Andrew Campbell Halavais

Mobile +34 62 59 85 947

Tel/Fax +34 93 75 98 531

SKILLS

·  Able to translate from Spanish, Catalan, Italian, French and English into English or Italian, as well as edit English and Italian texts.

·  Capable of rendering not only the meaning of the original text in translation, but also its tone, style and emotional impact.

·  Knowledge and experience of jargon and specialist language including: Finance, Law, Medicine, Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Art History and Criticism, Cinema, I.T. and other fields..

·  Personal and analytic knowledge of a wide variety of dialectal forms of English and Italian, as well as slang and modern vernacular.

·  Extensive experience writing and editing in English in Journalism, Copy Writing, Fiction, Screenplays, Travel guides, Speech writing, and Academic writing.

·  Translations are always delivered on-time and correct.

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE

Writer, Editor, Translator, and Linguistic Consultant

1997- Present

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Rome, Italy

San Diego, California U.S.A.

London, England, United Kingdom

Bologna, Italy

Specialized fields:

·  Cinema and Television: 10 years experience in writing and translating for short, feature and documentary films. 7 years experience in subtitling, transcription and dubbing. Experience includes over 200 films and dozens of major television series.

·  Law: 16 years experience working within legal environments in 3 different countries. 10 years experience translating the full range of legal documents in nearly all areas of law.

·  Medicine: Extensive studies in Neurolinguistics. 10 years translating experience translating medical texts, with particularly significant experience in Orthopedics, Traumatology, Neurology, Cardiology, Andrology and Psychology. 2 years experience as a correspondent in Cardiology.

·  Technical: 8 years experience in the translation of Aeronautics and Aerodynamics, Small Arms, Nautical, Photography, Art History and Criticism and Linguistic texts.

EDUCATION

University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California U.S.A.
/ 1999-Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics
Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística
Barcelona, Catatonia, Spain
/ 2006-Catalan Language Course
Società Dante Alighieri Scuola per Stranieri
Bologna, Italy
/ 1997-Italian Language Course
La Jolla High School
La Jolla, California U.S.A.
/ 1994-Diploma

Previous Clients of Note:

Agusta Westland / Deutsche Bank
AIJEC (Independent Young Entrepreneurs Association of Catalonia) / Eurofilm S.r.l.
Andbanc Grup Agricol Reig S.A. / Ferrari S.p.A
Associazione Bancaria Italiana
(Italian Banking Associatio) / Fundaciò privada BioRegiò de Catalunya
Associated Press (Rome) / Hutchison Whampoa (H3G)
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (Italian Antitrust Authority) / International Criminal Court
Bulgari S.p.A. / El Instituto de Reproducción CEFER
Cahners Business Information / NUCT-Nuova Università di Cinema e Televisione
Cinemart S.r.l. / San Paolo Group
Contexto AV / Il Senato Della Repubblica
(Italian Senate)
Corte Suprema di Cassazione
(Italian Court of last resort) / Swets Italia
CV Pipline / Presidenza della Repubblica
(Office of the Italian President)
Datalogic / YACME S.r.l.