Abreu Language Services, Ltd.

	JESSICA T. ABREU President LANGUAGES English (native) French (translation and interpretation) Spanish (translation and interpretation) Portuguese (passive interpretation and translation only) Arabic (translation only) AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Legal (including several patent litigations), economic development, environment, biotechnology, computer technology, law enforcement, human rights, commerce and business development, food safety, politics and government, feed manufacturing, grain processing, educational services, fuel cell technology. EMPLOYMENT Co-founder and President, Abreu Language Services, Ltd 1999-present Freelance Translator and Interpreter 1993-1999 EXPERIENCE INTERPRETATION 1993-present Provide French and Spanish simultaneous and/or consecutive interpreting at conferences, seminars, meetings, intercultural exchange visits, trials and depositions to a wide variety of public, private and non-profit sector clients, including: The White House United States Departments of Justice, Commerce, Energy inter alia USAID United States Coast Guard, Congress, Trade Representative Food and Drug Administration Human Rights Law Group UNISYS Landmine Survivors Network Million Family March CNN, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, Fox News Channel (live broadcasts) National Public Radio The Village Foundation Human Rights Law Group Bunge Corporation Academy for Educational Development Corporate Council on Africa American Soybean Association SICOFAA AES NATO Columbia University National Press Club The Newspaper Guild Embassy of Mexico France-US Defense Industry Business Forum Various law firms and court systems TRANSLATION 1993-present Translate documents from Arabic, French, Portuguese, and Spanish into English. Assignments include patent cases, environmental projects, criminal investigations, petroleum legislation and contracts, biotechnology, education, engineering. EDUCATION BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, ARABIC LANGUAGE 1977 - 1981 Georgetown University Washington, DC Certificate of French-English Translation, Division of Interpretation and Translation Certificate of Arab Studies, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies ADDITIONAL STUDIES The John Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) 1982 MA course in macroeconomic theory STUDY ABROAD Resident of Beirut, Lebanon for twelve years. French was primary language of instruction for first ten years of education. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS Certified by the Judicial Council of Virginia as a Spanish-language interpreter for the courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia, November 1995 Admitted as a certified Spanish-language interpreter through the State Court Interpreter Consortium for the courts of Delaware (1999) and Maryland (1996) Received American Translators Association Certificate of Accreditation for Translation from French to English, 1996 Member of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, the Translators and Interpreters Guild (Treasurer, 1996-1998 and 2001-present), the American Translators Association (French, Spanish, and Interpreters Divisions), and the National Capital Area Translators Association. COMPUTERS, EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES Compaq 1800T Pentium III laptop, Word Perfect 2000 for Windows and MS-Word 2000; Windows XP; Hewlett-Packard 4L Laser & OfficeJet K60 Printers Vast multilingual library in electronic and book form.