alexandragrave

Work Experience ________________________________________ 07/2008-01/2010: [login to view URL] SAS France, Paris • Translation of hotel brochures and [login to view URL]’s website • Creation of a bilingual video training for hoteliers • Account management and commercial advising for French hotels 12/2009 : Conseil International de la Langue Française (CILF), Paris • Publishing of extracts from Master’s thesis on fire retardants in the CILF’s quarterly magazine (n°77) 2006-2008: Lingua E.S.I.T.: student translation agency Specialization in tehnics, finance, economy and marketing • Translation of corporate documents and press releases for French advertiser JCDecaux • Translation of advertisements and technical presentation for Samsonite’s Black Label range • Translation of annual reports for Rhodia and ABN Amro 01/2007-04/2007: Rugby World Cup organizing committee (trainee) • Compiling of rugby-related trilingual glossary • Translation of press releases 06/2004-08/2004 : Camp America, Seattle, USA • Camp counselling 08/2002-07/2003: Au pair year, Dublin, Ireland • Au pair job in a family with two boys • Private English classes • Drama course Education and Training ________________________________________ 09/2007-05/2008 : E.S.I.T. (École Supérieure d’Interprètes et de Traducteurs) Paris 16th district Master’s degree in technical, economical and editorial translation 06/2005: Paris VII University, Paris 5th district Undergraduate degree in foreign languages (English and Spanish) 06/2003: Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (A grade), Dublin 06/2002: Lycée St Jacques, Hazebrouck High school leaving certificate passed with High Honors Language skills________________________________________ FRENCH: mother tongue ENGLISH AND SPANISH: fluent, both written and oral GERMAN : basic skills IT skills________________________________________ Proficient use of: Microsoft Office Adobe PDF Reader and Writer Internet browsers Wordfast Interests/Activities ________________________________________ IT and Web 2.0, sports and fitness (marathon run in 4hrs and 40 minutes), news and politics, fashion