Professional Experience

From 1988 to present--Independent contractor for numerous Translation Services nationwide and corporate clients in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Worked for the Software, Hardware, Machinery, Credit, Electronic, Publishing and Telecommunications Industries, as well as for Conventions and Advertising Campaigns. Involved in major projects for Adaptec, ARCO, AT&T, Autodesk, Cellular One, Chevron, Critical Path, Epson, Fair Isaac, Handspring, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Netscape, PeopleSoft, Phillips, Pioneer, Procter & Gamble, Raid, Shaklee, Sunset Books, Sybase, Tenth Planet, Thermo King, VISX and Western Atlas among others.

From 1972 until 1980--English-Spanish translator for Barral Editores, a publishing house in Barcelona, Spain, and for the Buenos Aires, Argentina, branch of the Transactional Analysis Institute. Translated novels, essays, papers and bulletins.

Communications Manager

Banco de la Nación Argentina  (1986-1988)

In charge of the preparation, delivery and reception of documents to and from the Far East and South America. Supervised procedures and workflow at different stations, and translated documents into Spanish, at the former San Francisco branch of the Bank.

Word & Data Processing Contractor

PacTel Communications/PacTel InfoSystems  (1982-1986)

In charge of all word and data processing needs at the Sales Office in San Francisco.

Journalist  (1965-1980)

Reporter, staff writer and assistant editor for news agencies, newspapers, weekly and monthly magazines in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contributor to publications in Spain and the USA.

Education

BA in Modern Languages and Literature, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1966.

Various courses on Word Processing, Data Processing, Management and Design of Relational Data Bases, UNIX, and Technical Writing at Vista College, Berkeley; San Francisco City College, and UC Berkeley, 1982-1992.