Highlights of Skills

Laura Pippo

Tel. 0627541126 Email:

HIGHLIGHTS OF SKILLS

·  Several years of experience in the field

·  Excellent knowledge of computer skills: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Sabre, Wordfast, Quickbooks, Acrobat, Oracle

·  Ability to work as part of a team or on an individual basis

·  Fluency in several languages

·  Organized with attention to detail, with the ability to follow direction

·  Ability to adapt to the changing work environment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FCI CORPORATION – December 2011 – Up to date

Freelance translator from English and Portuguese into Italian of certificates and diplomas

Technovate Translation – January 2012 – up to date

Freelance translator from English into Italian of technical manuals and contracts

Freelance Translator – 2008 - Up to date

Freelance translator of banking, business, finance, tourism, marketing , contracts and legal documents from English and Portuguese (Brazilian) into Italian.

World Lingua Services – Up to date

Freelance translator from English into Italian of marketing and business documents.

Wagner – Up to date

Freelance translator from English and Portuguese into Italian of financial and legal documents (corporate income tax instructions and forms, statements, balance sheets) and technical manuals

Nitrosound Production November- March 2010 (Brazil- Student job)

Responsible for the administration and accounting of the company, organizing and promoting the events (Portuguese)

SMH- August 2009 – July 2009 ( Italy)

Marketing executive of an IT company, responsible for maintaining relationships with the foreign distributors, quotations, translation of manuals and brochure of the company from English and Portuguese into Italian

Exquisite Travel September 2008 – August 2009 (Toronto, Canada)

Travel agent: bookings, responsible for customers’ accounting, translator of tourism, immigration and real estate documents from English and Portuguese into Italian and vice versa

Grecos Produce April 2006 – August 2008 (Toronto, Canada)

Financial administration and accounting of the company, payroll, quotations, monthly statements, bookkeeping

January – April 2007 (Canada - Student job)

Private tutor of Italian in Canada and translator of private letter and business correspondence from English to Italian

EDUCATION

City University London – 2010 /2011

MA in Translation Studies

IBT College January 2006 – July 2007 (Toronto Canada)

Travel and Tourism Diploma

Hansa Language Centre August 2005 – December 2005 (Toronto, Canada)

Advanced English Course (Level 10), Toronto

Commercial and Technical Institute (Pordenone, Italy) September 2000 – July 2005

Diploma in Accounting and Foreign Language Correspondence (English and German)

LANGUAGES

·  Italian

·  Portuguese

·  English (TOEFL Certificate)

·  German (Deutsche Zertifikat B1 at Goethe Institute)

·  Working knowledge of Spanish and Dutch