☎️ Contact information

📧 [email protected] / [email protected]

🐦 Portfolio: https://www.thewoloftranslator.com/

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/awadiagnelo/

📞  +1 831 275 86 41

I'm a linguist, experienced translator and interpreter, based in Monterey, California ****with +5 years of experience in the language services industry, handling mainly translation, subtitling and localization projects. I am trained in translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpretation (French: A, Wolof: A, English: B), localization and CAT tools (Trados Studio 2021, memoQ, Smartcat), audio and text editing, DTP and quality assessment tools.

👩🏻‍💻 Work experience

CVs/Resumes

former cv

R24 - resume

📚 Education

Master of Arts in Translation and Interpretation – French: A / English: B

Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Monterey, CA, USA.  ****Sep 2021 – Jun 2023 ****

Master of Arts in International Governance and Diplomacy

Sciences Po Paris

Paris, France ****Sep 2017 - Jun 2019

Erasmus - Public Policy, International Public Administration, Psychology

University College London,

London, United Kingdom. Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences - ****Political Science, Economics and Law

Sciences Po Paris,

Paris, France.  Sept 2014 - Jun 2016

🗣 Languages

French 🇫🇷  Native

Wolof 🇸🇳 Native

English 🇺🇸  Fluent

Spanish 🇪🇸  Advanced

German 🇩🇪  Upper-Intermediate

🛠 Skills

💻 Technology

Trados Studio 2021 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Smartcat ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

memoQ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Microsoft Office ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Salesforce ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Python ⭐️⭐️

📜 Blogging

• Internationalization (I18n) and nation branding: the challenges of cultural content adaptation.
• 4 tips to take advantage of Regex for your translations!

Relevant Professional Memberships

Women in Localization – MIIS Chapter

Translator without Borders

References

Professional references are available upon request.