About me

Maria Bonnici

Native English speaker with desktop publishing and translation skills (Italian to English). Consultancy in records management, website creation and web content management (WordPress).

Skills & Abilities		Translation – Language pairs: Italian to English Maltese to English Editing and proof-reading Creation of multi-lingual websites Web Content Management (WordPress) Desktop Publishing Web Publishing Database Design Records & Archives Management
Experience		non-profit organisation (Rome, Italy) April 2010 to present (remote position, voluntary capacity) Translator, Web Content Manager, Technical Support • Maintenance of multi-lingual WordPress website • Graphic Design (feature images and banner design) • Translation of web content • Technical support • Online training courses in WordPress Content Management System conducted in both Italian and English Claritas Designs Systems & Services (Australia) 2002 – 2014 Freelance translator (Italian to English), Editor and Proofreader • Translation of books, magazine articles, brochures, advertising material, video scripts and subtitles. Records & Archives Management Consultant • Design and implementation of records management systems in both the public and private sector • Database design and development • Establishment of resource libraries • Writing reports and procedure manuals Desktop Publishing, Web Design, Video production Design and layout of books, magazines and promotional material from pre-press production to printing stage · Website design and development · Video-editing Event Management · project management of corporate events · design of advertising material – logo design, flyers, brochures · database creation for registration and bookings
Education		Information Management (Archives & Records) Postgraduate Diploma, University of Melbourne, Australia (1992) Advanced diploma in electronic design & interactive media Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia (2002) Advanced CERTIFICATE IN WORDPRESS Multi-Lingual Content Management System 21^st Century New Media, London (2011)
LANGUAGES		English, Italian, Maltese Achievements: Expert Rating Solutions (online certification) Italian >English test – 100% accuracy
COMPUTER SKILLS		Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access CorelDraw Graphics Suite Adobe Photoshop Adobe Pagemaker / InDesign Adobe Premier Adobe Dreamweaver Quark Xpress Filemaker Pro Database Design & Creation Content management systems: WordPress, Joomla Social community management: Hootsuite
preferred subject areas for translation		Tourism and Culture Journalism and Mass Communication Health & Wellbeing Sociology Religion Spirituality Politics