CAROLYN GIBSON
Address:40 Newlands Road
High West Jesmond
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE2 3NT
United Kingdom / Tel: 00 44 191 284 3560
Mobile: 00 44 7759 936756
Date of birth: 12 December 1978
Nationality: British
Status: Single
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue: English.
Excellent knowledge of French,Spanish and Catalan.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES
Associate of the Institute of Translation & Interpreting(ITI).
SPECIALISTSUBJECTS
Legal: judicial rulings, commercial agreements, articles of association, etc.
Business: commercial texts and correspondence, market research documents.
Promotional: tourist information, advertising copy.
EMPLOYMENT
12/07/2006 – 17/10/2008: Eclipse Translations Ltd., Alnwick, Northumberland, U.K.
Translator & Multilingual Checker
- Translating a variety of texts, specialising in legal and commercial documents.
12/12/2005 – 11/07/2006: Convergys, Baron House, Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
Multilingual E-Service Representative
- Assisting French and Spanish clients with problems accessing applications/ software.
8/9/2003 – 21/10/2005: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Belfast:
Multilingual Market Research Interviewer; Translator – Spanish and French < > English;
- Conducting multilingual market research telephone interviews: World Economic Forum Annual Global CEO Survey; Financial Times World’s Most Respected Companies survey.
- Translating business documents, correspondence and market research interview scripts (Spanish and French > English).
16/7/2002 -8/8/2003: A&S Transword International Services, S.L,Barcelona, Spain
Translator (Spanish, Catalan and French into English)
- Translating a wide variety of texts, including business, legal and promotional documents, tourist information, company retail policy manuals, press articles, advertising copy, scripts, websites, instruction manuals, menus, viniculture and ceramics-related texts.
EDUCATION
2001-2002: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Postgraduate Diploma - Translation & Technology (French and Spanish > English):
- Training in translating a wide range of documents including financial, legal, IT and historical texts.
- Trados, Multiterm.
- Revising, editing, summarising and proofreading.
- International Organisations.
1997-2001: University of St. Andrews, Scotland
MA Honours Modern Languages [Awarded: 2,I]
- Third year abroad as Erasmus student - Université de Caen, France.
1990-1997Sullivan Upper School, Holywood, Co. Down
June 1997A levels: French (A), German (A), Politics (A).
1996AS levels: French for Professional Use, German for Professional Use.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND INTERESTS
IT skills:Proficient in using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, the Internet.
Languages:October 2008 – present: First Level Greek course, CLL, University of Sunderland.
October 2008 – present: Second Level Italian course, CLL, University of Sunderland.
October 2007 – May 2008: First Level Italian course, Centre for Lifelong Learning.
October 2002 - March 2003: course in Catalan run by Barcelona City Council.
Travel: Have travelled extensively around France and Spain.
REFEREES
References available upon request.