Desired employment /
Occupational field |
Interpreter/translator/language specialist |
| Work experience |
| Dates |
01 May 2009 → |
| Occupation or position held |
Military Police Interpreter |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
To assist Military Police, Investigators and local law enforcers serving as interpreter during interviews
and interrogations pertaining to traffic accidents, larcenies, drug possession, assault, housebreaking,
and other disturbancies.
To obtain pertinent information and statements from US and Italian nationals with minimal supervision
as needed to expedite fact-finding process.
To serve as interpreter and public official when assisting Italian law enforcement and judicial
authorities in questioning US forces personnel. Coordination with other agencies and individuals
involves primarily the willing exchange of factual information and testimony. to assist US, military,
civilians, and retirees when they are involved in cases handled by the Italian law enforcement and
legal authorities.
To use knowledge of investigative techniques, Italian and US laws, rule of evidence and criminal
procedure requirements of legal hearings and court proceedings. To determine the scope of
investigations and gather facts through use of interview (both in English and Italian), observations,
contacting informants and analyzing records.
To translate from Italian into English and vice versa police reports of incidents, witness reports, letters
to law enforcement agencies, judicial reports and related documents. To serve in a dual capacity as
interpreter/translator for the Desk Sergeant, the MPI, Customs Police, and as Investigator and
Assistant for the Provost Marshal.
To maintain liaison with numerous Italian, civilian, and military agencies solving problems and conflicts
arising from complex situations where US personnel are subject to both military and civil penal codes
and/or civil code. |
| Type of business or sector |
Army |
| Dates |
01 October 2008 - 30 April 2009 |
| Occupation or position held |
Language Specialist |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
To serve as interpreter/translator and personal advisor to SETAF Commanding General.
To maintain liaison with numerous Italian, civilian, and military agencies solving problems and conflicts
arising from complex linguistic/cultural situations.
To serve as interpreter during bilateral meetings, official ceremonies, officila visits, luncheons, etc. |
| Type of business or sector |
Army |
| Dates |
21 December 2007 - 30 September 2008
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| Occupation or position held |
Protocol Specialist |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
To plan, coordinate and execute distinguished visitor operations within the USASETAF sponsored
functions.
To organize official luncheons, dinner, receptions, and gatherings hosted or sponsored by USASETAF
and to be responsible for administrative and protocol procedures.
To hold responsibility for planning and organizing official functions, change of command, award and
promotion ceremonies, hail and farewells, honor guards, retirement ceremonies and reviews.
To attend visitors’ comfort for USASETAF hosted conferences, meetings, briefings, and exercises. To
serve as point of contact for the Command on protocol on protocol requirements.
To coordinate all travel arrangements and personally liaises with airport officials. To prepare afteraction
reports or other reports as requested.
To translate from English to Italian and vice versa technical projects, typically prepared directly into a
personal computer file, printed in final form with correct format, grammar, and spelling and to ensure
proper distribution and all deadlines are met. To revise and correct translations made by personnel
from other offices.
To provide consecutive and simultaneous interpretation from Italian into English, and vice versa.
To transcribe, draft, and prepare English and Italian correspondence, briefing charts, graphs,
statistics, computations, and other pertinent textual and tabular material as required. |
| Type of business or sector |
Army - Protocol |
| Dates |
01 September 2005 - 30 September 2007 |
| Occupation or position held |
Military Police Interpreter |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
To assist Military Police, Investigators and local law enforcers serving as interpreter during interviews
and interrogations pertaining to traffic accidents, larcenies, drug possession, assault, housebreaking,
and other disturbancies.
To obtain pertinent information and statements from US and Italian nationals with minimal supervision as needed to expedite fact-finding process.
To serve as interpreter and public official when assisting Italian law enforcement and judicial
authorities in questioning US forces personnel. Coordination with other agencies and individuals
involves primarily the willing exchange of factual information and testimony. to assist US, military,
civilians, and retirees when they are involved in cases handled by the Italian law enforcement and
legal authorities.
To use knowledge of investigative techniques, Italian and US laws, rule of evidence and criminal
procedure requirements of legal hearings and court proceedings. To determine the scope of
investigations and gather facts through use of interview (both in English and Italian), observations,
contacting informants and analyzing records.
To translate from Italian into English and vice versa police reports of incidents, witness reports, letters
to law enforcement agencies, judicial reports and related documents. To serve in a dual capacity as
interpreter/translator for the Desk Sergeant, the MPI, Customs Police, and as Investigator and
Assistant for the Provost Marshal.
To maintain liaison with numerous Italian, civilian, and military agencies solving problems and conflicts
arising from complex situations where US personnel are subject to both military and civil penal codes
and/or civil code. |
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| Type of business or sector |
Army |
| Dates |
05 June 2005 - 30 August 2005 |
| Occupation or position held |
Customer Assistant |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
Customer Service consisting mainly in ticketing, assistance at the entrance, and presentation of the
park.
Cash register operator.
