Jeff Steffin, M.A.

Steffin Language Solutions

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Jeff Steffin, M.A.

URL: www.steffinlanguagesolutions.com
Email: translate@steffinlanguagesolutions.com
Tel: +1 602 451 4097
Fax: +1 510 372 9319

Curriculum Vitae

Working Languages

English
French
German
Portuguese
Spanish

Non-working Languages

Dutch
Italian

Translation

Pharmaceutical, Medical Trials and Expert Reports, Telecommunications, Tourism, Oil and Gas, Legal, Academic Credentials, Vital Records (Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, etc.), Fashion, Marketing, Alarm System Installation and Servicing, Commercial, Contracts and Articles of Incorporation, Real Estate, Service Access Point and Billing Software Systems, Rail Transport, History, Technical, etc.

Operating System & Software

• Windows XP
• Microsoft Office 2007
• SDL Trados Suite 2007
• Abbyy PDF Softwre
 

Memberships

• New England Translators Association
• New York Circle of Translators
• Israel Translators Association
• Associação de Tradução em Língua Portuguesa
• Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores

 

University Studies

• M.A. (German),

Middlebury College

(2007)

• B.A. in Foreign Languages (French), Thomas Edison State College (2000)

Language Proficiency Certification

• Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom; Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (Goethe-Institut)
• Certificado de Português Avançado (CIAL)
• Diplôme approfondi de langue française (Ministère de l'Education Nationale Français)
• Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera B (Instituto Cervantes)
• Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera (Università di Siena)

Professional Experience

• Freelance Translator [2002 to present]
• Avis Sprachschule, Alzey (Germany) [2004]
Teacher
• Law Firm [Summer, 2004]
Legal Office Assistant (Scottsdale, AZ)
• Berlitz Language School (San Diego, California; Lisbon, Portugal; Phoenix, Arizona) [2002 - 2004]
Teacher (French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese)
• De Boeck Sightseeing (Brussels) [1999-2000]
Customer Relations
• Four Seasons Hotel (Berlin) [Summer, 1997]
Customer Relations

International Experience & Study Abroad

• Université de Haute Bretagne - Rennes 2, Rennes (France) [1997-1998]
• McGill University, Montreal (Canada) [1998-1999]
• Actilingua Sprachinstitut, Vienna (Austria) [2001]
• Eurocentres Sprachzentrum, Cologne [01-03/2000]
• Eurocentres Escuela de Idiomas, Salamanca [03-05/2000]
• Eurocentres Scuola di Lingue, Florence [06-12/2000]
• Goethe Institut, Berlin (Germany) [10/2000]
• Cultural Exchange Program, Universidad de La Habana (Cuba) [12/2000-01/2001]
• Dutch Language School AVOC, Venlo, (Netherlands) [05/2001]
• Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra (Portugal) [2001-2002]
• CIAL Centro de Línguas, Lisbon (Portugal) [2002]
• Sojourn in Lisbon (Portugal) [2002-2003]
• Sojourn in Mainz (Germany) [2004-2005]
• Studies at the Université de Montréal (Québec) [2005-2006]

• Sojourn in Lisbon (Portugal) [2006-2008]
• Diplomatic Academy of Vienna (Austria) [07-08/2008]

• PASSOLO
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Windows XP; Office 2003; Windows Vista