Customer Service High School

CHRISTOPHER MÉNDEZ

Denver, Colorado, ***** 845-***-**** ********************@*****.***

SUMMARY

A professional translator & interpreter who speaks 5 languages with an innate passion for linguistics and all cultures. 6 years of excellent customer service and leadership experience. 5 years of translation and interpretation experience between all languages. Remote and/or freelance work preferred. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LANGUAGE SELECT,,

Interpreter, Oct 2015 – Feb 2016

Interpret consecutively between English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare interpretations. Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible. Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.

Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information. Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors. ABS TRANSLATE,, NY

Freelance Translator, Dec 2013 – Aug 2015

Translate documents, especially civil and legal, between English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French. Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.

Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.

Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.

Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.

Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information. THEBIGWORD, NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Translator & Interpreter, Dec 2013 – Jun 2015

Interpreted for the NYC Department of Education between English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Interpret messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages orally maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.

Train and supervise other translators or interpreters. Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters. Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials.

Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.

Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information. EDUCATION

BERKELEY COLLEGE, NEW YORK, NY

Bachelor's Degree in International Business, Dec 2015 3.6 Cumulative GPA

Dean's List and President's List every quarter attended. President of International Club, overseeing 65 members and organizing events and meetings. NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY, NEWBURGH,

High School Diploma, Jun 2012

3.8 GPA

Class Vice President

President of Italian Honors Society, overseeing 16 students President of Foreign Studies Club, overseeing 23 students LICEO SCIENTIFICO STATALE "ETTORE MAJORANA", CALTAGIRONE, SICILIA Completed coursework towards High School Diploma, Apr 2012 Foreign exchange student for two months.

Hosted an Italian foreign exchange student for two months as well. Sole translator/interpreter between groups of exchange students in New York and Sicily, Italy. ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Translation, including: time-sensitive and voluminous projects, business documents and letters, web site content

Interpretation: alternating (negotiations, business meetings, etc.), up to 3 languages at once Certified Professional Translator/Interpreter by the Global Translation Institute: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

Proficient in: French

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