Ruth Ramsey

RUTH RAMSEY
Associate of the Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI)

SUMMARY

Freelance Spanish to English translator/editor and Spanish tutor with 16 years’ industry experience in the field of Finance. I have worked in both London and Madrid and have a depth of financial research experience, including 7 years’ managerial experience. I have acquired excellent organisational and time management skills having worked in a fast-paced environment at Dealogic.

EDUCATION

January 1994 - June 1996    First Class BSc (Hons) in European Business Management with Spanish - University of Buckingham
    
1989 - 1990     Bilingual Secretarial Course - Cassio College, Watford
                         RSA Certificate for Secretarial Linguists in Spanish - Distinction; RSA Certificate for Secretarial Linguists in French - Distinction; RSA Typing Stage 2 - Distinction; RSA Bookkeeping - Stage 1 - Pass; Shorthand (English) - 90 wpm; Shorthand (Spanish) - 70 wpm.

1982 - 1989      St Albans Girls’ School
                         3 A Levels:  Spanish (A) with Distinction in Oral, French (B) and Social Biology (A).
 

WORK EXPERIENCE

June 2009 - to date   Essentially Spanish - my own translation and tutoring business  

•         Undertaking Spanish to English translations and editing translated documents in English
•         Teaching adult evening classes, private language lessons and after-school clubs.

June 2008 - May 2009    Ian Lees & Co Asset Management - Paraplanner/Trainee Financial Adviser

•         Liaising with insurance companies and other product providers
•         Carrying out desk-based financial research, compiling reports and compliance work.

March 2004 -  May 2008    Dealogic - Global Loans Research Manager 

•         Responsible for loans research globally including management of staff in London, New York and Hong Kong. Responsible for Project Finance team for 2 years
•         Working with other managers to implement a new structure for the research team across all product areas
•         Ensuring data integrity globally via manual and automated checks
•         Encouraging more prompt data gathering for new on-line loans product
•         Developing and strengthening contacts with clients, including site visits
•         Settling league table disputes between banks
•         Interviewing and training new members of staff and carrying out appraisals.

June 2003 - March 2004    Capital IQ - Research Manager
   
•         Managing a team of 11 researchers for prívate equity/venture capital database
•         Managing data projects, setting deadlines and reporting back to Director
•         Reporting on team’s time management and productivity and conducting bi-annual reviews.

July 2002 -  Aug 2002 and Oct 2002 - May 2003    Deutsche Asset Management - UK Institutional Marketing Department (temporary contracts)

Working on a Project to improve procedures for updating 4 databases. Involved extensive use of spreadsheets. Dealing with data queries from RFP team and proof-reading marketing content from Writing team. 

Oct 1996 - Feb 2002    Dealogic (formerly Capital Data Ltd) - Loan Market Research Manager 
I started as a researcher on the Loanware team, specialising in the Spanish and Latin American loan markets. I was promoted to Manager in 1999.

•         Managing a team of 6 researchers for financial database (Loanware)
•         Daily liaison with syndication departments and carrying out desk research
•         Responsible for checking and editing the team’s work
•         Answering customers’ data queries and assisting them with running tables and reports
•         Writing news articles and features for an on-line news service
•         Organised round table meeting for 25 banking delegates.

Jan 1996 -  May 1996    EDS España SA, Madrid - Placement for degree course in HR Department
Duties included translations and administrative tasks. Carried out individual research study and translation on Career Development.

Jan 1992 - Jan 1994   Bancomer SA (London Branch) - Bilingual PA to Vice President of Business Development and Correspondent Banking
 
•         Composing correspondence in Spanish and English, taking shorthand in both languages, telephone liaison with Mexico, travel arrangements and processing expenses.

May 1991 - Aug 1991    Frigoríficos Extremeños SA, Madrid – Temporary job in import/export company
Carrying out translations to and from Spanish and various secretarial duties.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

•         Passed the General and Business papers of the Diploma in Translation - Chartered Institute of Linguists (IoL). Undertook preparation course for Diploma with Susanne James Associates (Feb to Sept 2008)
•         Orientation Course – Institute of Translation & Interpreting – (Oct to Dec 2009)
•         Certificate in Financial Administration - Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
•         Other Vocational Courses: Introduction to Financial Markets; Syndicated Lending; Sub-editing; Interviewing Techniques; News Writing; Feature Writing
•         Prizes awarded by the University of Buckingham: The Ede & Ravenscroft Prize for Best Continuing Student (jointly awarded); Best Performance in Preliminary Exams for European Centre; Best Performance in Part I and Part II Exams for European Centre
•         Student Representative for European Centre – sat on Humanities Board
•         Royal Schools of Music (Piano) - Grades 1-8; (Singing) - Grade 6.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Wordfast Professional, Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), PDF Complete, Windows 7, Broadband Internet.

REFERENCES

Available on request.

• PowerPoint
• Wordfast
• Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, and OneNote), PDF Complete.