Career / Experience

English-Albanian, Italian-Albanian Senior Translator & Interpreter since 1991

• Europe, US, South Africa agencies, from English & Italian into Albanian:
- Financial Reports, analyses; Marketing & Advertisement Structure/Report of leader companies and brands; Economic Crime & Anti Money Laundering Reforms/Reports.
- Health & Social Reports, Reforms, Structures of National & Private Institutions in Europe and US.
- Software / Games / Applications instructions (also localization);
- Electronic Instruments / Equipment manuals;
- Home appliances for global leading brands, such as LG Electronics, etc.
- Satellite traffic direction, mobile telephone devices/network, satellite topographical survey devices for civil engineering purposes.

Translated and interpreted for International Organizations and Government such as:

• IMF (International Monetary Fund)
- Interpreted and translated from Albanian-English-Albanian for the Technical Assistance mission on the Tax & Customs Department review missions.
- Fiscal Affairs Department Mission on the Budgeting & Internal Control issues;
- Social & Health Insurance Contributions issues (the transfer of responsibility from the Social & Health Insurance Institute to the Tax Department).
- Worked with the missions from the Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF, on the Tax Administration Reforms, VAT law and regulations, other taxes laws, Customs Administrations Reforms (which was including operations, audit, enforcement, human resources, IT, etc).
- Worked for a Monetary and Financial Systems Department and Legal Department mission of the IMF, which was to review and provide redrafting suggestions for the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law, conduct an overall AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering and Combat Financing of Terrorism) needs assessment, and develop an action plan to help Albania prepare for its mutual evaluations on this area.

• IFC (International Financing Corporation)
- Translated documents from Albanian-English-Albanian and Italian into English documents on the reform in the Energetic system in Albania.
- Interpreted and translated for the Small and Medium Enterprises project;

• World Bank
- Translated from Albanian-English-Albanian documents, reports & Aide Memoir of the different missions at the WB mainly on projects like:
- Poverty Reductions Strategy Project;
- Social Care, Assistance, Insurance Projects, Pension Scheme Reform;
- Decentralization & Privatization Projects;
- Transport Project & Civil Works, including 8th Corridor segments, Port of Durres, of Shengjin, Highways and Border Crossing Improvement projects;
- Transport & Trade Facilities (Customs) Projects, a project connecting several line ministries;
- Education & Health Projects, National health Reform and Trainings,
- Legal & Judiciary Reform Project, Public Administration Reform, Civil Servant Reform;
- Financial & Banking Reforms Project;
- Procurement & Budgeting Reforms Project;
- Audit & Internal Control Issues, etc.
- Translated most of the Legislation related to all these fields.

+ Conference Interpreting, Mission Interpreting & Operation Consultant, from Albanian-English-Albanian as well as Italian-Albanian-Italian (mainly simultaneously) in Tirana and other cities with missions on the above-mentioned issues. Have interpreted in Conferences, High level Meetings, Workshops, and Training Courses with the Mission experts, local representatives from the Government, different projects & offices, etc.

+ Translated Tender Documents, Technical Specifications and Procurement Procedures on Transport and Civil Works area, FIDIC (World Bank Guide), Road Safety Projects, Road Maintenance Project, Road Maintenance Software (HDM4).

• OSCE
- During Elections of 1997 worked as Translator/Interpreter from Albanian-English-Albanian and Albanian-Italian-Albanian during all the election period and a couple of weeks after.
- Translated documents on legal frame reform issues;
- Interpreted in workshops & other activities on the above mentioned issues;

• Italian Cooperation
- Translated from Italian into English general documents regarding development strategies & projects, business opportunities, etc.
- Translated from Italian into Albanian and vice versa government cooperation documents, economic documents, etc.

• UNICEF & UNDP
- Translated from Albanian-English-Albanian and Italian into English documents regarding development strategies & projects, different reports on youth, women’s and children’s issues, etc.
- Interpreted in work shops on environmental issues;
- Translated the official web pages of UNICEF Office in Albania.

• IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
- Translated from Albanian-English-Albanian general documents regarding development strategies & projects in the transport area, etc.

• Council of Europe
- Simultaneous interpretation from Albanian-English-Albanian as well as Italian-Albanian-Italian on the Workshops and conferences on the following issues:
- Anti-corruption issues in the central and local government institutions;
- Legal frame reform, law school reform, judiciary system reform;
- Health system reform;
- Documents and papers on the above mentioned issues, on the institutional reforms;

• Agencies, Other Companies & Government and Non-Government Organizations: - Translated documents from Albanian-English-Albanian and Italian into English documents on the reform in the Energetic system in Albania.
- Interpreted and translated for the Small and Medium Enterprises project;
- Translation of Advertising & Marketing documents for two major global commercial Trademarks;
- Translated in Training courses on audit & control practices for the General Internal Audit Directory, Albanian Ministry of Finance;
- Translated for Training courses on Procurement & Bidding Procedures for the Albanian National Procurement Agency;
- Translated in Conferences on the Education issues in particular in relation to the pre-school and elementary education level;
- Technical documents, such as Software translations, translation of electronic devices, such as satellite traffic direction, mobile telephone devices, satellite topographical survey devices, as well as mechanical (cranes, lifting mechanisms, engines, etc) for different institutions, translation agencies in Italy, England, Belgium, South Africa, USA.
- Translated from Italian to English and to Albanian for agencies in Italy, documents related to labor market, social & health insurances, other social issues.
- Many small projects mainly on the above-mentioned areas for regional and other European agencies

• General Roads Directorate – Ministry of Public Works - Tirana, Albania

Translated/Interpreted from/into Albanian-English-Italian correspondence, documents, particularly bidding documents for tenders on the roads & public works, consulting & design, correspondence concerning construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and all kind of public works.

• Ministry of Finance, Tirana, Albania
Translator/Interpreter from Albanian-English-Albanian for the US Short Term Advisors to the Minister of Finance.

• National Radio Television, Tirana, Albania

Very experienced in interpretation services, as follows:

- Simultaneous Interpreting;
- Escort Interpretation;
- Conference Interpreting;
- Telephone Interpreting;