Linguistic mediator in cases of language barrier. |
| Type of business or sector |
Theme Park |
| Dates |
2005 - 2005 |
| Occupation or position held |
Freelance translator |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
To translate from Italian into Spanish and from English into Italian technical material (instructions
manuals). |
| Name and address of employer |
different companies
(Italy) |
| Type of business or sector |
Translation |
| Dates |
26/04/2005 - 28/04/2005 |
| Occupation or position held |
Freelance interpreter |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
Free lance interpreting during a 3 day conference.
Simultaneous interpreting (English-Italian and vice versa) during the meeting. Community interpreting
during official lunches/dinners. |
| Name and address of employer |
No-profit organization "Shalom"
Riva del Garda (Italy) |
| Type of business or sector |
Interpretation |
| Dates |
05 July 2004 - 30 December 2004 |
| Occupation or position held |
Hostess |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
Customer service, birthdays' organizer, cash register operator. |
| Type of business or sector |
Restaurant |
| Dates |
03 September 1998 - 05 September 1999 |
| Occupation or position held |
Aupair girl |
| Main activities and responsibilities |
Babysitting |
| Type of business or sector |
babysitting |
| Education and training |
| Dates |
05 April 2010 - 03 December 2010 |
| Title of qualification awarded |
Master's degree |
| Principal subjects / occupational skills covered |
Specialized translation in economics and finance (Italian, English, Spanish), law, economics,
terminology, Computer-Assited Translation, text review. |
| Name and type of organisation |
University of Genova |
| providing education and training |
Genova (Italy) |
| Dates |
September 1999 - March 2005 |
| Title of qualification awarded |
Bachelor's degree |
| Principal subjects/ occupational skills covered |
Conference interpreting and translation (Italian, English, Spanish).
List of courses/exams sustained:
- English Language I & II;
- Spanish Language I & II;
- Italian Language;
- German Language I;
- English Linguistics;
- Spanish Linguistics;
- Italian Linguistics;
- General Linguistics;
- Applied Linguistics;
- Sociolinguistics;
- Romance Philology;
- Culture, History, and Institutions of English Speaking Countries;
- Culture, History, and Institutions of Spanish Speaking Countries;
- Spanish Literature;
- Technical Translation (English-Italian);
- Technical Translation (Italian-English);
- Technical Translation (Spanish-Italian);
- Technical Translation (Italian-Spanish);
- Translation (German-Italian);
- European Community Law;
- Simultaneous interpreting (English-Italian);
- Simultaneous interpreting (Italian-English);
- Simultaneous interpreting (Spanish-Italian);
- Consecutive interpreting (English-Italian);
- Consecutive interpreting (Italian-English);
- Consecutive interpreting (Spanish-Italian);
- Community/liaison interpreting (English-Italian, Italian-English); |
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| Name and type of organisation |
Higher School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators (SSLMIT) (University) |
| providing education and training |
Forli (Italy) |
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| Dates |
01 August 2002 - 30 August 2002 |
| Title of qualification awarded |
Certificate of language course completion |
| Principal subjects/ occupational skills covered |
German language course (intermediate level) |
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| Dates |
02 July 2001 - 30 August 2001 |
| Title of qualification awarded |
Certificate of language course completion |
| Principal subjects/ occupational skills covered |
Spanish language course |
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training |
Tandem Escuela Internacional (Language School)
Madrid (Spain) |
| Dates |
July 2000 - September 2000 |
| Title of qualification awarded |
TOEFL |
| Principal subjects/ occupational skills covered |
TOEFL completion |
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training |
Kaplan School (College)
New Brunswick (NJ) (USA) |
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| Dates |
September 1994 - June 1998 |
| Title of qualification awarded |
High School Diploma |
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| Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered |
Languages (Italian, German, English, Spanish), economics, law. |
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training |
ITC "Antonio Tambosi" (High School)
Via Brigata Aqui, Trento (Italy) |
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| Personal skills and competences |
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| Mother tongue(s) |
Italian |
| Other language(s) |
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Self-assessment
European level (*)
English
German
French |
| Understanding |
Speaking |
Writing |
| Listening Reading |
Spoken interaction Spoken production |
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| C1 |
Proficient user |
C1 |
Proficient user |
| C1 |
Proficient user |
C1 |
Proficient user |
| B1 |
Independent user |
B1 |
Independent user |
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| C1 |
Proficient user |
C1 |
Proficient user |
| C1 |
Proficient user |
C1 |
Proficient user |
| B1 |
Independent user |
B1 |
Independent user |
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| C1 |
Proficient user |
| C1 |
Proficient user |
| B1 |
Independent user |
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| Social skills and competences |
Positive attitude, excellent people skills, outgoing personality, social, good team player. |
| Organisational skills and competences |
Strong work ethic, always eye for details, honest, trustworthy, dynamic, organized |
| Technical skills and competences |
Professional linguist |
| Computer skills and competences |
Computer literate |
| Artistic skills and competences |
Good hand writing, good free-hand drawing |
| Other skills and competences |
PADI Advanced Open Water certified |
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