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Current address	Viale Cermenate 1 20141 Milan Italy tel. 00 39 02 89 51 34 73 mobile: 00 39 331 316 39 38 email: unwin@tiscali.it
September 2007 - present	Italian to English freelance translator:- general commercial market research related medical/pharmaceutical various industrial sectors (eg. textiles, telecommunications etc.) food/wine hotels/tourism financial services etc. Current freelance translation availability: full time. Some freelance English teaching in Milan, concluded in Spring 2010.
January 1998 – July 2007	Freelance translator, as above, And international market research project manager, based in Milan, Italy.
	All market research projects were for international clients; so always with a strong translation element. Every project included several of the elements below:-
	- translation of data/results from Italian into English: reports analysis desk research data interview transcripts
	- translation of research materials into Italian (for which I proof-read work done by a mother-tongue translator): questionnaires discussion guides communications material (eg. advertising messages) product descriptions (eg. new pharmaceutical product concepts) stimulus material
	Market research projects covered a wide range of markets:-
	consumer products/services industrial products/services healthcare products/services
September 1996 – January 1998	International market research project manager, specialising in Italy and France, at BPRI, London, UK.
	Projects were international and so with a strong translation element, as in the previous entry.
September 1994 – September 1996	International market research project manager, at SGR International, Rome, Italy
	All projects were for international clients and so had a strong translation element, as in the previous entries.
	There was particular emphasis on healthcare/pharmaceutical work, as well as general consumer.
September 1992-September 1994	Research executive in international market research, at BMS, in London, UK, specialising in Italy.
	All projects were international in character and so had a strong translation element, as in previous entries.
	Markets covered were mainly business to business products and services, with some consumer markets, eg. -
	retail banking equipment
	industrial and automotive lubricants
	shoes and clothing
January 1992 – September 1992	Graduate trainee in international market research, at Research International, in London, UK.
September 1990 – January 1992	English language teacher at Inlingua in Naples and, from September 1991, in schools in London
October 1987 – June 1990	Cambridge University Upper second degree in history Internships at Raychem (technology multinational), near Paris, in the two Summer long vacations
September 1986 – September 1987	‘Gap’ year in Paris, improving language skills.
To June 1986	Beaumont School, St. Albans, England
	3 ‘A’ grade A-levels (History, French, Economics)
	10 (9 ‘A’ grade) O-levels (including French, Latin and Greek)
Date of Birth:	21.10.67 St. Albans, UK
Languages:	Fluent in Italian and French.