Career / Experience

October 2008 Simon Sobrero BSc (Hons) MSc
http://www.italiantranslator.org.uk

16 Hurworth Road, Hurworth Place
Darlington, DL2 2DA, UK
Tel: coming soon
Mob/Cell: +44 (0) 7752 1907 20
e-fax: +44 (0) 8712435132
e-mail: simon@sobrero.co.uk
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Born in Italy in 1974 and educated in the UK. Alongside two family members I have been a full-time freelancer for 8 years, personally translating 2.5 million words of text, and interpreting hundreds of hours of audio/video material, online, on the telephone, and face-to-face.

Translation - Transcription - Revision

I can handle about 3,000 words/day. I use ATRIL Déjà Vu (CAT) Translation Memory Software, compatible with TRADOS. I work with MS Office 2003 on a Windows XP OS on a PC running on Broadband with Ink-jet Printer/Scanner/Fax, Speech and Character Recognition Software, PDF software, a DVD Writer and Anti-Virus system. Past projects include:


- Environmental impact assessments
- Political reviews
- Legal /technical material and patents
- Magazines and websites
- Commercial presentations
- Scientific and medical texts
- Contracts, Articles of Association and financial reports

Interpreting

For Industry, Court & Probation and Social Services, as well as the Voluntary Sector (including 400 + hours of consecutive and conference interpreting in Italy, Germany and the UK). Experience of simultaneous interpreting in booths. Telephone interpreter for health, social security and commercial enterprises. August 2006 – I was an interpreter for a foreign player at Chelsea Football Club.

• Letter of Credit for a (I.o.L.) Diploma of Public Service Interpreting (English Law).
• Masters Degree in Environmental Resources and registered as an Associate Environmental Auditor
• Work experience in Health & Safety in Industry, Recycling and Ecological Research
• TESOL trained English and Italian teacher and ad hoc language teaching experience

References:


LINK TRANSLATION BUREAU LIMITED
Suite 307, Coopers Building
Church Street, Liverpool L1 3AA
Tel. 00 44 (0) 151 709 3173
link@translation.u-net.com
TONGUE TIED LTD.,
Waterside House, Basin Road North,
Hove, East Sussex, BN41 1UY
Tel: +44 (0)1273 419999
sales@tongue-tied.co.uk
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Full member of an I.T.I. Regional Translator’s Network (www.ntwn.org.uk)

   Pricing / Other services

Charges:
Translation = £70/1000 wds
(charges depend on volume and format)
Minimum charge: £25
Interpreting/Proofreading = £25/hour min.; £75 half-day, £150 full-day.

   Certification / Accreditation

Italian > English

Institute of Linguists Diploma of Public Service Interpreters (English Law) - Letter of Credit