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Strengths
- Very reliableProfessional Experience
May 2003 - to present: member of online-translation-agencies
Translator
· Translate from English, Italian and German to Albanian, technical user manuals for domestic (electrical) appliances, medical reports, school reports, personal letters, documentaries, movies, legal translations, IT materials, websites, political materials, journalistic articles, etc.
· Prepare written translation and review (editing)
· Use of translation memory softwares, such as Wordfast, Trados 2007
2002 – 2003 Centre for Democratic Culture “Fan Noli”
Translator
· Translate documents from English to Albanian, and from German to Albanian
· Register and classify all document in both languages
· Search and select in the internet necessary materials for the centre, in different languages, such as in English, German, Italian and Albanian
· Keep written correspondence for the centre
· Communicate internally and externally via phone and email with partners
· Serve as contact person
2002 – 2003 TVA Television
Documentary Translation
· Work directly with documentary team to come up with the translated product
· Be responsible for the translation of certain number of documentaries per week
· Prepare written translation
1998 – 2004 Notary Office Artemisa Mecaj, Rruga e Durresit
Part time Translator
· Coordinate the work between the clients and the notary
· Be responsible for the translation of legal documents
· Prepare written translation
1996 – 1997; 1998 – 2005: private courses (teacher) for the Italian and German language.
2004: – Project Manager, Office-Coordinator and translator by an internet-based company, Tirana.
February – May 2005: Office-Coordinator, Project-Manager (Exchange Program), Translator, by the private agency ANDE-LM sh.p.k., Tirana/Albania
2006: World Bank Project Preparation Unit (PPU) – Ministry of Education and Science/Abania
Office Manager/Translator
· Assist the PPU staff in the preparation of regular and special reports, such as information and data entry and retrieval, compilation of input for reports from Coordinators and other sources, proof-reading and copy editing, compilation of papers, memos for the minister, orders, etc.
· Organize, manage and maintain incoming and outgoing project correspondence.
· Maintain PPU protocol.
· Provide technical support to the staff of the PPU and its consultants, in the form of maintenance of computers, printers, etc.
· Translate from English to Albanian and vice-versa - correspondence, reports and documents related to the project.
· Assist procurement officer in procurement procedures.
· In collaboration with PPU staff, arrange logistics and support for group functions (training, seminars, World Bank visitation).
2008-2009 (to be extended): World Bank Project Consultant – Ministry of Education and Science/Abania
Administrative Officer-Project Assistant
1. Liaise with all programme teams and MOES Heads of Units and Depedent Units, following up on the delivery of EEE-P progress reports.
2. Gather information needed for preparation of all reports to be submitted to development partners.
3. Monitor proper record keeping by the various units involved in the EEE-P programme. The responsibility will not concern the actual filing of documents, but a monthly check of the state of record keeping at each unit.
4. Take care of the logistics for all events organized under the EEE-P, including, but not limited to, the Semi-Annual Review Meetings, Seminars, Training Sessions, Public Events and so on.
5. Organize all monthly and quarterly review meetings envisaged under the EEE-P programme. The Admin Officer will schedule the meetings, ensure proper attendance (following up - if needed – with the General Secretary), act as secretary to each meeting and prepare minutes within one week from each.
6. Extract on a bi-weekly basis data from the EMIS system and discuss them with the other two experts. While monitoring will be a responsibility of the M&E Expert, the Admin Officer will prepare the groundwork from the EMIS.
7. Provide secretarial support, including translation from Albanian in English of the documents, to the other two experts.
VOLUNTEER WORK
2000 up to date World English Institute/Church of Christ Tirana
· Organize individually/in a team event days and activities
· Coordinate persons involved and make sure that event will be successful
· Prepare invitations, agenda, programmes and booklet
· Contact the guests
· Report on the results of the activities
· Be responsible for conceptualizing, gathering, selecting and producing a book for youth in a free bases contribution
· Prepare weekly bulletins for the Church (gather, translate, edit and develop materials)
· Work on advocacy field through modest publications
· Engaged in beneficence activities
· Develop fund raising strategies and activities
· Keep and manage financial incomes of the Church.
Education and Training
▒ Participation in Procurement Seminar on “Education Excellence and Equity Program”, organized by World Bank and Ministry of Education and Science
May 29 – May 31, 2006
▒ MASTER Degree in Business Communication
2005 – 2008, Leibniz University – Institute of Arts and Science
▒ Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (german language exam)
2003, Goethe – Institut
▒ Bachelor: Translator and Interpreter of the German Language
1999 – 2003, University of Tirana, Foreign Languages Faculty
▒ Deutscher Internationaler Sommerkurs an der Universität Göttingen. (International summer course for the German language)
2001, University of Göttingen, Germany
▒ Deutsches Sprachdiplom” (Exam of the german language )
1999, German Embassy in Tirana, under the authority of the German Ministry of Culture.
▒ Graduation in the branch “German language”
1995 – 1999, Foreign Languages Secondary School “Asim Vokshi”, Tirana
▒ English Course
1998 – 1999, World English Institute
Computer Skills:
Excellent Computer skills.
Windows XP, Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point), Photoshop, Microsoft Outlook Express, Internet browsers, Wordfast (translation memory software), etc.
Languages
Albanian : mother tongue
German : excellent
English : excellent
Italian : excellent
Spanish : average
