Carla Balaita

 ENGLISH-ITALIAN-ROMANIAN

  AUTHORIZED TRANSLATOR

   AND INTERPRETER

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name Carla Balaita

Address Mioritei, BACAU, Romania

Nationality Romanian

2000 – 2004

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training - qualification awarded

The Faculty of Philology within the University of Iasi - BSc in Philology

• Main subjects/occupational skills covered

Specialisation – English language and literature, Italian language and literature

1996 – 2000

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

“Ferdinand I” National College in BACAU

• Title of qualification awarded

High School Degree – Romanian Baccalaureate Diploma

Extra credentials

November 2003-April 2004 Socrates-Erasmus mobility, for the perfecting of the Italian and English skills at Università G. d’Annunzio in Chieti, Italy

2004 -Certified as a Sworn Translator by the Ministry of Justice, certification according to Order 2340/C/19/2004 under no. 17189

Personal skills and competences

I am a sworn translator with experience in the following languages: English<> Italian<>Romanian. I am proficient in any combinations of the above stated languages.

Mother tongue

Romanian

Hardware and software

Software: Windows XP Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office Suite, InDesign, WordFast, Trados, Yahoo! Messenger, AutoCad, AbbyFineReader 5.0, Nero Burning ROM, 24-hour Internet connection

Work Experience

I have translated over 2 300 000 words since I first started working as a full time translator. I have translated EU conferences, Government statements and websites, user manuals for corporations like Metro and Fiat. I have been a collaborator in a Twining Project between three different countries: Greece, Italy and Belgium.

Fields of expertise

I have experience in many fields of expertise. I feel confident to say that I have expertise in the following fields:

Law (general)

Technical

Business/Commerce

Environment & Ecology

Construction / Civil Engineering

Accounting

Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.

Economics

Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino

Manufacturing

Agriculture

Government / Politics

CLIENTS

ARPAT TOSCANA;

ROME TOWNHALL;

THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT;

METRO ITALY;

THE Ministry of economy, commerce and energy OF THE Albanian republic;

LA FARGe;

the Romanian government;

FIAT;

VODAFONE ITALY;

Italian Monopolies and Mergers Commission;

Mittal Steel Gatati;

Wikov MGI a.s.; 

VENtrust ;

THE University of Bacau AND BUCHAREST, “SPIRU HARET UNIVERSITY” ;

Centexpel Brussells,

S.c. Tesatoriile Reunite S.r.l.;  

WESTERN UNION ITALY;

G4S Security services;

L'INGLESINA BABY S.p.A

bacau courthouse;

REGALEAD, etc.

PROJECT EXAMPLES

EU Environmental Projects, Immigration Legislation - regarding immigration in Italy, The Romanian Family Code and The Italian Civil Code, Romania’s presentation Website; Mittal Galati Operator Manual; Independent Commerce Project for Metro Italy, Technical offer – nonrefundable financing, Syllabuses for Philosophy and Law, Social Sciences, Engineering, Literature,  Analysis Reports for different products, Valorization strategy of the shareholding at SIF; User Manual for Industrial Gearbox, AutoCad drawing translations etc.

Availability

I am available every day of the working week until 23:00 o’clock, and I do work weekends depending on the urgency of the project. I am flexible with my time schedule and can even accommodate different time zones.

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Déjà Vu
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Wordfast