)

STUDIES and PROFESSIONAL FORMATION

May 2010 :

International Technical Translation Conference

Tradulínguas, Lisbon, Portugal

Participant

1999 – 2000:

Master’s degree in Applied English Linguistics

University of Bucharest - Romania, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures,

Thesis: Teaching Othello - Shakespeare (applying schema-theory from socio-cognitive science to methodological techniques)

1994 – 1998 :

University Graduation Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures

(English – Portuguese)

University of Bucharest - Romania, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Thesis: A Història dos Esquecidos da Història (The History of those forgotten by History) – on the novel O Memorial do Convento by the Portuguese writer José Saramago

OTHER COURSES

2000 – 2001:

Post-graduation course for teachers of Portuguese as a foreign language

Faculdade de Letras (University of Arts), Porto, Portugal

awarded with a scholarship by the Camões Institute, Lisbon, Portugal

1998 – 1999:

Specializing course in translation (English – Portuguese)

Faculdade de Letras (University of Arts), Lisbon, Portugal,

awarded with a scholarship by the Camões Institute, Lisbon, Portugal

1997, July:

Summer scholarship – Advanced course in Portuguese language and Civilization

Faculdade de Letras (University of Arts), Lisbon, Portugal

awarded with a scholarship by the Camões Institute, Lisbon, Portugal

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Languages:

Romanian – mother tongue

English – very good

Portuguese – very good

Italian – very good

Spanish – beginner

Software:

Windows XP

Microsoft Office 2003

SDL Trados Freelance 7.1

Internet Explorer

Adobe Photoshop