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• Patents: mechanics, chemistry, electronics, telecommunications, semiconductors, electromedical equipment, biometry, soil remediation, plastics technology, motor vehicle industry, glass and ceramic industries
• Earth Sciences and Environment: geology, paleontology, mineralogy, petrography, geophisics, geotechnics, hydrogeology, hydrology, environmental sciences, petroleum geology
• Oil & Gas, Fuels, Lubricants: chemical processes, electrical and equipment machinery, safety, health and environment, marketing
• Remote Sensing (RS): RS satellites, data acquisition systems, digital image processing, RS applications, RS in microwaves, radar systems, RS and thermal energy, topography, photogrammetry, cartography
• Technical manuals: gas turbines and related auxiliary and control systems
• Technical Standards
• Transports: shipping documents, packaging, dangerous goods
WORK EXPERIENCETranslation
- Since 2006: Working as a freelance translator in the field of Patents; translating texts and editing the related drawings;
- Since 2009: Translating texts related to the research and refining technologies of Oil & Gas for a major multinational company in the energy sector, dealing mainly with technical material intended for training courses for technicians and engineers; translating technical manuals of gas turbines and related auxiliary and control systems; translating technical standards; translating marketing and advertising material related to lubricants.
Freight forwarding
1996 - 2004: Operational employee at the air import department (1996 – 1999) and air export dept. (1999 – 2004) with Merci & Merci Srl - Int'l Forwarding Agent - Apt. Sandro Pertini - Turin, Italy
Main activities and responsibilities: Managing contacts with clients, agents and carriers, organizing air import and air export shipments, issuing quotations, making bookings, issuing documents and certificates, handling customs clearance, handling pick up-delivery of goods, invoicing. Skilled in IATA Cargo Dangerous Goods Regulations and responsible for processing Dangerous Goods shipments
Developed good communication skills maintaining positive and effective working relationships with clients. Demonstrated good capabilities of working under pressure.
Remote sensing
1995: Trainee with C.S.I. Piemonte (Consorzio per il Sistema Informativo) - Turin
Main activities: Developing a project related to satellite data processing for studying the Piedmont area involved in the flood of November 1994.
Project published with the following bibliographic references:
ROSSO, C. (1995). Analisi di dati LandsatTM per lo studio e la classificazione di aree alluvionate. Un esempio sul bacino del Tanaro (Analyses of Landsat TM data for studying and classifying flooded areas. An example on Tanaro basin). Telerilevamento, GIS e cartografia al servizio dell’informazione territoriale. Proceedings of the VII National A.I.T. Conference, Chieri (Turin), 17-20 October 1995. Ed. CSEA, pp. 636-643.
EDUCATIONAL TRAINING
• Master in Technical and Scientific Translation (English - Spanish) from Libera Università degli Studi "San Pio V", Rome in agreement with Agenzia Formativa TuttoEuropa, Turin
• Post-degree diploma in Remote Sensing of Earth Resources from CSEA C.A. Bonafous, Turin, in cooperation with Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano
• Degree in Geological Sciences from Università degli Studi di Torino
• Scientific Secondary School Certificate from Liceo Scientifico E. Majorana - Moncalieri, Turin
CV available upon request for further details.
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