Elsa J. Varela

**** **** **** **. *******. FL ***12

Phone 786-***-**** ac0km5@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE:

****-****: Telemundo.NBCUniversal Miami, FL

Off-time captioner (Editor)

**** ***** Ciudades. Víctor Jiménez. Poetry.

Writer. Preface

Proofreader. Book

2008 Placetas, la Villa de los Laureles. Ramón R. Guerrero.

Proofreader. Book.

2006 Telemundo. NBC- GE Miami, FL

Writer. TV script for Closed Captioning infomercial.

Proofreader. Green Alert Campaign Promo.

2004Paulina Congregation. Miami, FL.

2005 Alberione. Biograph. Radio soap opera script

Writer

2002 Telemundo. NBC-GE Miami, FL. Closed Captioning Style Manual

Writer

10/97-11/00 DLS (Diplomatic Language Services), Miami, FL

Shift Supervisor & Translator/Transcriber/Proofreader

T2S2 Standardized Guide for Transcription/Translation

Miami Field Division . Writer

07/96 -10/97 Metropolitan Interpreters & Translators, New York, New York

Transcriber/Translator/Proofreader/Interpreter

03/97 -09/97 Bilingual Professional Agency Inc, Brooklyn, New York

Translator/Interpreter/Proofreader

12/95 -07/96 University Language Service Inc. New York, New York

Spanish Instructor

04/96/-07/96 Universe, Interpreters & Translators, New York, New York

Transcriber/Translator/ Proofreader

05/93-02/96 TLA, Inc. (The Language Arts) Great Neck, New York

Transcriber/Translator/Proofreader

10/91-07/92 St. Christopher's J. Clarkson. Dobbs Ferry, New York

Translator/Proofreader

05/87-07/88 “Mario Briceño Iragorry" Elementary School, Maracaibo,Venezuela

Assistant Principal

01/79-07/88 Board of Education, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Professor (Literature. French, English and Spanish Grammar)

EDUCATION:

2015 Florida International University

MA. Spanish

2006 Miami Dade & Telemundo Network.

Taller Telemundo Escritores: TV & Digital Media Writers Course

1993 Mercy College. Dobbs Ferry, New York

Bilingual Education

1983.1985Post-Graduate School. Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo. Venezuela

M.S. Applied Linguistics (Pending Diploma)

1983 Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, BA

Major: Modern Languages (English/French)

Minor: Education

CERTIFICATES:

1996 Presenter and Orator Certificate. Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Instituto de Investigaciones Literarias y Lingüísticas de La Universidad del Zulia.

Topic: “Problems and tendencies in literary translation”

1995 Spanish Announcer. Certificate. Academia Venezolana de Radio y Televisión.

Union City, NJ.

Translation Certificate (English to Spanish). New York University. New York, NY.

AWARDS:

May. 2012 Global Reward & Recognition Program. NBC UNIVERSAL (OVATION)

PROJECT SUPPORT

ABOVE BEYOND. Presenter and Orator on Seminar: “Conozca el Español”

Oct. 2011 Global Reward & Recognition Program. NBC UNIVERSAL (OVATION)

ABOVE BEYOND. Presenter and Orator on Seminar: “Conozca el Español”

Jan. 2011 International poetry Contest. Selected poem“Magdalena” included in Latin Heritage Foundation Anthology “Una Isla en la Isla”

Dec. 2010 Global Reward & Recognition Program. NBC UNIVERSAL (OVATION)

OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK

Sept. 2010 Global Reward & Recognition Program. NBC UNIVERSAL (OVATION)

PROJECT SUPPORT

Sept. 2010 Global Reward & Recognition Program. NBC UNIVERSAL (OVATION)

ABOVE BEYOND

July 2010 Global Reward & Recognition Program. NBC UNIVERSAL (OVATION)

PROJECT SUPPORT

Sept. 2008 NBC UNIVERSAL (OVATION) PROJECT SUPPORT

June. 2006 NBC UNIVERSAL (OVATION) IMAGINATION

2002Honorable mention at the III International Literary Narrative Contest.

LIART International, INC. Pembroke Pines, FL.Short story: “Brígida”

1996 Honorable recipient from Revista Bilingue Literary Translation Contest. Tarzana, CA.

Category: Poetry. “Bolero a Media Luz” by Lydda Franco Farias (Spanish-English)

SKILLS: Computers: Microsoft Word 7.0; Quark Express 3.0, 4.0; Word Perfect 8.0

English and Spanish (fluent). Advanced knowledge of French and basic Portuguese.

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