Timothy Barbitta

Timothy M. Barbitta

Pedagoggränd 9B, 106

907 30 Umeå  SE

Phone: +46 76 832 3671

E-mail: tmb3000@hotmail.com

homepage: www.kommunicera.umea.se/hemma/tbarbitta/index.htm

Born:  22.09.1978, Willoughby, Ohio, U.S.A.

Relevant Work Experience:

Freelance Translator: Swedish to English, German to English, specializing in: technical, legal, general text translations

Data Processing, Website Translation:  Igo Home Products, Beachwood, Ohio, U.S.A.

-Coordination of shipments through database and information processing

Education:

Germanistik:  Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden

-Textproduction, Literature, Grammar, Oral Presentation, Linguistic Theory, Translation

Deutsch für Leben II (Deutsch als Fremdsprache): Actilingua Academy, Vienna, Austria

-Österreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch, gut bestanden

-960+ hours of instruction

Master of Arts:  European History, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

-3.92 Grade Point Average

-Recipient of Cleveland State University History Department’s biannual Modern History Award (including cash award)

-Written works on the following themes: Denazification, Post-World War II Planning for Germany, Nazi Propaganda, The War of Austrian Succession

Bachelor of Arts:  Political Science Pre-Law, International Relations, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.

-Extensive coursework in Political Science, Law, History, Sociology, Spanish

High School Diploma: Kenston High School, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, U.S.A.

Languages:

English—mother tongue

German—fluent

Swedish—fluent

Special Equipment:

PC, high speed internet connection, MS Office XP (Word, Excel, Publisher, Frontpage, Access, Powerpoint), Transit, Trados 2007, Wordfinder, Acrobat 7.0, Windows Messenger