101, Circumvallazione Road, Torre Del Greco (Naples - Italy), Post Code 80059
MARIALUISA RUGGIERO
101, Circumvallazione Road, Torre del Greco (Naples - Italy), Post code 80059
Telephone: 39 081 8827447 (home); 39 333 4820319 (mobile)
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Female
Date of Birth: 03/12/1988
Nationality: Italian
EDUCATION
- February 2010 - November 2012
Master’s Degree in Comparative Literatures and Cultures, “L’Orientale” University, Naples, Italy.
Grade: 110/110 with honors.
- September 2006 – February 2010
Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Languages and Cultures, “L’Orientale” University, Naples. Grade: 110/110 with honors.
- July 2009 – August 2009
Certificate of attendance at a Japanese course (intermediate level), Kyōto Nihongo Gakkō, Kyōto, Japan.
- September 2001 – July 2006
High School Degree specializing in modern languages, Liceo “G. De Bottis”, Torre del Greco, Naples.
Grade: 100/100
WORK EXPERIENCE
- November 2012 – December 2012
English to Italian novel translation
Description: Translation, from English into Italian, of the novel “The Warrior’s Song” by Catherine Coulter.
Required skills: deep knowledge of the English and Italian language, ability to meet tight deadlines.
- January 2013 – February 2013
English to Italian novel translation
Description: Translation, from English into Italian, of the novel “The Prince of Ravenscar” by Catherine Coulter.
Required skills: deep knowledge of the English and Italian language, ability to meet tight deadlines.
- January 2011 – August 2011
Community Service (‘Servizio Civile’) for the “Legambiente Airone” no-profit organization in Torre del Greco (Naples, Italy).
Description: English-speaking guide for tourists during guided tours of the Vesuvius national park; interpreter for the Legambiente stand on the occasion of the BMT exhibition in Naples; teacher of environmental themes to young Italian student during several campaigns of Legambiente in Torre del Greco.
Required skills: good knowledge of the English language, communicative skills, patience.
- August 2011 – January 2012
Community Service (‘Servizio Civile’) for the “Sicuramente Amici” no-profit organization for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicted, Torre del Greco (Naples, Italy).
Description: secretary, responsible for the relations between the organization and the social workers assisting the people in rehabilitation.
Required skills: communicative skills, attention to detail, ability to meet tight deadlines.
- March 2011 – July 2011
Translator, editor and international public relation officer for the Smiletour agency website in Torre del Greco.
Description: translator of the whole English version of a Tour operator website, meeting tight deadlines; responsible for all its updates, operating directly on the web, without any Web Master as a medium between the translator and the website; pubic relation officer, responsible for the correspondence between the agency and all its foreign clients.
Required skills: good knowledge of the English language, communicative skills, versatility.
- October 2005 – June 2011
Amateur actress for the “Gymnasium” company in Torre del Greco (Naples, Italy).
Description: performing on stage characters, as well as voice-over roles, and poetry-readings.
Required skills: perfect comprehension of the contemporary and old Italian language, ability to work in a team, versatility, creativity, deep knowledge of the Italian elocution and all its speaking aspects.
May 2005
English and Italian speaking guide of the Dome of Naples, for the “May of Monuments” project.
Description: Both Italian and English speaking guide of the Saint Gennaro’s Treasure Chapel, placed in the Dome of Naples.
Required skills: Good knowledge of both the English and the Italian language, communicative skills, basic knowledge of history of art.
PUBLICATIONS:
Translation of the website www.smiletour.it/en.
Bachelor’s Degree dissertation, “The Renaissance of ourselves – Introduction to and Translation of The Cousins by Elizabeth Spencer” (in Italian).
Master’s Degree dissertation, “Soft Sounds of Distress in a Language they didn’t understand – Gender Studies as told by Contemporary Narrative”
KEY SKILLS:
Mother tongue: Italian
Spoken English: fluent, C2 level
Written English: fluent, C2 level
Spoken Japanese: intermediate, B1 level
Written Japanese: intermediate, B2 level
Spoken French: intermediate, B1 level
Written French: intermediate, B1 level
Written German: beginners, A2 level
Basic knowledge of Microsoft office, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Microsoft Excel
Good communicative skills
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
Master’s Degree Graduation with honors
Bachelor’s Degree Graduation with honors
Awarded of the “Montella Award” for diligent high school students
INTERESTS:
Contemporary and experimental Theatre
English, American, Italian and Japanese literature of all times
Videogames
Travel
Soccer
Environment, nature and its wildlife
Classic and pop music
References and translation excerpts available on request
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