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Curriculum Vitae Elizabeth Gatt e-mail: [email protected]

Date of birth 18th May, 1973 Education

2008 Trados course, SDL Trados Technologies, Malta + webinars on individual software functions and updates

2007 Internal ISO Auditor certificate, Malta Standards Authority

2005 Diplom Wirtschaftssprache Deutsch (business German) at Austrian Institute

2005 Legal English TOLES Advanced exam at British Council

2004 Post graduate course in Public Relations

2000-2004 Workshops and trainings on application, negotiation and evaluation procedures, management, financial and legal issues of EU projects

2004 Post graduate course in German law, Hochschule Bremen, Germany

2003 Post graduate course in German management and economics, Hochschule Bremen, Germany

2000-2001 Post graduate course in European Studies at the Humanities College

2000-2003 Courses in international public law, European Union law and English law at the Faculty of Law

2001 The license of a certified translator in English

1992-1997 MA in English studies (specialized in translation) Work experience

2008 Project manager at Eurisconsult, managing translation projects for the European Parliament

2006-2007 Project manager at International Translation Agency, managing translation projects for the United Nations (e.g. translation of the United Nations Guidelines on green-house gas emissions into 5 languages)

2000 – 2001 European Programmes Officer at International Relations Office (translating and interpreting legal, economic and scientific texts, editing the university newsletter on international co-operation, European Union directives, handbooks, applications)

2001 – until now Translating legal documents and interpreting during court proceedings

Official documents issued by various authorities: birth, marriage and death certificates, court correspondence and documents in civil law cases (real property lease and sale, inheritance, damages and compensations, divorce, adoption, alimony), court correspondence and documents in commercial law cases (articles of association, preliminary agreements, contracts of sale), diplomas, certificates, grade lists and other kinds of certifications, certificates of employment and contracts of employment, criminal conduct certificates and entries from National Court Register, police reports.

Legal texts: acts of parliament, regulations, various types of contracts between companies and institutions or individuals, statutes, powers of attorney, testaments.

1999 until now Major projects

-promotional texts for Mars/Master Foods, Nokia -bank statements, bank opinions and other letters in bank correspondence, tax declarations and tax correspondence, price lists, annual reports, financial statements and prospectus, balance sheet for Reifeissen Bank, Citibank, Millenium Bank -user manuals, product and service description, localization for IBM, WebInn-Computerland, Veracomp -manuals for Ericsson, Sagem, Siemens, Motorola phones -marketing handbook New Positioning -psychiatry book Better Mental Health -tender documents and description of project for Schraner AG and Husqvarna -BP franchising agreement -project documentation for Skanska -agreements and financial statements of telecommunications companies -EUMETSAT regulations -Honeywell, Praktiker, Securitas corporate documents -legal documentation of constructing a shopping centre -Novell license agreement -Netia service agreement -HTH product catalogue Other skills

Computer literacy Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Trados