EXPERIENCE (27 years)

Representative Sample of Conferences and Seminars into Spanish

• 2nd Monroe Wall Symposium: Natural Products Discovery/Biodiversity/Biotechnology, Sartenejas, 1998
• PDVSA Knowledge Management International Forum, Caracas, 1999/2000/2001/2002
• 14th and 15th AVPG International Gas Meeting, Caracas, 2000/2001
• Nestlé Merchandising & POP/DSD Sales Seminars, Caracas, 2006

Representative Sample of Conferences and Seminars into Italian

• 15th ICFTU World Congress, Caracas, 1992
• Ordinary Meeting of UINL Member Notaries Public, Dominican Republic, 1997
• Andean Community/EU Subregional Workshop “Risk Management Associated with Hydrometeorological Threats & Mass Movement”, Margarita Island, 2006

Representative Sample of Conferences and Seminars into French

• 11th Non-aligned Countries Summit/Ministerial Meeting of NOAL Coordination Bureau, Cartagena - Colombia, 1995/1998
• 99th Extraordinary Session of the OAS Interamerican Commission of Human Rights, Caracas, 1998
• 30th Regular Session of CICAD/OAS, Caracas, 2001
• 5th General Assembly of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA), Caracas, 2003
• 30th ECLAC Session, San Juan – Puerto Rico, 2004

Representative Sample of Conferences and Seminars into English

• IADC Well Control Conference of the Americas, Caracas, 1998
• WPA (World Psychiatric Association) International Congress, Caracas, 2003
• EU/Latin America/Caribbean 1st International Meeting on Drug Monitoring Centers, Caracas, 2005
• Courses on Ecstasy and Synthetic Drugs & Port Drug Investigation, Caracas, 2006

EXPERTISE

• Biotechnology/Genetic Engineering, Social/Political Sciences, Management, Legal Issues, Petroleum/Gas, Computer Science.
• Worked as a consecutive interpreter in Caracas for Danica Seleskovitch (Interpretation Theory, 1982), Guy Guimbertau (Enology, 1993/94), and Antonio Di Pietro (Corruption in Italy, 1995), as well as at the International Conference on Organic Agriculture (1993) and the 8th Venezuelan Management Congress (1995).

RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES

• Permanent interpretation co-coordinator at IDEA since 1982.

CLIENTS

• International Institute for Advanced Studies (IDEA), UNESCO-Caracas, GE Nuovo Pignone, CIED (PDVSA's Corporate University/Petroleum), TOTAL.

EDUCATION

• Graduated with honors as an Interpreter/Translator, Central University of Venezuela (UCV), 1981
• Certified Translator in French (1984), English (1991) and Italian (1993), Ministry of Justice, Venezuela
• Media Announcer Diploma (1995), UCV/Ministry of Education, Venezuela
• 2-year Portuguese Course (1995-96), CCII, Los Teques
• Various courses on Translation and Interpretation Theory, Legal Translation and Linguistics

MEMBERSHIPS

• Venezuelan Conference Interpreters Association (AVINC), 1991
• International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC), 2004

I was an interpretation/translation teacher for 8 years at UCV. I enjoy collecting specialized dictionaries and glossaries.

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