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Italian translator and proofreader with a three years' experience. Deep knowledge of English and Spanish, as well a growing dominance of Portuguese. Good knowledge of CAT tools. English instructor at the University of Calabria's Language Centre and Spanish teacher at high school.

I am a very reliable, determined and flexible person, always willing to learn. I am autonomous but also used to working in team. My qualities include excellent concentration and discipline, needed for extended hours of in-house work, together with great problem solving skills. As a translator and proofreader, I pay a lot of attention to details in order to ensure that I produce reliable and high-quality texts from every point of view (terminology, grammar, flow, target, etc.).

As a teacher/tutor, I am very patient, caring, cooperative, creative, organized and highly dedicated to my job and, above all, my students.

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I have always been passionate about foreign languages. I started at high school, where I studied ancient languages for five years. At the university I switched to modern ones and added Spanish and Portuguese to English. At high school, every summer I had the opportunity to spend at least two weeks in an English-speaking country and won several scholarships for the purpose of improving my knowledge of the language.

While attending the University, in 2007 I lived in Spain for the Erasmus programme and in 2008 I won another scholarship and went again to Spain for a three-week-long language and culture course. The internship in Brussels (at the European Commission's DGT) gave me the possibility to improve my knowledge of the European institutions and work in an international and highly professional environment, where I found myself at ease. At the DGT I also found useful material for my final dissertation in terminology. In July 2011 I had a wonderful experience in Brighton, where I was in charge of a group of 15 teenagers attending a language course in the United Kingdom. I was their group leader and had great responsibility over them.
I have attended many training courses and seminars so far, because I firmly believe in lifelong learning. I have also participated in several conferences within the University of Calabria and academic language centres all over Italy, the latest being a conference called "I territori dei Centri Linguistici Universitari: le azioni di oggi, i progetti per il futuro". The conference took place in Venice in June and my contribution ("Fostering autonomous learning in a University context: self-study activities and the language tutor's role in language centres") will soon be published for an important publishing house. Two years ago, thanks to Soroptimist International, I had the possibility to go to Milan and attend a three-day course dedicated to female leadership, which took place at the Bocconi University. Thanks to the president of the Language Centre at the University of Calabria, I am now part of a team in charge of updating CEFR descriptors according to the new EU (Council of Europe) guidelines.

Areas of Specialization

Fashion