Résumé

PERSONAL DATA:

Cinzia Marcelli

Born in Cortona (AR), Italy, on  30.12.1960

Address: via Ritorta, 18 – 06100 Perugia - ITALY -

Telephone and fax: ++39-075-5722625

Mobile: ++39 340 5115210

E-mail: cinziamarcelli@interfree.it

EDUCATION:

1979: High School Diploma in Classical Studies and Humanities – Liceo Classico “Francesco Petrarca” in Cortona (Italy).

1983: Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English – Hendon College of Further Education (London,UK).

1986: BA in Translation – Scuola Superiore per Traduttori ed Interpreti  - University of Perugia (Italy).

1992: Stage in Russian language, literature and culture at the Puskin Institute in Moscow.

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE:

I have worked since 1986 as a freelance translator/proofreader.

Fields of expertise: Translation of web pages, contracts/legal, advertising and promotional campaigns, PowerPoint presentations, corporate newsletters, brochures & product catalogues, marketing material, IT, pharmaceutical/medical, cosmetics/beauty/fitness, biotechnologies, user guides, manuals & instructions, data sheets, philosophy, sports.

I have also worked as interpreter at business meetings, professional fairs and cultural events.

HARDWARE:

Desktop PC: Intel Celeron IBM 433 MHz.

Portable: Acer Aspire 1302XV.

Printer: Canon Laserjet

SOFTWARE:

Microsoft Office Word XP, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office Publisher XP, Adobe Acrobat Writer 5.0.

Operating system: Windows XP.

CAT tool: Trados

AVAILABILITY: Full time- also weekends and evening hours.

DAILY TRANSLATION CAPACITY:  2500/3000 words depending on text complexity/technical content.

PROOFREADING CAPACITY (PER HOUR): approximately 3000 words

 RECENT projects completed:

·         Translation of the essay “ The Limits of Lockean Rights in Property”, by Gopal Sreenivasan,    Oxford University Press, 1995.

·         Translation of the scientific article “Beyond Substantial Equivalence”, by Erik Millstone, Eric Brunner, Sue Mayer (‘Nature’, October 1999). The translated text is published on the following web site: www.Peacelink.it, in the dossier on genetically modified organisms, link 2.

·         Translation of the scientific article “Conventional Plant Breeding”, by Michael Hansen (also published in the above mentioned web site, link 1 bis).

·         Translation of: “ The role of Unbalancing in Judo Class ”, by Wilfred Visser, “ Gripping Strategies ”, by George Weers, and other essays on Judo.

·         Translation of texts and documentation on occupational health and  safety, and other work-related issues for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (an organization at UE level).

·         Translation of web sites. Localization.

·         Translation of flight simulators’

         operative guides (company: Augusta).

·         Translation of brochures and catalogues of cosmetics, beauty/fitness products and food supplements.

·         Translation of catalogues of radiology equipment/catheters.

·         Translation of catalogues of CCVV Sensormatic systems (video cameras security systems)

·         Translation of domestic/electrical appliances user manuals

·         Translation of Policy Manuals, magazines and brochures for Multi-Level Marketing companies

·         Translation of contract and legal documents of various nature

-         I am currently working on a regular basis as translator and  proofreader for various translation agencies.

Language combinations:

English/Italian (native)

Russian/Italian

French/Italian

RATES:

Translation: EUR 0.06/0.08 per source word (depending on technical content and level of difficulty of text to be translated)

Proofreading/editing: 2 Eurocent per source word

• Adobe Acrobat
• PowerPoint
• TRADOS
• Office Word XP, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office Publisher XP, Adobe Acrobat Writer 5.0, Trados.