EXPERIENCE ABROAD
Operatic and concert performances in Italy and the Czech Republic
Interpreting (informally) for rehearsals: Italy (Italian, French, and English)
Maid and café waitress: Switzerland
Foreign exchange student (EIL): Switzerland

LANGUAGES STUDIED
French: Cornell Univ., Kinkaid School (10 years), native speaker in childhood
Italian: Univ.of Ca., Berkeley
German: Univ. of Ca., Berkeley, Goethe Institute, Cornell Univ.
Latin: Univ. of Ca., Berkeley, Kinkaid School
Spanish: Cornell Univ.
Portuguese: Centro Latino, Berkeley
Czech: Private studies
Dutch: Private studies

WORK & OTHER EXPERIENCE
• Opera and classical singer, voice teacher; CD released by Centaur Records, 2000
• Translated song lyrics, poems, and libretti for concerts, program notes, and CD
liner notes, from French, Italian, German, Latin, and Spanish into English
• ATHENA Translations: Technical & Scientific (software, technical instructions,
medical & scientific research), Business (marketing, press releases,
presentations, human resources, resumes, official documents, websites),
Journalism (tourism, sports, journal articles, interviews, & editorials), and
Humanities (art, music, history, economics, politics, current events, sociology),
from French, German, & Italian into English. Proofreading, editing, and
copywriting. Associate Member, ATA
• Designed and maintained two professional websites, managed small office network
of four computers, designed and maintained mailing list database.
• Host for French and Belgian foreign exchange students, 1997-2005.
• Other interests: travel, health & fitness, skiing, knitting.

References available upon request