About Alessia and job interest

Highly passionate and organised graduate from SOAS University of London, seeking a job position as translator or translator project manager

Career Status	Junior or Entry level
Desired Role	Translation Project Manager
Search status	Actively searching
Sector of Interest	Language / Translation
Job period	Part-time/Full-time
Remote job?	Yes

Why Should We Hire You?

My academic background and my experiences as a freelance translator and a cultural and linguistic mediator gave me the experience necessary to carry out confidently tasks related to translation and localisation as well as the critical skills necessary to thoroughly analyses and work with a variety of documents in different languages. On the other hand, the experience has CATI interviewer improved my interpersonal and communication skills which would be essential to interact with colleagues and clients. Lastly, the extracurricular activities as a student representative and assistant director of the drama society have provided me with great organisational skills as well as empathy and teamwork skills, which would be beneficial in giving my contribution to the team’s work.

Message Alessia

Education

09/2019 - 12/2020

United Kingdom (UK)

Japanese Studies

Master's Degree

SOAS University of London

• Modules included Practical Translation from Japanese to English focusing on different types of texts such as technical, advertising, journalistic, subtitling • Translated academic and literary Japanese resources for modules on Japanese history and literature • Dissertation on the representation of Motherhood in the works of Japanese writer Y?ko Tsushima

09/2015 - 04/2019

Italy

Asian and African Languages and Cultures

Bachelor Degree (Undergraduate)

University of Turin

• Modules included Japanese and Arabic languages and literature as well as General Linguistics • Literary translation of contemporary Japanese novels’ incipit for modules on Japanese literature • Won a scholarship from the Ishikawa prefecture for a three-month homestay and intensive language study at the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange (IFIE) in Kanazawa (Japan) • Dissertation on the linguistic aspects of Japanese and Italian kinship terminology