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Address: 48 Cramfit Crescent
Dinnington, Sheffield, S252XT, United Kingdom
Phone: 01909 562756, Cell Phone: 0039 3451007118 Joined: Feb. 5, 2009, last update Feb. 3, 2010  Preferred E-mail of Alexander Williams: send a message
Working Language Pairs | TOP |
Italian > English
Language locales: English - United Kingdom
Mga Serbisyo | TOP |
Localization, Proofreading, Translation Specialization | TOP |
Administrative, Medical, Technical, Journalistic, Promotional, Literary Subject Areas | TOP |
Broadcast Journalism, Business Administration and Management, Business Marketing, Film and Cinema Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, Linguistics, Literature, Medicine (General)
Education & Qualifications
Sept 08 – Sept 09 University of Leeds
M.A. Applied Translation Studies (Merit)
· Tuition in specialised translation including journalistic, administrative, technical and literary texts.
· Completed modules in Computer Assisted Translation, Screen Translation and Translation Theory
· Studying Spanish Language
Sept 2004 – June 2008 University of Leeds
B.A. (Hons) English and Italian (2:1)
· Completed modules in English literature ranging from medieval poetry to modern American literature.
· Completed English Language module English in Bilingual Settings.
· Completed modules in Italian literature including the work of Dante Alighieri, Italo Calvino and Giovanni Guareschi.
2006-2007 Università degli Studi di Bergamo
· Studied for one academic year in Italy on the Erasmus exchange program as part of my University of Leeds course
· Completed modules taught in Italian in Italian Language and French Language.
· Completed highest level of Italian language course in final semester.
August 2006 Università per Stranieri di Siena
· Erasmus Intensive Language Course in Italian awarded by the European Commission.
1996-2003 Dinnington Comprehensive School and Sixth Form
4 A levels: English Language (B), Maths (C), Physics (C), French (D)
10 GCSEs: 8 A’s and 2 B’s, including Maths, English and French
Translation Experience
July 2009 – Present – Freelance Translator for Omnia S.r.l., Via Borfuro 12A, Bergamo, 24122, Italy www.omniatraduzioni.com
I collaborate regularly with Omnia S.r.l. in the capacity of freelance translator, translating technical and marketing documents.
June 2009 – Present – Freelance Translator for Omnia L.S.P., Via Mazzini 106B, Sassuolo (MO), Italy www.omnia-group.it
I regularly collaborate with this translation company and have worked on projects in the automotive field comprising of technical automotive documents, marketing documents and software manuals.
April 2009 – December 2010 – Contracted Italian to English Translator for Robin Wood Pictures Ltd
During the production of this film company’s new feature film I will be translating the screenplay, websites and all promotional material surrounding the release of the film.
July 2009 – Present – Independent Freelance Translator
In addition to collaborating with Translation Agencies I also translate independently for a number of private clients. The most prominent of these are My One Hotel, a chain of 16 hotels with head office in Milan and AEC Srl, an advertising and electronic commerce company based in Bergamo. For these clients I have translated the website www.myonehotel.it and a software user manual for www.verticalbooking.com.
June - September 2008 – In House Language Assistant at Encanto Comunicazione d’Impresa, Via Mauro Macchi 42, Milan, Italy
During the summer of 2008 I worked full-time as an in-house translator and linguist at Encanto, a P.R. agency based in Milan. My duties included the daily translation of product reviews, presentations and legal documents.
Non Translation Work Experience
October 09 – Present – English Language Lecturer, Accademia Carrara delle Belle Arti, Piazza Giacomo Carrara 82/d, Bergamo www.accademiabellearti.bg.it
I am the English Language teacher at the Carrara Academy of Fine Art in Bergamo. I teach 3 levels of English to the students during their 2 years at the Accademia, administering exams and producing my own teaching material for the course.
September – December 09 – English Language Teacher, Format S.r.l. Via Russoli 1, Milano, 20143 www.formatmilano.it
I taught an intermediate English Language for Business course four hours per week for clients of Format S.r.l. Consultancy and Professional Training.
Language and Translation Skills
Working Language – Italian to English
Other Languages – Basic French and Spanish
CAT Tools – I own the SDL Trados Suite 2009 Freelance inc. SDLX, Passolo 2007, SDL Multiterm, Translators Workbench and TagEditor. I am also proficient in the use of a number of other CAT and localization tools including MemoQ, Déjà Vu X, Star Transit, Wordfast and OmegaT.
Specialisations – I am a versatile translator although I specialise in marketing, press related and technical texts. Past translation projects include:
Marketing
· Daily journalistic texts reviewing and promoting BlackBerry smartphones.
· Website www.deverohotel.it
· Website www.myonehotel.it
· Website www.grandhotellapace.it
Automotive and other technical documents
- User manual for Remedy 7.1 software (10,000 words)
- Alfa Romeo Mito official brochure
- Official options catalogue for the launch of the Fiat Punto Evo (Ottobre 09)
- 30 articles for Alfawiki website (30,000 words)
- Technical service updates for Alfa Romeo, Iveco and Fiat
- Press releases for MB Crushers, construction equipment manufacturers
- Pharmaceutical study into the drug DXC-DIA for Industria Italiana Integratori TREI S.p.A. (15,000 words)
Usual Rate - €0.07 per word
Referees
1) Dr Claire Honess, Department of Italian, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
c.e.honess@leeds.ac.uk
2) Dott.ssa Maria Teresa Mastropietro, Advertising and Electronic Commerce Srl (AEC), Piazza Pontida 7, Bergamo, 24122 mt@benessere.com
3) Emanuela Gozzi, Omnia S.r.l., Via Mazzini 160B, Sassuolo, 41049 (MO) egozzi@omnia-group.it
- Adobe Photoshop
- Déjà Vu
- MemoQ
- PASSOLO
- PowerPoint
- STAR Transit
- TRADOS
- Wordfast
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MA Applied Translation Studies - University of Leeds
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