Robin James Gill

Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth: 23rd August 1963 Nationality: British Telephone: 93 215 89 17 e-mail : [email protected] Address: Travessera de Gràcia, 216, 6º 2ª, 08024 Barcelona, Spain.

Translating/Interpreting: I have been living and working in Barcelona for the last fourteen years. During this time I have been translating and interpreting from Spanish and Catalan into English in the following fields: marketing, market research, advertising, publishing, television, radio and the press, sociology, tourism-promotional material and guides, quality processes-ISO 9001/2, the environment, ISO14001/EMAS systems, ski resorts, hotel and catering, sports and sports equipment, art galleries and museums, classical and modern music, art, education and development in Africa and NGOs, instruction manuals and web sites, logistics, distribution and warehousing.

Recent work: The following includes some of the companies and organisations for which i have recently done translating and interpreting work: Intermón Oxfam, Médicos sin Fronteras - field reports. Editorial Criteria – publishers of guides on art and cuisine, Editorial Planeta publishers: TV documentary department. Racc 62: Publishers of tourist guides. Viena Serveis Editorials: Publishers International Dockworkers’ Council: Reports, AGMs Rocamora Puppet Company: Programmes and synopses Liceu Opera House Barcelona. Promotional material, programmes and synopsise of works. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona – exhibition summaries and analyses. Instaquim S.L. (Vic) - manufacturers and distributors of detergents and cleaning products, product technical specifications. Detervic S.L.: distribution of detergent products ESBELT S.A. (Barcelona) - manufacturer and exporter of conveyer belts. (translations of product catalogues and letters, faxes and reports etc.) Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Department of Nuclear Medicine – (general publications) collaborating on the presentation of conference posters, preparation and proof reading of articles to be published and the promotion of a new FDG production and distribution centre in Barcelona. Market research results for Henkel and VW. Barcelona Port Authority: Reports on the environmental procedures of companies using the Port of Barcelona -EMAS I have also collaborated with different translation and interpreting agencies. Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting: European Social Forum, Florence November 2002 Interpreting of group opinion sessions for market research companies. International Seminar of Criminology International Seminar on Environmental Accounting, Fundació Forum Ambient, Barcelona, NGO work for Intermón-Oxfam International; Intermón Conference on the Development of Education in Africa Consecutive interpreting in business meetings trade delegations, Trade fairs, “La Fira de Barcelona” Recording studios. Translation and recording work in the production of advertisements for the BBV – Banco Bilbao Vizcaya S.A. and worked in the studio on various projects. Interpreter for Classical Productions (Barcelona) – Futbol Club Barcelona centenary concert of: Josep Carreras and the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Other professional experience: I have also worked as an independent, self-employed trainer organising general and specific business courses in the following companies and organisations: Crédito y Docks, Jordi Nadal (transport, import/export, storage), Mutua General de Seguros (insurance), Sedunión (textiles), ENHER (electricity production and distribution), Manpower (temporary work), Credsa-Vox (publishers), Hospital Clínic Barcelona (department of radioisotopes), ESBELT (conveyer belt manufacturers), Escuela Superior de Estudios Internacionales (BBA courses), Formaduanas (customs agents). Before coming to Spain I worked in the Sudan on an educational project for two years and in warehousing and logistics in companies in the Leeds/Bradford area.

Qualifications: 1988: Postgraduate Certificate of Education Birmingham Polytechnic. Specialist subject linguistics. 1982-1985: BA Honours II(i). University of Nottingham. Main subject – History. Subsidiary subjects – Psychology and Computer Programming. Member of TRIAC

Other information: Married with child. Apart from English, Spanish and Catalan I also read in French and German and have notions of Arabic. Other interests are travel (in Africa and Asia), music (I have performed and recorded in studios), art, ecology, walking/climbing (1985 expedition to Svalbard in the Arctic, visits to the Himalayas, the Atlas and Kilimanjaro), sport, agriculture, psychology, animal behaviour, international politics and oriental philosophy.

Clean driving license since 1970.