María Cristina Quesada Calderín
SPANISH A - ENGLISH B
Conference Interpreter and Translator

Cellular Phone: 0414 -3206762, 954 -6703809
E-mail: mc.quesada@avinc.org, mariacquesada@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATE
Berlitz School of Languages, Caracas, Venezuela, Interpreter-Translator Diploma 1977
Legal Translation I – Civil Law, NELS, 1985, Venezuela; Legal Translation II – Mercantile Law, NELS, 1985, Venezuela
Note-Taking Techniques in Consecutive Interpreting, FLATA, Miami, Fla., 2003

Memberships:
AVINC – Venezuelan Association of Conference Interpreters, President 2000-02
TAALS – American Association of Language Specialists

EXPERTISE
More than 30 years of experience as a free-lance interpreter and translator on a broad range of subjects including: oil and gas, geology, geophysics, geochemistry, mechanical, electrical, civil and chemical engineering, construction, telecommunications, management, IT, banking, parks and pollution, animal science, HSE, cotton, economics, fertilizers, law enforcement, trade unions, metrology, medicine, among others. Interpreter for Television and Broadcasting – Venevision 1996-2007: Annual Academy Awards, Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss USA, Miss Teen, Latin Grammy Awards, Interpretation for international organizations and associations such as SELA, ACS, CITEL, UIT, CCIA, CME, OEA, UNITAR, FIATA, OPEC, IFS among others.

Interpretation Coordination Experience - Head interpreter of I AAPG/ SVG International Congress, Caracas, 1993; V International Conference on Heavy Crude and Tar Sands (UNITAR), 1991 Caracas IV World Congress on Agribusiness, IAMA, 1993, FIATA World Congress 1996, IV International Gold Symposium in Venezuela, 1997, VIII Venezuelan Geology Congress and I Latin American Sedimentology Congress -Venezuela, 1998, XVI Meeting of the Association of Bank Supervisors of The Americas (ABSA), 1999, XXXIV Council of Experts and XXXV Meeting of Energy Ministers, OLADE, Margarita Island, Venezuela, 2004 The Inter-American Metrology Congress and SIM General Assembly 2004, Margarita Island, Venezuela, 2004, I Integral Risk Management Course, Det Norske Veritas-PDVSA, September-December, 2005-2006.

Representative Sample of Conferences, Seminars and International Meetings (Spanish-English): Degussa Feed Additives- I, II and III Latin American Workshops Caracas 1995, Panama, 1996, Miami, 1999; MIDREX Operations Training of Direct Reduction Plant, Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, 1997; ACS I and II Meetings of the Technical Committee on Transport, Curazao 1997, Trinidad 1999; 56th–70th Plenary Meetings of the International Cotton Advisory Committee(ICAC) –Paraguay 1997, Bolivia 1998, South Carolina 1999, Australia 2000, Zimbabwe 2001, Egypt 2002, Poland 2003, India 2004, Liverpool 2005, Brazil 2006, Turkey 2007, Cape Town 2009, USA, 2010, Argentina 2011; Meeting of Securities Regulators of The Americas, COSRA/IOSCO, 2004, Dominican Republic; Schering’s R&D: Innovative Medicine Focused on Multiple Sclerosis, Hematology, Gynecology and Solid Tumors, Caracas, 2004, Gas-Liquid Separation and Water Treatment System, Natco Group, Caracas, 2004-2006; IFS Building Bridges Among Community Centers of the Americas, Caracas 2005; Alltech Annual Industry Symposium, Kentucky, 2007-2011, XXIII International Conference on Alzheimer Disease, Caracas, October 2007, Regional Meeting on Social Dimension of LA and Caribbean Integration, SELA, August 2007, Billboard Latin Music Conference 2008, 2009, Meeting of the Red Cross, Miami Chapter, 2009-2010, Zimmer TKR Arthroscopy, Miami, 2010, 2011.

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