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Rosa Burkard

Rosa Burkard has been a professional translator and consecutive / simultaneous interpreter since 1983. She has worked in the United States and Venezuela for numerous companies and organizations in both the public and private sectors including communications, media, law and consulting firms, the Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the Carter Center, and multi-lateral organizations such as the World Confederation of Labour and Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores .

Rosa is a translator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, where she translates into Spanish health-related documents that are disseminated to the professional medical community and to the general public mainly through the “CDC en Español” website; interprets at conferences and seminars; is involved in glossary-building projects, and has actively participated in projects developing health-related materials in Spanish.

In her daily work, Rosa uses translation memory/terminology management software SDL TRADOS in Microsoft Word Environment.

In addition, she has also taught courses in translation and interpretation at Georgia State University in Atlanta , GA , and at Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas , Venezuela , and has been an invited speaker on topics of interest for translators and interpreters on numerous occasions.

Rosa is a Certified English – Spanish Court Interpreter and holds an undergraduate degree in Translation and Interpretation from Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas , and a Master's Degree in Intercultural Communication from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey , California . Rosa has attended numerous continuous education courses and seminars, and is pursuing a Master's Degree in Terminology at Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona , Spain . She speaks Spanish (A - native), English (B), Italian (C) and French (C).

Presently, she is the President of the Atlanta Association of Interpreters and Translators (AAIT), an Active Member of the American Translators Association, and a member of Colegio Nacional de Traductores e Intérpretes (CONALTI) in Venezuela , where she has held the positions of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.

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