Elena Aarset
$89 per hour
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Professional Profile
Government authorised translator (Norwegian - Romanian), and interpreter
Experience and Qualifications
Education Electrical engineer (MSc)
Courses and training
1997 ”Presentation skills” – Norges Eksportråd / Eksportskole
1999 Linguaskill (level 4: advanced) – Manpower
Basic safety- and preparedness course (OLF)- Borre Havarivernskole
The Norwegian Police ToSpOT test (French)
2000 Outlook – IDT / SSI / Kværner Engineering
2000 Super Office – Alcatel Kabel Norge
2004 UDI (The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration) ToSp test
2006 Project management – Metier (Telenor)
Training sessions held by UDI, Oslo City Court, Oslo Police District
2007 - 2008 Interpreter Education at the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA) (40 credits)
2011 Supplementary module at HiOA ”Multicultural understanding in interpreting” (15 credits)
2012 Supplementary module at HiOA «The communicative competence of the interpreter» (15 credits)
2013 Supplementary module at HiOA «The history of interpreting» (15 credits)
2015 Was granted the autorisation as a government-approved translator (Norwegian – Romanian)
Languages Romanian, Norwegian
English, French (high level)
Understands Spanish, Italian, Japanese, German
POSITIONS
- Actually, freelance translator (Government-authorised), and interpreter (6 years)
- Member of the Board in Fornebu Sparebank (4 years)
- Previously worked in Norway since 1988 as:
• Electical Engineer / Project Manager (Norwegian Oil & Gas Companies, such as: Kværner Engineering, ABB Offshore Systems, Vetco Gray Scandinavia, GE Oil & Gas)
• Area Sales Manager (Alcatel Cable Norway) heating cables and systems
• Area Sales Manager (Telenor Satellite Solutions, Marlink)
Experience as an interpreter / translator (1996 – present)
• Court interpreting – interprets at the City Court of:
o Oslo
o Asker og Bærum
o Nedre Romerike
o Øvre Romerike
o Tønsberg
o Bergen
o Haugesund
o Drammen
o Ålesund, a.o.
and the Courts of Appeal (Borgarting, Gulating, Eidsivating and Agder Lagmannsrett)
in penal cases, appeal cases, Court sessions for deciding on custody, communication of verdicts, sentences in penal cases (more than 60% simultaneous interpretation).
• Interpreting for the Norwegian Police (Oslo, Rogaland, Asker og Bærum, Vestfold Politidistrikt), Kripos, The Norwegian Police Immigration Unit, a.o.
Types of assignments:
• Interpreting during questioning of suspects
• Translation of Court documents
• Telephone interpreting
• Interpreting in penal court sessions
• Interpreting of fines, notification of expulsion, decisions of expulsion
• Asylum interviews
• Registration of asylum seekers
• Interpreting for UDI (The Royal Norwegian Directorate of Immigration) and UNE (The
Commission of Appeal for Immigrants)
• Interpreting at asylum interviews
• Written translation of documents
• Translator / Interpreter for different bussinesses
• Interpreted during the NHO yearly meeting (English – French) (2007)
• Fixed agreement for interpreting at the yearly meetings of Orkla and translation of the annual Report
• Translated Safety brochures for: Aker Kværener, Havyard Leirvik, Norsk Stein, a.o.
• Interpreted at the Safety Instruction Session at Norsk Hydro / Alstom (Sunndalsøra)
• Interpreted in the meeting between HRH Crownprince Håkon and the President of the Romanian Senate, Nicolae V?c?roiu
• Translated the speech of Romanias President (Traian B?sescu) in connection with the Reception dinner given by the Norwegian Prime Minister (Jens Stoltenberg)
• Frame agreement with NAV (Norwegian Welfare Office) for for translation of documents (via Translatørservice in Stavanger)
• Translation of technical regulations, among others ”HANDBOOK FOR CRANES” for Senter Grafisk AS
• Translation of presentations and brochures for Aker Yards, Stokke, Norske Skog, etc.
• Interpreter for Tolkesentralen (Oslo University Hospital)
• Interpreting at different departments /wards of the Hospital (OUS)
• Freelance interpreter / translator with assignments for various bureaus:
1. Amesto Translatørbyrå v/Anne Louise Sawkins, www.amesto.com
2. Norsk Tolkeservice AS
3. Translatørservice v/Helge Haver
4. SAMTEXT NORWAY AS v/ Knut-Jørgen Plesner, Project Manager,
5. Adopsjonsforum
6. Translatør Xpress AS
7. Easy Translate
8. Noricom (Bergen, Oslo, Kristiansand, Ålesund, Tromsø)
9. TolkEN, NorTolk, a.o.
Types of assignments:
• Client visits / discussions (for diff. Law Firms)
• Interpreting at various asylum camps (Norsk Folkehjelp a.o.), medical practices, hospitals, driver’s test at Biltilsynet (The Norwegian Car Authority), for lawyers
• Written translation of documents for among others The Royal Ministry of Justice and Police
• Telephone interpreting
• Interpreting in Court: penal cases, custody cases, immigration, discussion with lawyers
• Simultaneous interpretation, interpreting at conferences, consecutive interpretation
Other informations
? Registered in Tolkeportalen since 2005 (http://www.tolkeportalen.no)
? Registered / assigned as an interpreter by the City Court of Oslo and Oslo Police district
? Approved / reccommended by Romanias Embassy in Oslo
? Registered as a freelance translator by the City Recorder in Oslo
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