Barbara Baldan

TCTerms Score: 40

Contact Information

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Address: via dei pini, 23, Mestre (Venice),  30174, Italy  (Show map )
Phone: +39041616383

Joined: Oct. 29, 2007, last update June 17, 2008
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Working Language Pairs

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English > Italian, Chinese > Italian, German > Italian

Language locales: Italian - Italy

Mga Serbisyo

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Translation

Background

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BARBARA BALDAN

E-mail: barbarabaldan@hotmail.it

CAREER OBJECTIVE A recent graduate in Translation and Interpreting (English - Chinese) with high energy and good organisational skills. An enthusiastic learner, eager to meet challenges with an active and dynamic approach to work and getting things done. Highly motivated and quality-focused with a passion for continuous improvement. Seeking a position to gain relevant experience in the technical-scientific translation field.

EDUCATION

2007-2008 Currently attending a two-year post-graduate course in Technical-Scientific Translation (English - Chinese) at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2004-2007 Cà Foscari University of Venice

Bachelor’s Degree in Translation and Interpreting (English - Chinese)

Final mark: 110/110

1999-2004 Secondary school specialised in sciences G. Bruno

Scientific secondary school diploma with an emphasis on languages (English and German). Final mark: 100/100.

Liceo scientifico Giordano Bruno, Via Baglioni 26 Mestre (VE)

WORK EXPERIENCE

2004 – 2007 Shop assistant in my family-owned shoe shop

Required skills:

• Strong customer focus

• Foreign language skills

• Excellent interpersonal and persuasive skills

• Experience in recognition of customer needs

Summer 2007 Codess Cultura a cultural enterprise in Venice

Occasional part-time work in museums as information desk receptionist and guard

• High adaptability

• Willingness to pick up and develop new skills

• Good teamwork and collaboration skills

• Good knowledge of languages

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Languages

• Italian: mother tongue

• English: fluent

• German: fluent (Zertifikat Deutsch, Goethe Institut, 01.04.2003, written part: 208,50/225 , oral part 75/75)

(my mother is from Austria)

• Chinese: good

Computing - Good knowledge of the XP Microsoft operating system and its application tools (Word, Office, Excel, Access)

- Good use of the Internet for research and e-mails

- Familiar with CAT tools (Wordfast and Across) and Wenlin software

Driving license Full, clean Italian license

Car owner

INTEREST AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Experiences abroad - September – December 2006: semester at East China Normal University of Shanghai (China)

- December 2003: exchange program in Aschaffenburg (Germany) with Karl-Theodor-von-Dalberg Gymnasiums

- 1999: school project in London (England)

Personal skills

- Ability to manage multiple projects with deadlines

- Good team player and highly adaptable to change

- Strong planning and time management skills