About Me
Professional experience:
1999 – to date
Freelance translator and consultant. Supplying professional advice and practical help with translations, revisions, correspondence, linguistic needs. Clients include Sapienza University of Rome, Merck Sharp & Dohme, etc. Regular work with various Italian and international translation agencies. Full time translator since 2003.
Areas of specialisation:
Chemical – MSDS, internal control procedures, GMP, standardised test procedures, etc.
Medical – medical articles (andrology, male infertility, sexual dysfunctions; contrast agents; transposition flaps; etc.) published in various international journals
Pharmaceutical – clinical trials: EC opinions, ICF/patient information sheets, Hospital-Sponsor/CRO contracts, adverse events, discharge extracts, Ministry of Health-Hospital-Sponsor/CRO correspondence; drugs: information sheets, promotional material, etc.
1991 – 1998
Autotype International Ltd
Technical Service Specialist (Promoted 1992, 1996) Autotype manufactures specialist films for the screen printing industry.
Main Duties
Writing updates to training manuals, technical product reports
Technical client relations – face to face and by telephone and letter
Customer training and problem solving (on site and / or at customers’ premises in UK and Europe)
Liaise with Marketing on product literature, instructions and client strategies
Laboratory Technician
1989 – 1991
BNF Metals Technology Centre
Administrative Assistant
1987 – 1989
UKAEA AERE Harwell
Operator
1986 – 1987
Pavlova,
YTS Laboratory Trainee
1985 – 1986
Metal Box
Education:
Intesol, Pitlochry, Scotland:
ACTDEC Certificate of Educational Studies in TESOL (1999)
Abingdon CFE, England:
City & Guilds Initial Certificate in Teaching Basic Skills (1998)
Thames Valley University, Berks:
RSC Certificate in Applied Chemistry (1995)
BTEC Higher National Certificate in Chemistry (1993)
Abingdon CFE, Oxon:
BTEC National Certificate in Science (1991)
Icknield School, Wantage, Oxon:
GCE “O” level English (1985)
GCE “O” level Mathematics (1985)
CSE Chemistry (1985)