Sonja Kitanovska Kimovska

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Education:
Oct 2003 June 2004 Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Master of Philosophy in English and Applied Linguistics
Oct 1998 Oct 2002 Blaze Koneski Faculty of Philology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature – Major: Translation
Sep 1994 June 1998 Josip Broz Tito High School, Bitola, Macedonia,  Diploma for Completed High School

2. Training:
June 2007 June 2007 University College London, London, United Kingdom, Translation Research Summer School Completion Certificate

3. Language skills: 1 – basic; 5 – excellent
Language Reading Speaking Writing
Macedonian Mother tongue Mother tongue Mother tongue
English 5 5 5
Serbian 5 5 4
Albanian 3 2 2
Italian 2 1 1

4. Key Qualifications: Authorised court translator since June 2003

5. Professional Experience Record:
September 2007 - present Federation of Swedish Farmers Project “Support to Farmers Organisations in the Republic of Macedonia” (SFARM 3) Interpreter/
Translator/
Proofreader –
60% of full-time - Translate project documents (official correspondence, project reports, seminar/workshop material) and other legal and technical documents;
- Interpret at meetings, seminars, workshops;
- Proofread all official project output in English.
Specific terminology: agriculture, animal husbandry, viticulture, forestry, law (general, contract), economics, business, marketing, management
  Monitoring and Reporting Officer – 40% of full-time - Collect and analyse monitoring data for all project indicators;
- Report project progress on quarterly and annual basis.
Aug 2004-June 2007 Federation of Swedish Farmers Project “Support to Farmers Organisations in the Republic of Macedonia” (SFARM 2) Interpreter/
Translator/
Proofreader – 70% of full-time  - Interpret at meetings, seminars, workshops;
- translate project documents (official correspondence, project reports, seminar/workshop material) and other legal and technical documents.
Specific terminology: agriculture, animal husbandry, viticulture, forestry, law (general, contract), law, economics, business, marketing
  Translation Coordinator – 30% of full-time - Coordinate translators’ work (5 translators in total) and supervise their work;
- Proofread selected translated texts.
Sep 2003-present Self-employed Freelance translator/
Proofreader - Translate EU directives and Macedonian laws as part of the process of harmonisation of Macedonian and EU legislation systems.
- Translate legal documents (decisions, resolutions, requests etc.); other documents as and when required;
- Proofread English texts
Specific terminology: agriculture, law (taxation, customs), medicine, labour and social policy, environment, certificates, diplomas
Nov 2001-Sep 2003 Scanagri Sweden AB Project “Support to Farmers Associations in the Republic of Macedonia” (SFARM 1) Full-time interpreter/
translator  Interpret at meetings, seminars, workshops; translate project documents (official correspondence, project reports, seminar/workshop material) and other legal and technical documents
Specific terminology: agriculture, law, economics, business, marketing
Oct 2001- Jan 2002 Louis Berger SA Project “Investment Options in the Transport Sector” Full-time interpreter/
translator Interpret at meetings, seminars; translate project documents (project reports, seminar material) and laws
Specific terminology: transport, law, economics.

5. Other skills: - Proficient in MS Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and the use of Internet
 - Proficient in Wordfast translation software 

6. Personal characteristics: systematic, reliable, efficient in short deadlines, attentive to detail

• Adobe Acrobat
• PowerPoint
• Wordfast