CRISTINA TABBIA

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Since 2001 Freelance interpreter and translator, working in Italian, German, English and Chinese.
Education and training
2011-2013 (ongoing) European Master in Audiovisual Translation at the University of Parma.
2006 HSK level 7 (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi - Chinese Proficiency Test)
2005 - 2006 One-year course in Chinese at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing.
1994 - 2001 Advanced School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators (SSLMIT), University of Trieste. Four-year degree course in interpreting - German, English and Chinese. Thesis: "Le plastiche biodegradabili. Glossario italiano - inglese - cinese" (Biodegradable plastics. Italian - English - Chinese glossary)
Degree in interpreting (2001), marks of 110/110, summa cum laude.
Two-year degree in interpreting and translating (1996), marks of 60/60.
1989 - 1994 "Cardinal Ferrari"-high school, Cantù (Como). Languages studied: German, English and French. High school diploma (obtained in 1994), with marks of 60/60.
from 1991 onwards Various periods spent abroad: England, France, Germany, China and Taiwan.
Skills and competences

• Ability to work in a multicultural and/or multinational environment acquired during the various stays abroad
• Excellent communication skills in the three main working languages (Italian, German and English); good communication skills in Chinese
• Ability to work both in a team and independently
• Excellent organization skills (coordination of large translation projects)
• Excellent computer skills (OS: Windows ME, XP; MS Office 2000). Use of computer-aided translation tools (Wordfast for translating text files, Catscradle for translating html files, Dreamweaver for editing and creating html files)
• Very good writing skills (publication of articles and reviews in the internal magazine of the Gruppo Arte e Cultura of Cantù and in Il Foglio, magazine of Cucciago library, Como)

Some past assignments

• Technical translations in various fields (metallurgy, mechanics, industrial machinery, electricity, automation, computer science, industrial engineering, architecture, plastic materials, waste disposal, environment and ecology, Facility Management, wine & dine sector)
• Legal and business translations (contracts, business correspondence, verdicts), patent translations
• Website localization
• Tourism and literary translations
• Translation of the book "Erinnerung verpflichtet: Jüdische Schicksale 1939-1945", by Lilli Bernhard-Ithai, from German into Italian, published by "e" under the title "Una piccola tessera - Il dovere di ricordare", Trieste, October 2001

Some clients: Giorgio Armani S.p.A.; cooperation with the websites "Tirol.at" and"Friuli Venezia Giulia - Turismo online"; Colombin GM & Figlio S.p.A., Trieste; "GAMAR - Motori elettrici"; CNS (Consorzio Nazionale Servizi).

 

• Consecutive and liaison interpreting (press conferences, fairs, trade meetings, technical trainings, interviews) in Italian, German, English and Chinese.
Technical experience in the following fields: nut-and-bolt works (grinding machines and lathes), printing industries (offset printing machines), steel works (continuous casting machines, rolling mills), oil & gas (production of ball valves)

Some clients: La Stampa; Knee Top Joint (KTJ), Trieste; WWF; Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany; Comune di Cantù.

 

• Stage at the Islandwoods Green Plus International Co. in Taiwan (July - September 1999)
• Teaching of Italian and English in companies and private schools in China (Shenyang) and Taiwan (1998 and 1999)
• Teaching of German, English and Chinese at the Orizzonti dell'Est e dell'Ovest association in Trieste (1998-2001)
• Private tutoring in German, English and Chinese (since 1997)
• Summer job at the Stich Imbiss, Bühl (Germany) (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000)

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Professionista di cui alla Legge n. 4 del 14 gennaio 2013, pubblicata nella GU n. 22 del 26/01/2013