MANUELA FARINA
New York City, NY 10021
Cell: 646.286.0917 home: 2014533717
manuf77@hotmail.com ; manuf77@gmail.com
Education
2009 - 2010 Tour Guide License
2005 – 2007 City University of New York, HUNTER COLLEGE NY, Media Studies and Journalism.
Certificate in Language Training, in English Language as professional and in writing
1999 – 2003 University of Florence, Italy, Bachelor Degree in Languages and Translation Studies
Over 11 years professional experience as linguist, Interpreter, voice over, localization, subtitling, translations, web site testing, editing/proofreading, monitoring, transcriber.
Subject: Medical, Pharmaceutical, Legal Contract, Technical, Computer, Travel
- Work Experience:
2007- present (2010)
- Contractor linguist, translator and proofreader for SOS Ltd International Agency (for government agencies) (Clearance Security) – Monitoring and transcriber for telecommunications and more.
- 15000 words Translation Sex Manual for High School in US – Roy Billboard contact
- Translator for Lingo2Lingo – Telecom Italia contract
- Translator for Sex Education Manual – 15K
- Linguist for Rosetta Stone (Testing – editing – translating)
- Testing for Abercrombie & Fitch web site (localization and testing)
- Subtitles Translation for Films and TVs project for local TV in NYC at Technicolor
- Freelance linguist for testing, localization and project managing for Transperfect, N.Y.
- Lionbridge – Contractor Linguist (Different projects - Video games testing and localization)
- Versatile Agency, Canada, translations and editing (several projects)
- Bilingual Dictionaries, linguist for Italian dictionaries
- Rennert Bilingual, linguist and translator/editor, teaching
- Talkbase.net and Babylon freelance translator (ongoing)
- In-house proofreader and Project Manager for The Language Lab, NYC
- In-house Translator, voice over and Quality Manager for Transperfect, NYC
- Medical Interpreter for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (ongoing)
- FCI Corporation, Lingo2Lingo translation - linguist as freelance
- Current and official Translator/Proofreader and Legal Interpreter for Rennert Bilingual, NY, Microsoft and Survey
Current Translator for Mydioma Agency, Italy; business documentations
- Translator for Vox Translations, Miami, Games and Casino projects
INTERPRETING ASSIGMENT:
- WineItaly Festival - hostess interpreter for VenetoVini in NYC
- Interpreter for Park Lane Hotel in NYC
- NYC tour Guide and tour for Niagara Falls, Washington, Philadelphia
- Consecutive Interpreter for Rana Group Company in Philly for an acquisition
- Interpreter for court room for Legal Interpreting Service
- Telephone Interpreter for different and several companies (freelance)
- Consecutive Interpreter for Rosetta Stone, Virgina
- Consecutive Interpreter for Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY (regular basis)
- Interpreter for the Milan Chamber of Commerce, including Artifex Company here in NYC
- Interpreter for doctors appointment
Other work experience:
- Manager and Assistant Director for The Language Lab, languages and media studies company, administrative duties, computer works etc.;
- Freelance Writer for a Music Local Magazine in England
- Freelance tour guide for East and West Coast
- Data collection , analyst and researcher for Google
- General Electric as linguist, project manager, assistant to production
SKILLS : Internet researcher, Windows ‘98/’95/XP/Vista, Microsoft Office (Excel – Access), Internet, Photoshop, Internet, Firefox, Microsoft Outlook, HTML, Power Point, Acrobat Reader and PageMaker 7 for PC, Trados, Wordfast, Dejavu.
