A multilingual and self-motivated communicator with first-rate language skills gained through both study and extensive travel. Specialized in political issues, financial matters, current affairs, European Union policies, funding proposals, human rights issues, immigration and general humanitarian issues.

Main Experience:

2007
LEAD, London
Freelance Translator
•Responsible for the translation of the official workbooks used during the annual training
•Languages: English, Spanish

Oct 2002 – Feb 2006
Peace Brigades International, Colombia Project, London
Project Administrator:

•Preparing the English version of the mid –year and annual finance report for PBI sponsors
•Translating the mid –year and annual finance report into Spanish and Italian
•Proofreading the English version of the Project annual report
•Translating the project annual report into Spanish and Italian for PBI Sponsors
•Translation Subjects: political issues, financial matters, Latin American current affairs, European Union policies, funding proposals, human rights issues

Feb 2001- Oct 2001
Amnesty International, International Secretariat, London

•Dealing with correspondence and translations Spanish/English,
•Keeping the team informed with Spanish current affairs. This task would require reading the Spanish newspapers on a daily basis
•Helping with research on specific projects using Amnesty library and internet search engines both in English and Spanish.
•Translations Subjects: political issues, Spanish and European current affairs, European Union policies, immigration, human rights issues