Language pair: English/Italian
Specialization: Medical and scientific texts, technical manuals, IT, social studies, EU documentation, catalogues and brochures, religion, history, tourism. Also available for proofreading and editing.

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Home: Piazza Francesco Alario, 1
84121 Salerno – Italy
Office: Piazza F. Alario, 1
84121 Salerno – Italy
Phone/fax: +39-89-254220
Cell. Phone: +39-3357034530
URL: www.homosapienstraduzioni.it
E-mail: homosapiens@homosapiens.191.it
cleliatarasco@hotmail.com
On Facebook: Clelia Tarasco
http://www.proz.com/profile/22329

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Personal Data
Born in Sala Consilina - Salerno - Italy on August 8th 1948
Marital Status: single
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Education
1965 - 1970: University of Salerno
1970: Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures - summa cum laude
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Specializations
Technical manuals
Medicine
Biochemistry
Patents
Software localization
Contracts
Human sciences

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Languages:
Italian: mother tongue
English: fluent
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Hardware and software
PC, printer, scanner, DSL router, CD writer

Software capabilities: Windows XP, Office 2007, SDL Trados 2007, Word, Excel, Power point, Front page, Adobe Acrobat 6, Adobe 5, Winzip, Antivirus scanning Norton regularly updated
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Basic rates: from 0.07 to 0.09 euro per source word
Proofing: 0.03 euro per word
Negotiable according to the service/s required and the size of the project
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Average daily turnaround
3000 words, translations
6000 words proofing
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Instant Messenger Client
MSN (cleliatarasco@hotmail.com)
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Professional Experience
• 1970 - 1992: Teacher of English Language and Literature in Italian Secondary Schools
• 1992: Establishes Homo Sapiens s.c.r.l. - translation and interpreting agency
• 1992 - 2001: President, Project manager and Translator for Homo Sapiens s.c.r.l.
• 2002: Establishes Homo Sapiens di Clelia Tarasco P.IVA 038362006532
• Enrolled in the list of Translators and Interpreters of the Chamber of Commerce of Salerno
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Technical projects

Appliances
- Dishwashers, washing machines, ovens, air conditioners, TV, DVD and CD players, digital cameras, i-Phones, etc.

Software and Hardware
- Antivirus, anti-malware, companies’ operating systems;
- Strings of software;
- Scanners, printers

Automotive
- Mowers, snow throwers;
- Large automotive projects of main car companies

Various
- Elevators;
- Documentation for patent applications;
- Pumps and valves;
- Furniture and appliances for restaurants and hotels;
- Frames (eyewear);
- Spray guns;
- Solar panels;
- Conveyors
 
Main projects in the medical field

Drugs
- Multitude of different application fields for surfactants
- Information leaflet about a solution for sublingual hyposensitisation/specific immunotherapy (Allergodrop)

Devices
- Blood Collection Mixer
- Topical Skin Adhesives
- Disposable Pressure Transducer Kits
- Audiology devices (for CustomSound)
- Secure-catch-trp mhra

Diseases
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Website about Crohn’s disease

Questionnaires
- Multiple Sclerosis Physician Questionnaires
- Screening on new drugs for diabetes
- Melanoma_ATU_survey
- Type II Diabetes – Quantitative Drivers of Choice and Brand Preference Questionnaire

Clinical trials
- Pan Enterovirus blend for the preliminary identification of enteroviruses in cell cultures
- Dengue IgM Capture for the qualitative detection of IgM antibodies to dengue antigen in serum.
- Fluorescent antibody test for the semi-quantitative detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) in human serum
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA) for the qualitative detection and identification of immediate early antigen of human CMV in vitro
- An Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay for the Qualitative Identification of Mumps
- Antigenemia indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for the qualitative detection and identification of lower matrix protein pp65 of CMV in isolated peripheral blood leukocytes
- NGAL Rapid ELISA Kit
- MORAb-003-004 Study Protocol
- Patient Information and Informed Consents

Procedures
- Rotating-Platform Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Surgical procedures using humeral rods
- Sinus lift balloons
- HLA Typing

Others
- Request of patent for Thiadiazole derivatives for the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases

General subjects

- Surveys and questionnaires concerning EU researches;
- Surveys and questionnaires about lifestyle, education, etc.
- Newsletters of different companies;
- Training courses;
- Tourism related texts: hotels, menus, websites, etc.;
- Websites of companies;
- Personal and business correspondence.
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Services offered
Translations
Proof-reading
Editing
Type setting
Transcriptions from cassette and CD
Summaries