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I am a native Italian speaker holding a Bachelor's Degree in Translation and Interpreting in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with certain experience in the provision of language and language-related services. I am passionate about what I do - Linguistics has bewitched me since middle school - and I feel lucky to have the possibility to enjoy such a dynamic job. I am also an inveterate traveller, with a insatiable hunger for diversity, customs and traditions forgotten by the whole world and growth opportunities - in all their forms.

I am an Italian native graduated in foreign languages. I can translate from and into English, Italian, Spanish and French. In all my career as an employee I have been involved in translation projects. Since 2011 I started working as a freelance translator and interpreter. Most of my experience lies in marketing, media and sport.

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I speak Italian, French, English, German and Spanish - Born in Italy and raised between Italy and France. Bilingual Native Italian/French- I have been living in London and Stuttgart and I have been working as interpreter and tour guide for 10 years. I am now working as a superyacht charter broker and in my free time I am still working as interpreter / translator freelance.

i just started out as a translator. due to my previous working expierence in the medical field, i am interested in medical translations

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PERSONAL STATEMENT - Certified Engineer with Master’s Degree in Electronics - Currently working in the fields of Electrical Installations and Renewable Energies KEY ACHIEVEMENTS - I graduated in Turin Polytechnic - I earned a six-month ERASMUS scholarship in Sweden - My first non-professional translation (in nuclear physics) dates back in 1985 - Average production: ca 300,000 words per year (along with my practice as an engineer) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Employee in an industrial machinery company from 1998 to 2000 - Freelancer since 2001 - Documents: Manuals, Press Releases, Datasheets, Web Pages - Subjects: Meters, Appliances, Integrated Circuits, Computers, Cars, Industrial Machinery GENERAL SKILLS - Computer skills: Windows, Linux Ubuntu, Office, AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign - Personal skills: Accurate, reliable, willing to work to tight deadlines - Languages: Italian (native), English - Hobbies: Singing

My name is Guido Ballarini, I have 15 years of experience in the field as translator/editor from English to Italian and Italian proofreader. My mother tongue is Italian and I have lived for over 9 years in the United States and for 5 of these years I worked as a full-time in-house translator from English to Italian. In this period I honed my translator and CAT user skills to a very high level. I also have several years of experience as project manager, having run translation projects for over a dozen of languages for almost 3 years. Since 2007 I am a Freelance translator with hundreds upon hundreds of jobs completed and over 2 millions of words translated for a total of 15 years of experience in the field. I am a proficient user of TRADOS and Wordfast and I have completed a big project on SmartCAT so I can use it professionally too.

Languages English (fluent) experience in: Oil & Gas Shipbuilding Business Ecology Administration Marketing Logistics French (fluent) experience in: Banking Shipbuilding Business Insurance Construction Administration Italian (advanced level) experience in: Banking Shipbuilding Car industry Construction Administration Spanish (basic knowledge) PC Skills OS: Windows/Linux Microsoft Office decent user Internet browsers/ E-mail CAT-tools: Deja Vu X, SDL, Trados 7, Multiterm, Omega T Typing 180-200 symbols per minute (Cyrillic / Latin) Skills in local office computer net mounting and maintenance Personal features Responsibility, ability to take quick and rational decisions, quick learning ability and adaptation to new working conditions and colleagues, readiness and eagerness to work on deadlines and under pressure and to go to business trips, A communicative, attentive and persevering person, experienced in constructive cooperation with the expatriates. Hobbies: Housing Accomplishment, Community Theater, Amateur Astronomy, Radio Communications and Meteorology

Skills Demonstrated specific successes in managing direct, multiple and simultaneous projects Demonstrated specific successes in managing change, influencing change, managing risk, and in leading negotiations Demonstrated specific successes in collaboration, goal alignment, and customer advocacy Demonstrated leadership qualities: integrity, credibility, professionalism, action orientation, drive, confidence, and the ability to thrive in a fast paced, ambiguous environment Demonstrated outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written

I am an Italian national, and a PhD graduate from the University of Edinburgh in the UK. I work day-to-day with technology and I have been in the translation business since 2010. I'm a reliable and professional person, as my referees can testify (available upon request).

Translation is my passion!