CURRICULUM VITAE
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Name: José Manuel Sanz Follana.
Age: 25.
Address (until August 27th): Alexander Fleming H.O.R., Room HB01.1, 3 Hoxton Market, N1 6HG London (UK)
Phone: (+0044) (0)7766394365
E-mail:
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LANGUAGES
A: Spanish
C: English, German
D: Russian (to become a C language shortly)
STUDIES
2003 - 2004 EMCI (European Masters in Conference Interpreting). University of Westminster (London). Language A: Spanish, C: German, English.
1996 – 2001 Graduate in Translation and Interpreting (Language A: Spanish, C: German, English and Russian). University of Alicante (Spain).
2001 - … PhD Programme of Translation and Interpreting Studies. University of Alicante.
à QUALIFIED LEGAL TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER (appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs): ENGLISH-SPANISH / SPANISH-ENGLISH
TIME ABROAD
· About two years in London now (2002-2004), doing the EMCI (European Masters in Conference Interpreting) at Westminster University and working as a freelance translator and interpreter.
· Six months studying Translation and Interpreting at the University of Leipzig (Germany, 2000).
· Four months studying Translation and Interpreting at the Linguistic University of Moscow (Russia, 1999).
WORK EXPERIENCE (2001-2004)
TRANSLATION (Specialized in LAW -including sworn translations-, ECONOMICS, FINANCE, COMMERCE; Other: biology, environment, medicine…)
· Spanish Translation Bureau (Montserrat Oriol, London)
· De Pinna Notaries (London)
· 1st Applied Translations (London)
· Spanish Translation Services (London)
· Direct clients through the Spanish General Consulate in London (sworn translations).
INTERPRETATION
o …for José María Aznar (former President of Spain) in Breakfast with Frost (BBC1, TV programme) (Spanish à English). Date of performance: 15th March 2003
o … Sky News, interpreting live from speeches given by José María Aznar and don Juan Carlos, King of Spain (Spanish à English). Date of performance: 11th March 2004
o … British Organization for the Small Enterprise (London) (bilateral meeting, English à Spanish, Spanish à English)
o Amnesty International, meeting of the Executive Political Committee (English à Spanish)
o … conference on the history of cinema at the University of Alicante
o … international conference on interpreting at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
o … international conference on psychology at the Archeological Museum of Alicante
o … exhibition of gaming devices in London
SOFTWARE
- Trados 5 Freelance.
- Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Outlook…
- Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Distiller.
- Winzip, Winrar...
- Windows 98, 2000, XP…
PERSONAL REFERENCES
Spanish Translation Bureau – Montserrat Oriol (Head of the Spanish Network in England)
/ (0044) (0)20 7713 8013
Christine Adams – EMCI (European Masters in Conference Interpreting), Westminster University.
Victoria Panton – BBC, Breakfast with Frost
FEES
£55 (€82) per thousand words of the source text
£45 (€67) per thousand words of the target text
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