Ana Brause

                                            ANA BRAUSE WILLIAMSON

                                      Constituyente 1467, Montevideo

                                              Uruguay, CP 11200

                                       Phone: 00598 2 402 82 66

                                            Fax: 00598 2 402 82 66

                                      E-mail: abrawill@movinet.com.uy

                                      E-mail: abrawill@montevideo.com.uy

                              On time- Highly professional

Ana Cecilia BRAUSE WILLIAMSON

Place of birth: Montevideo, Uruguay

Citizenship: Uruguayan

Mother tongue: Spanish

Language pairs: English > Spanish

                      Spanish > English 

  Certified or Official Translator in English and Notary Public, who has worked free lance for well known and prestigious law firms and banks. Vast experience in law and banking. Meticulous translator with strong interest in law and Political Sciences.

  EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

* Public Translator in English Language, School of Law, University of the Republic of Uruguay

* Notary Public, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of the Republic of Uruguay

* Attorney (Procurador), School of Law and Social Sciences, University of the Republic of Uruguay

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The British Schools Montevideo, Uruguay (Elementary and High School, 1967-1981)

First Certificate in English, University of Cambridge (1977)

O Level exams (Subjects: English, Spanish, History, Economics, English Literature and Maths), University of Cambridge (1979)

Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge (1981)

Political Science degree courses (1989-1991), School of Law and Social Sciences, University of the Republic of Uruguay

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay (since 1989)

Colegio de Traductores del Uruguay (since 2004)

SPECIALISED SUBJECTS: Marital status and personal documents

Legalizations and certifications

Negotiable Instruments

Bills of Lading

Insurance

Civil Law

Commercial Law

Company Law

Financial Law

Employment Law

Banking Law

Maritime Law

Crimminal Law and Procedure

International Law

Patents and Trademarks

Rogatory Letters

Political Science

History 

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

* First International Subject-Specific Translation Conference organized by the Colegio de Traductores Públicos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, July 27-29, 2006 (Legal and Economic-Financial areas).

* Workshop on Certificates of Agreement (or Accuracy) and Legalizations, organized by the Colegio de Traductores Públicos del Uruguay, June 2006 (Beatriz Sosa Martínez, Professor and Certified Translator, University of the Republic of Uruguay).

* Intensive Workshop on Translation of Medical Texts organized by the Colegio de Traductores Públicos del Uruguay, 1-2 September, 2006 (Claudia Tarazona, Professor, Translator).

* 4th ProZ.com Conference, Buenos Aires, 25-27 August, 2006.

* Taller de "Optimización de recursos para traductores autónomos" dictado por Xosé Castro Roig (Traductor), Montevideo, 25 de agosto de 2008. (Tools and resources for Translators).

* First ProZ.com Seminar, Translation as a Job, organized by ProZ.com, Montevideo, April 24, 2010.

* "Jornada de Actualización para Traductores", organized by the "Universidad de Montevideo", May 10, 2010 (Xosé Castro Roig)

* Good knowledge of standard office software, including E-mail and Internet.

• MetaTexis
• PowerPoint
• Wordfast
• Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Frontpage, Microsoft Powerpoint, Antivirus
  ADSL Connection to the Internet