Alberto L. Beretta

A) FULL RESUME/CURRICULUM VITAE
A)1.Personal Data
-Full name: Alberto L(uigi) Beretta.
-Place of Birth: Milan, Italy.
-Date of Birth: 4 April, 1945.
-Nationality: Italian.
-Passport: Yes.
A)2.Education
-commercial high school diploma;
-university level background in:
--Modern European Languages & Literatures (English & German, IULM, Milan, Italy);
--Political Science (State University, Milan, Italy);
--Modern Italian Literature (State University, Milan, Italy);
--(other...);
-access to 3rd year of Japanese-(English-)Italian Intepreters (IsMEO, Milan, Italy).
A)3.Languages
-Italian: native> also some years at university in Milan, Italy;
-English (British, standard): fluent> senior high school, university and in London, UK;
-French: jntermediate> junior high school and on my own; I also lived shortly in Paris and close to Tours, France;
-German: basic-intermediate> studied at university only;
-Spanish: basic> studied on my own, short stay in Spain;
-Japanese: intermediate> studied on my own then at IsMEO, see above, still studying it;
-Chinese: very basic, still studying it.
I plan to study also: Arabic, Russian, Portuguese and Indonesian at least.
A)4.Computing & Internet
-Linux Ubuntu 10.4
-OpenOffice 3.2
-GIMP 2.6
-Skype 2.1 for Linux Ubuntu, ID: albatrodei7mari
-Scribus 1.3.3
-Freespeak (Translations online on the fly)
-OmegaT (CAT tool)
-Audacity (Audio recording and editing)
-Kompozer (Web editor)
I plan to study and use also: Linux Ubuntu Desktop, Linux Ubuntu Server, Python, Django and Moodle, at least.
A)5.Work Experience
-2002-today>Freelance Milan area (northern Italy) and online Italian GLocal Assistant (various activities as escorting Japanese, English and USA citizens, translations, research in Italian, research of foreign cutomers for Italian top food and beverage products, project managing for a publishing house - finding authors and publishers willing to have creative writing books translated...);
-1993-2002>Various home jobs (again freelance proof reading, editing, online book seller, land steward-cashier at Fiera Campinaria di Milano, for a Cooperative...)
-1985-1993>mechanical workman, Ca. Me. S. Electroweld SpA, Milan, Italy;
-1981-3>freelance proof reader and editor; collaborator with the Culture Office of the local Municipality;
-1973-1981>proof reader and editor for the Italian language, F.lli Fabbri SpA, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri SpA, Milan, Italy
-1971-3>Various jobs as Credit Rescue Officer, Book and Encyclopaedias Vendor;
1962-1971>messenger, commissioner and clerk, Banca Popolare di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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