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Ljiljana Grubač
Interpreter and Translator for English and
Italian, MA in Linguistics, .LL.M. in
European Integration. Highly ambitious
and with developed interests in different
fields.
Serbia
+381638926884
Work experience
Freelance interpreter, translator and consultant April 2003 ongoing
Self-employed
- interpreting and translating in different fields, out of which the most important ones are Diplomacy, Climate Change, Finance, Law
and Medicine. By working directly or for big agencies, I interpreted for OSCE, the Serbian Parliament, NATO, several Serbian
ministries, FIAT Serbia (now Stellantis Group), USAid, Trentino con i Balcani, Caritas, IAN, to name only some of the users of my
services. Among the agencies I work with are Transperfect (multinational), Gientech (China), Proz (USA), Halifax (Serbia). My working
languages are English, Italian and Serbian/Montenegrin
Particularly proud for:
being always the first-choice freelance interpreter for the Serbian Parliament
Assistant and Interpreter March 4 2022 April 7 2022
OSCE - ODIHR Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Observation Mission to Serbia
- organizing all meetings for the long-term observers based in Kragujevac and interpreting at all of them
- assisting the observers in their daily work
- finding contacts of the people we needed to talk to
Particularly proud for:
being able to grant access of the observers to some events exclusively thanks to my communications skills
being complimented by the observers at the end of the mission for my contribution to their work
Berlitz Belgrade (2007-2015)
- teaching Italian, English, Serbian and French to children and adults, both individually and small groups
- organizing and delivering initial and review courses for Berlitz instructors, following the Berlitz method guidelines
- supervising 30-50 instructors, depending on the year, giving constructive feedback and checking the feedback application
- designing course material for Serbian for Foreigners
- communicating with clients
British International School
Italian Language Teacher (September 2006 June 2007)
- teaching Italian as a second foreign language to two students particularly interested in Italian culture and opera singing
Particularly proud because:
the students continued learning Italian even when it was eliminated from the curriculum
Unify Media Group s.r.l.
- in charge of correspondence with Italian clients
LL.M. in European Integration October 2020 March 2022
Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade
- paper Зелена агенда за Западни Балкан као рецепт за успех (Green Agenda for the Western Balkans as a Recipe for Success)
ranked 6th at the call for the best student paper on EU topics, published by the The Ministry of European Integration of the Republic
of Serbia in 2021
- Master thesis THE RIGHT TO DRINKING WATER: EU LEGAL FRAMEWORK, RELEVANT SERBIAN LEGISLATION AND CHALLENGES OF
DRINKING WATER AVAILABILITY (Mentor prof. Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović)
- paper The right to a fair access to drinking water: challenges in transposition of the acquis published in the collection of papers
УТИЦАЈ ЕКОЛОШКОГ ACQUIS-ЈА НА РАЗВОЈ ЕКОЛОШКОГ ПРАВА У СРБИЈИ (the Impact of the Environmental Acquis on the
Development of Environmental Law in Serbia) published by the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade
Cambridge English Level 3 Certificate in ESOL International June 2020
- applied for level C1, obtained higher, C2 results
Certificate for Remote Interpreting April 2020 May 2020
Proz.com in collaboration with Claudia Brauer
MA in Linguistics (Magistar) November 2003 April 2010
Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade
- awarded a scholarship for a research in Italy by the Italian Ministry of Foreign affairs
- thesis "The Dialect and the Regional Italian Language in the area of Rome" mentored by prof. Slobodan Stević
Research in Italian Dialectology October 2005 June 2006
Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
- successful completion of the research necessary for my Master thesis, helped by my mentor, prof. Paolo D'Achille
- study at the University was financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' scholarship
Certificate for Translation and Interpretation October 2004 June 2005
Multilingua School for Interpreters and Translators
BA in Italian Language and Literature October 1999 October 2003
Department for Italian Studies, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade
- completed studies in the shortest possible time frame - 4 years - as the first student from the class to graduate, with the average
grade of 9,53/10
- awarded the University of Milan scholarship for the Italian Language Summer School for Foreigners held on the Garda Lake in July
2002
- awarded a scholarship by Michelangelo Italian Language and Culture School in Florence, Italy
Technical
- use of Microsoft Office Package
- fundraising (experience as a fundraiser in several AEGEE campaigns)
- use of CAT tools
- expertise in Internet search
- active driver (driving license B category)
Languages
- Serbian C2
- Italian C2
- English C2
- French B2
Interpersonal
ability to communicate clearly and efficiently, while actively listening to all the parties
Other skills
Published author of short stories
passionate for reading and traveling
Member since Dec '16
Expertise 