Lucia Ghisu

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Contact Information

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Address: Via Pitz’e Serra 7, Quartu S. Elena (CA), Sardinia 09045, Italy  (Show map )
Phone: +393476049695, Cell Phone: +393464975196

Joined: July 31, 2007, last update Nov. 13, 2008
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Services

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Desktop Publishing, Localization, Proofreading, Terminology Research, Translation

Subject Areas

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Advertising, Anthropology, Art, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Culinary Arts, Ecology, Education, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Environmental Science, Fibre, Textile and Weaving, Film and Cinema Studies, Fire Protection, Food Sciences, Health, Hospitality, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Internet, Linguistics, Literature, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine (General), Oil and Gas Engineering, Theatre, Tourism and Travel

Background

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§ Scientific, Technical and  Medical Translation: English-Italian

§ Localization: English - Italian

§ Translation Technology: SDLX, SDL Trados, Déjà vu, Passolo

 § Machine Translation, Corpus Linguistics and Terminology Management

§ Digital Publishing and Web Design 

September 1998 -March 2004 University of Cagliari (Italy)

Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures

 Final mark: 110/110 summa cum laude

§ English language and literature studied for 4 years

§ Spanish language and literature studied for 3 years

§ Studied one year abroad as an Erasmus student at the University of Birmingham

§ Final-year research-based dissertation on Corpus Linguistics

September 1993 -June 1998

Scientific Lyceum of Quartu S.Elena (Italy) (Liceo Scientifico "G.Brotzu")

Final Final mark: 60/60

§ 5 years study of English

English<->Italian €48/1000 s/w Min. rate €45 Proof. €20

Spanish >Italian €48/1000 s/w Min. rate €45 Proof. €20

Areas of expertise

§ Technical (manuals)

§ Marketing

§ Science

§ Textiles/Clothing

§ Tourism

Assistant Manager, responsible for

§ Merchandising and meeting commercial targets set by the company (stockroom organization, extra orders, money mapping)

§ Recruiting and training of staff (appraisals)

§ Providing the highest level of customer service

November 2003 - September 2004 "The Orange Studio", Birmingham

Occupied different positions:

§ Conference co-ordinator: attending people for conferences, answering to their needs and requests

§ Internet administrator in ‘Chat Cafè’: being responsible for customer assistance

§ Waitress in the restaurant ‘Talk bar’

May 2003 - October 2003 "Berkeley Scott Group Plc", Birmigham

Worked in hospitality and leisure sector.

25-28 August 2004 : PALA (Poetics And Lingustics Association) conference in New York.

Presented a paper with the title:

VOLUNTARY WORK

30 March 1998–05 June 1998 Municipality of Quartu S. Elena - Italy

Tourist lead in ancient churches and monuments

Guiding people through the monuments and giving them historical and artistic information

OTHER AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE

IT: Good knowledge of the Microsoft Package and Outlook Express, CAT tools such as SDL Trados, Web Design tools such as Dreamweaver, Digital Publishing tools such as Framemaker

Languages: Italian, English, Spanish and basic understanding of Greek

Driving: I hold a clean driving licence

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Travelling, going to museums and theatres. Going to the gym and swimming.

REFERENCES

Academic and work related references are available upon request.

	Lucia_Ghisu_EN (76 Kb, English)
	Lucia_Ghisu_IT (122 Kb, Italian)

Software

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• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Adobe Framemaker, Dreamweaver

Payment Options

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