MARCELLA BRACCO TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER from Spanish, English and French into Italian Member of Asetrad (Spanish Association of Translators, Proof-readers and Interpreters) C/Miguel Servet, 26 -7-C 50008 Zaragoza (SPAIN) Telephone: +34976592548(home) / +34666/225473 (mobile) Web page: www.braccotrad.com E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] FIELDS OF EXPERTISE - mechanics: automotive (General Motors, Voith, BOVA), cranes (Manitowoc Crane Group), cutting machines (HAAS), coaches and buses (VDL Bus & Coach) medicine: tools for rest-homes (ARJO) social economy (Los Molinos) tourism / hotels (Bancotel) arts (Documenta-Artes) finance gastronomy PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE -since 2002, free-lance translator and interpreter, proof-reader and English and Italian teacher in Spain -December 2001 / December 2002, English and Italian teacher at Dialog Language Academy, in Segovia, Spain -October 2001 / may 2002, conversation teacher in the Italian Department of the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, in Segovia, Spain -since 2000, simultaneous and consecutive interpreting and translation in different sectors -since 1999, negotiation interpreting for various Italian and foreign companies (International Fair of Bologna) STUDIES - July 2001, Degree in Conference Interpretation, English and Spanish, at the SSLMIT in Forlì (Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori), BOLOGNA UNIVERSITY, with a Thesis on Simultaneous Interpretation: “L’anticipazione in interpretazione simultanea spagnolo-italiano. Possibili strategie” . - July 1995, High School Certificate, Liceo Scientifico-Linguistico Giovenale Ancina, Fossano (Italy) COURSES and DIPLOMAS -August/September 2005, Master TRADINTEC (Translation, Interpretation and Technology), Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, in Santander, Spain -April 2005, “Course on Wordfast”, Prof. Yves Massey, organized by Asetrad at the Centro de Estudios Superiores Felipe II, Aranjuez, Spain -June 2003, CELTA course, International House, Sevilla, Spain -September 2002, course on Italian teaching techniques "Didáctica del Italiano para Ejecutivos", at Comunicando, Barcelona, Spain -June 2002, Diploma Superior de Inglés, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Segovia, Spain -June 2002, Diploma Superior de Francés, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Segovia, Spain -May 2002, Diploma Superior de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain -September 2001, course on Italian teaching techniques “Didáctica del Italiano como lengua extranjera”, Prof. Francisco Matte Bon, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, in Madrid, Spain COMPUTER SKILLS Windows ‘98, 2000, XP (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Access) CAT tools: Wordfast, Trados, Transit Software localization tools: Catalyst Web pages localization tools: TagEditor