Melissa Z

QUICK FACTS ABOUT MELISSA

• By working with me, you will benefit from customised language solutions by a university-qualified, nationally-accredited translator. 
• As well as translations, I provide meticulous editing and proofreading services.
• Born and raised in New Zealand, I currently live between Italy and the UK.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member of the New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI) since 2004.

WORKING LANGUAGES

• French > English
• Italian > English

​I also have some knowledge of Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Mandarin Chinese, although I do not translate from these languages.

MAIN TRANSLATION AREAS

• internet, website content
• marketing, e-commerce
• cosmetics, beauty
• health, wellbeing
• public health education
• sport, fitness, exercise science, dance
• linguistics, education, pedagogy

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 6 years in language education, resource writing, examination preparation and oral examining:
  worked with international students in the fields of humanities, science, engineering and physical education.
• 3 years full-time in the health, fitness and wellbeing sector.
• 2 years part-time in a government department, providing information services.

• Adobe Acrobat
• OmegaT
• PowerPoint