Cristian Campani

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
· Since 2004 - Several translation and localization projects EN>IT, SP>IT and FR>IT (ACN, Agfa, Apple (iPod, iPhone, iTunes, Mac OS X operating systems), Ikea, Verbatim, Iomega, Ingeteam, FIAT Group (FIAT, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Bentley), Seat Auto, Komori, Boma, Expedia Hotelbeds, NH Hotels, Google (Maps, Earth, AdWords, AdSense, Notebook, Toolbar, Orkut, Analytics, Streetview, Calendar, Mobile and Picasa), Youtube,  Emirates Airlines, Confesercenti Bruxelles, Foundation for Air-Medical Research & Education, IAEC, Rodman, IBM, RAMS, RockShox, Leica, Elettrozeta, Dell, Canon, Sony (Vaio), Hitachi, Kodak, WPE, Novell, Thermoking, McAfee, Fat Spaniel, Krauthammer, Amelia Aran, Wolters Kluwer, FedEx, Cisco WebEx, UK Financial Ombudsman Service, Unicredit Group, etc.) (User manuals, software, UIs, websites content, presentations, technical documents, general texts, data sheets)
· August 2008 - February 2009 – Translator and localizer at Novilinguists Multimedia Snc (Genoa, Italy) within a 6-months project. Translation and proofreading of technical texts, localization of software and web content
· March – August 2008 - Teacher of English – in English courses for workers and professionals (grammar and conversation) organized with funding from Regione Piemonte. Centro Linguistico Big Ben, Torino
· August - November 2007 - Multilingual IT Helpdesk operator - EDS Belgium NV, Blarenberglaan 2, Mechelen (Belgium) – Software support to customers in Europe
· May - August 2007 - Translator FR>IT and EN>IT - Confesercenti Bruxelles, Rue J. de Lalaing 4, Bruxelles (Traineeship within the Leonardo da Vinci program) - Translation of different kinds of documents, such as newsletters, press releases, commercial, legal, info
· February - June 2002 - Teacher of Italian - Teaching Italian to groups of adult people - Asociación de alumnos de la Escuela de Idiomas, Zaragoza (Spain) · May 1997 - October 1998 – Draftsman - Drawing of electrical diagrams for industrial automations - Phema s.n.c., Via Basilicata, Savignano sul Panaro (MO)

WORKING LANGUAGES
· Italian: (native), Spanish, French, English

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
· Economics, Marketing, Environment, Tourism, Renewable energy, Nautical, Cycling, Automotive, Electronics, Mechanics, Hardware, Software, Localization, Games.

IT SKILLS
· SDL Trados 7.0 (Workbench, TagEditor, MultiTerm), Idiom Worldserver 9.0, SDLX 2005, Star Transit, Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat 5.0

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
· April – June 2008 - within a Master’s program in Technical-scientific translation: traineeship at Studio Pentenero - Traduzioni tecniche, Torino. Translation and proofreading of manuals, technical documents, patents.
· November 2007 - July 2008 – Master’s Degree in Technical-scientific translation. Agenzia Formativa tuttoEuropa, Torino. 1000 hours classroom activity (of which 300 hours work experience) after being admitted by competitive examination. Marks: 100/100.
Main subjects/professional skills studied: theory and practice of translation and localization (EN>IT and FR>IT), CAT tools (mainly SDL Trados), workshops, seminars.
· December 2006 - Degree in Economics. Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia.
· September 2001 - July 2002: Erasmus Exchange project. Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain).
· July 1996 - Diploma di Perito Elettrotecnico ed Elettromeccanico (High School Degree -
Electromechanics specialization). Istituto Tecnico Industriale “Fermo Corni”, Modena.

SEMINARS ATTENDED
December 2007 - Localization: Specific Techniques, by Laura Scalabrini and Raffaele Tutino.
February 2008 - La traduzione brevettuale (Translation of Patents), by Federico Perotto.
April 2008 - La professione del traduttore, by Elena Iarochenko.

OTHER ACTIVITIES
January – March 2006 Course in Human resources: selection, management and policy.
Relations and communication, human resources selection, training and management (250 hours). Manpower Formazione, Bologna.

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• TRADOS