Alana

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Alana McKenzie
Business and Financial Translator/Proofreader at Freelance

Summary

Freelance business and financial translator/proofreader with an extensive international background and experience as a corporate trainer and language teacher. Skilled in research, Microsoft Office, foreign language teaching, cross-cultural communication, and translation/editing. Completing a Master's degree in International Business Management.

Experience

Freelance Translator/Proofreader November 2015 - Present

• Translating/proofreading corporate, academic, and general documents, articles, and correspondence

Freelance
Private Language Tutor/Trainer November 2015 - Present Bucharest, Romania

Offering language training in English and German for private individuals, institutions, and companies. Specialized in technical English, applied tics, conversational language, and exam preparation. All ages and levels.

Excelsior Corporate Linguistic Solutions Corporate Trainer
March 2017 - October 2018 (1 year 8 months) Bucharest, Romania

Delivering language training for business environments. Clients include Unicredit, Deichmann, and REWE Group. Additional tasks include preparing training sessions, writing and administering level examinations, and creating progress reports for groups and individuals.

 

AmeriCan Adventures
Adventure Tour Guide
June 2015 - October 2015 (5 months)

Organized and managed cross country trips through America for groups of up to 13 passengers. Responsible for driving, accommodation reservations, meals, activities, managing group dynamics, and providing information and history about destinations across the US. Trips ranged from 3 days to 3 weeks.

John E. Jaqua Law Library
Technical Services Assistant
January 2012 - June 2015 (3 years 6 months)

Cared for library collection, including technical processing, preservation, and restoration of physical materials. Updated/created item records and holdings within Millennium and ALMA. Collected/entered data and worked with Excel spreadsheets. Prepared law journals for binding. Responsible for the filing of loose leaf legal resources and distribution of research materials to Law School faculty.

AuPair Open Minds
Au Pair
July 2010 - June 2011 (1 year) Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Provided full-time, live-in care for family with two children (ages 1 and 4). Child care, house work and meal preparation.

Education

Academia de Studii Economice din București
Master’s Degree, International Business Management · (2016 - 2019)

University of Oregon
Bachelor’s Degree, Political Science and German Language · (2011 - 2015)

School for International Training
Multilateral Diplomacy and International Relations · (2014)

 





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