Fiona Grace Peterson Italian > English medical translator

 Fiona Grace Peterson Italian > English medical translator fiona@traduzioni-­‐mediche.com www.traduzioni-­‐mediche.com A British freelance translator with an academic and clinical background in nursing, I specialise in the translation of medical texts from Italian to English. With over ten years’ professional translation experience, excellent writing skills and superb research abilities, I focus on providing quality texts with flair and precision, attention to detail and target register, attentive to meeting client needs and deadlines. Qualifications ✜
✜ ✜ Bachelor of Nursing (BScN) University of Bologna, 2014 Taught in Italian and including a number of clinical placements (neurology, cardiology, surgery, orthopaedic surgical oncology, accident & emergency, psychiatry). My thesis examined the issue of the presence of family members during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and invasive procedures. Postgraduate certificate in Medicine and Pharmacology for translators Communication Trend Italy, Milan, 2007 Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) in Modern Languages University of Westminster, London, 1995 Honours degree in Modern Languages (Italian and German) Main specialist field: medicine and pharmaceuticals ¤ Medicine Medical notes and charts, hospital discharge documents, scientific papers, articles, books, degree and doctoral theses… ¤ Pharmaceutical EMA and regulatory documentation; summary of product characteristics (SPC), patient information leaflets (PILs), adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports, investigator’s brochures (IB), standard operating procedures, informed consent forms, clinical practice guidelines, abstracts, posters and slides… Professional development I am a member of the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) and am committed to ongoing professional development via the association's training programme, in the form of workshops and webinars. Other specialist fields – literature and the visual arts Photography v
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Translation of the magazine Risk Arte Oggi, a tribute to late German artist Joseph Beuys L’Immagine dell’Umanità, Silvana Editrice, Milan 2001, volume accompanying the exhibition on Joseph Beuys, held at the gallery MART, Rovereto, Italy Marcello Maloberti, volume accompanying the exhibition of the artist of the same name at the Raffaella Cortese Gallery, Milan Poetry & Literature v
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Poesia Oltre i Confini (2007), Poeti Italiani nel Mondo (2006), two collections of works by contemporary poets, Book Editore, Castel Maggiore, Bologna Sex, horror and fantasy, a collection of short stories by painter and writer Giovanni Buzi, Massari Editore, 2005 Cinema v
Four volumes in the series Una Regione Piena di Cinema on Emilian directors Michelangelo Antonioni, Valerio Zurlini, Marco Bellocchio and Florestano Vancini, published by the Region of Emilia Romagna Subtitling v
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Effedia -­‐ Sulla Mia Cattiva Strada, documentary on Italian singer-­‐songwriter Fabrizio De André, screened at the Rome International Film Festival 2008 Checosamanca, feature-­‐length documentary screened at the Rome International Film Festival 2006 Babooska, feature-­‐length film by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel (Vento Film 2005, 100min). Winner of the Wolfgang Staudte Prize, Berlinale 2006 and the Prix International de la Scam (Ex Aequo), CINEMA DU REEL 2006. Also shown at the VIENNALE 2005 (Dokumentarfilme) Voluntary work ✪
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Volunteer translator for Translators Without Borders
Volunteer ambulance crew member with Pubblica Assistenza Castello di Serravalle, Bologna Volunteer dog handler with Torrefire K9 search and rescue unit, San Lazzaro, Bologna ✪
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