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Ciudad De La Costa, Canelones Department, Uy

Montevideo, Uruguay

Montevideo, Uruguay

Freelance Conference Interpreter.Remote Simultaneous Interpreting and translation services.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Lecturer of the module/subject Introduction to Simultaneous Interpreting at undergraduate level (Department of Social Sciences).- Instruction on practice and theory of Simultaneous Interpreting, interpreting skills and English as a Retour Interpreting Language.

Brussels Region, Belgium

English Language communication development in the Departments of Law (Advanced Courses), Political Sciences, Economics and Translation and Interpreting Studies. Basic knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility, UN Human Rights Due Diligence, Sustainable Development Goals, Resolution 1325, Humanitarian Aid (EU and UN).

Brussels Area, Belgium

Conference interpreter (simultaneous and consecutive modes) at EU institutions, UN meetings, language agencies, public and private institutions. Main areas of expertise: Human Rights and Advocacy, International Cooperation and Development, Defence, Military Affairs, Gender Issues, Minority Rights

Montevideo, Uruguay

Interpreting Team Leader at Annual Conference of American Military Committee of the Americas (Montevideo, 2016)Liaison interpreter between US Southern Command Commander and Uruguayan Defence Vice-Minister (2016).Conference interpreter and Document Translation for Women, Peace, Security Seminar 2-6 Nov 2015Interpreter and translator for the United States Embassy in Montevideo on political, cooperation and defence matters and military training material. Language specialist cooperating with the US Naval Research Laboratory in the framework of an Early Threat Detection Programme.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Translation projects including international labour surveys, organisational models, cognitive questionnaires and National Account Systems.

Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Translator and interpreter for the Uruguayan Contingent deployed in the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Interpreter between the Contingent Commanding Officer, United Nations authorities, Congolese authorities, the civil society and international NGOs. Working languages: English, French and Spanish. Interviews to former combatants as they enter the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration process. Language mediator for UN inspection visits to Troop Contributing Country military base (Uruguay). Personal assistant to Chair of Board of Inquiry 14/029. Drafting of minutes of meetings with MONUSCO Senior Legal Advisor, UN Senior Medical Officer and BOI Legal Secretary.Research and reporting of number of schools in North Kivu rural areas in TCC Area of Operations.Language mediator between the Congolese Armed Forces and TCC reconnaissance flights

Master Of Arts - Ma, Conference Interpreting And Translation Studies

Activities and Societies: MA Thesis/Dissertation on Quality of interpretation when working from non-native speakers

Advanced Master'S, Human Rights

Activities and Societies: Master's thesis on Stabilization in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sworn Translator, Legal Translations

Activities and Societies: Live practice on simultaneous interpreting with Professor Ahti Sarenpää from the University of Lapland, Finland.

Monitoring And Evaluation Certification Programme, Political Science And Government