Personal - Name: Carla Diana Carochinho Mendes Cardoso - Date of Birth: October 5th 1977 - Place of Birth: Cascais, Portugal Education - High School Completed in 1996, Secondary School of Cascais. (see certificate) - Obtained a Grade B in the First Certificate in English from Cambridge University in June 1997. (see certificate) - Completed the first year of Translation at ISLA - Lisbon, in 1998. (see certificate) - Concluded a Professional Secretary with Computer Skills program at ICS Learning Systems, Canada, in 1999. (see grades transcript page 1 and page 2) - Finished all courses with A+ average for the Certificate of Competence in the French Language at Mohawk College, Hamilton, Canada, in 2001. (see progress report and certificate) - CEAC course of Spanish with Excellent classification, completed in November 2003. - Interpreter Program at Mohawk College (in progress). Academic Works of Importance - Translations (general texts, economic, journalistic and literary) from English and French to Portuguese, and vice-versa. - Book reports (Os Lusiadas, Viagens na Minha Terra, Os Maias, Le Desert, Le Passe-Murailles, Les Petits Enfants du Siecle, Brave New World) - Poem analysis (Shelley, Keats, Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Woodsworth, Camoes) - Tale interpretations (My Old Man, Cat in the Rain, A Soldier's Home, Otorhynolaringology Clinic) Extra Curricular Activities - Sports: ballet, traditional Portuguese Folklore dance, volleyball - Literary: school paper contributor, author of a shrot story used by 5th graders to be illustrated white at ISLA - First Aid Club: road prevention posters, measuring blood preassure Work Experience - Cashier at Jumbo Hipermercados and Continente Hipermercados in Cascais. - Webmaster, dessert maker and menu translator for Restaurante "O Pereira". - Author for Powerguides.com from September 2003 to January 2004 (Powerguides has been acquired by IGN). - Fan-fiction writer and videogame reviewer for Grrlgamer.com since 2000. - Managing Editor and PR Coordinator at Grrlgamer.com since January 2005. Hobbies - Reading, writing and drawing. - Knitting and cross-stitching. - Videogames and movies. - Creating content for The Sims and The Sims 2. References Recommendation letter from Margaret Valadas, English teacher at ISLA. Recommendation letter from Nick Gagala, English teacher at CLEC. |
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