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SARA NARDI
Personal details /- CitizenshipItalian
- Date of birth11-01-1982
- Place of residenceBarcelona (SPA)
- Marital statusMarried
Education and certifications obtained / ► Since May 2011 I am a EU-accredited interpreter from EN/DE/FR/ES into IT
►2004-2007: SSLMIT –University of Trieste
MA in Conference Interpreting: consecutive and simultaneous interpreting. Languages studied: English, German, Spanish. Final mark: 110/110
►2001-2004: SSLMIT – University of Trieste
BA in Translation and Interpreting. Languages studied: English, German, Spanish. Final mark: 110/110 cum laude.
►November 2009: TOEFL (Internet Based Test). Total score: 110/120
►August 2003: Summer course in Translation and Introduction to Interpreting at the FASK Institute in Germersheim (Germany)
►March 2003: “IPEC Excellence Level Examination” (at Proficiency C1 Level) certificate, awarded by the BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR ITALY.
►February 2002: “Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom” certificate, awarded by the GOETHE INSTITUT
►June 2001: A-levels at the “Leonardo Da Vinci” Institute (Arzignano, ITA).
Working languages / Italian: native (A)
English:excellent written and spoken (B)
Spanish:excellent written and spoken (B)
German:excellent written and spoken (C)
French:advanced written and spoken (C)
Catalan: intermediate (C)
Work experience / ►from May 2007 until December 2011: Nova Traductors i Intèrprets (Barcelona).
-In-house translator/proof-reader/ liaison and conference interpreter in the following language combinations: EN/ES>IT, DE/CA>IT
Interpreting experience to date:
Medicine and pharma:
-October 2007 and every year since: SEVC-Southern Europe Veterinary Conference (veterinary)
-January 2008: Novartis Zometa sales force meeting (pharma)
-February 2008: Psoriasis international conference (dermatology)
-April 2008 and every year since: Abbott Kaletra sales force meeting (pharma)
-April 2008: GIST and NETwork conference (oncology)
-April 2008 and every year since: Abbott Zemplar sales force meeting (pharma)
-May 2008: Breast cancer international symposium (oncology)
-July 2008: Meeting on lower extremity pathologies (orthopaedics)
-September 2008: press round on schizophrenia (psychiatry)
-November 2008: XXX FIMS World Congress of Sports Medicine
-September 2009: Abbott Synagis sales force meeting (pharma)
-October 2009: 4th International Medical Acupuncture Meeting
-October 2009: PACE – Cardio Diabetes Master Class (cardiology)
-October 2009: Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cardiología (cardiology)
-February 2010: 1st Joint Lymphoma Working Party and Nurses Group Study Day: ‘The Lymphoma Patient’ (oncology)
-May 2010: Congress of the Spanish Orthodontic Society (dentistry)
-August 2010: Biogen Idec sales force meeting (pharma)
-November 2010: International Seminar on Paediatric Orthopaedics (paediatrics)
-April 2011: IX GESOC conference (ophthalmology)
-May 2011: Keystone Dental Sales Training (dentistry)
-September 2011: 2nd Liver Transplantation, HBV and HCV Interdisciplinary Conference (endocrinology)
Institutional:
-September 2007: Welfare transformation and demographic change in Europe: Challenges for the social housing sector
-March 2008: Round table on immigration
-October 2008 and every year since: CALRE (Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies) meeting in Barcelona
-October 2008: European Interregional Observatory meeting on workers’ rights
-November 2008: Meeting on Law Harmonisation
-November 2008: International meeting of UGT Catalunya (trade union)
-December 2008: Educació i Descentralització: jornada per a la reflexió i el debat a partir de la experiencia dels països de l’OCDE
-November 2009: Polítiques de gènere i participació ciutadana en el món local
-November 2009: International meeting of UGT Catalunya (trade union)
-January 2010: Inaugural meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM)
-May 2010: 36th meeting of the coordination committee of funds (COCOF) of the European Commission
-October 2010: Jornada sobre la detecció de necessitats formatives a les administracions publiques
-October 2010: Seminar on Integrity and Transparency as a precondition for Good Governance
-October 2010: Iktimed project (EU project led by the Marche region)– Kick-off meeting
-March 2011: Arco Latino conference in Palma de Mallorca
-November 2011: Study day on relations between Sardinia and Catalonia, organized by the Institute for Catalan Studies
Miscellaneous:
-September 2007: IPO press conference of La Caixa Group (financial)
-Since February 2008: Various market research studies (marketing)
-March 2008: Sales Meeting of Kimberly Clark (marketing)
-March 2008: Hologic’s European Sales Meeting (marketing)
-April 2008: Huntsman Group’s EWC (corporate)
-May 2008: European Sales Meeting of Reebok (marketing)
-Since July 2008: FIBANC Executive Directors Meeting (financial)
-January 2009: Sales Meeting of Casals drilling tools (marketing)
-October 2009: Presentation of new technical features of SEAT (technical)
-March 2010 and every year since: Expert Investor Europe meeting in Milan (financial)
-June 2010: Clariant Group’s EWC (corporate)
-July 2010 and every year since: Sales Force Meeting of Gas Natural Italia (corporate)
-November 2010: Press Conference of Monsignor Federico Lombardi on the occasion of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Barcelona
-December 2010:Mediterranean Study Days upon quality and food safety (nutrition)
-December 2010: Sales Force Meeting of the company Semillas Fitó (technical)
-April 2011: Investor Presentation of Abertis’ Saba Infrastructures (technical)
-May 2011: 12th FEGIME Congress(corporate)
-October 2011: Norton Consumer Strategy presentation by Symantec (marketing)
Figures I have interpreted for/from:
Mr Luc Van den Brande - President of the Committee of the Regions
Mr José Montilla – Former President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
Mr Pawel Samecki - European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Mr Jordi Hereu – Former mayor of Barcelona
Ms Núria de Gispert i Català - President of the Parlament de Catalunya
Ms Mercedes Bresso - President of the Piemonte region of Italy
Mr Claudio Burlando - President of the Liguria region of Italy
Mr Ennio Doris - President of Mediolanum
Monsignor Federico Lombardi: Press Secretary of the Holy See
Translation experience:
-Medical/ pharmaceutical: clinical protocols, patient information sheets and informed consent forms, amendments, SPC, PIL, labelling, material safety data sheets, clinical questionnaires, texts on electromedical instruments, scientific articles on transplants, scientific papers on migraine, patient surveys.
-Technical: instruction manuals, machining technology, renewable energy, construction.
-Legal/corporate: web sites, press communications, tourism brochures, corporate policies, contracts, marketing questionnaires.
IT and CAT tools / IT: Microsoft Office; Lotus Notes; OpenOffice; Adobe Photoshop;
CAT tools: Trados 7.0
Additional Information / Language exchange programmes:
- October 2005 - February 2006: Simultaneous interpreting scholarship at the University of Heidelberg (Germany);
- September 2002 - February 2003: Erasmus programme at Salford University (Manchester, U.K.);
- September 1999 - July 2000: year abroad in Germany as a high-school exchange student.