Cecilia Golumbeanu

I am a freelance legal, medical and commercial interpreter of French, Romanian (including Moldovan) living in Syracuse, NY. I have 20 years experience in many work environments, including government and corporate entities in the Unites States, European Union, and Romania. I am also an immigration hearings (EOIR, USCIS) interpreter for French and Romanian, and a per diem court interpreter in NY State and six more states. I do in-person, over-the-phone and video interpreting. I have been an active member of NAJIT, the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators.

Listed in 8 U.S. state registries of per diem court interpreters for Romanian, and French.

Degrees: M.A. in the Study of Image; B.A. in English and French literature and language.
International work as in-house associate translator and interpreter for U.S.A.I.D. projects and European Union institutions, in Romania and major EU cities, and later as a freelancer for U.S. companies doing business in Romania.
French instructor at State University of New York (SUNY), Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY.

Interpreting for master calendar and individual hearings in immigration for French and Romanian. Community – medical and legal – consecutive and over-the-phone interpreting in the U.S. at present.

Research in lexicography at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as Fulbright grantee; author of a bilingual legal dictionary English-Romanian (antitrust terminology).

5+ years experience in television as producer and presenter for the Romanian national television of English as a second language and business English on television.

More from my experience in Europe: specialized as a simultaneous interpreter for conferences, seminars and working groups in Romania and the European Union (European Commission, European Court of Justice); consecutive interpretation with international programs, institutions and companies (USAID, US FTC, US DOJ, Romanian Competition Council, EU PHARE, the World Bank, ministries, embassies); legal translations and interpretation for NGOs and private clients (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights in Austria, IRZ Foundation in Germany/Ministry of Justice from Romania – the code of criminal procedure, E.ON, McGuireWoods, Biriș-Goran, Henkel, Vodafone, Colantonio, Weatherford, NDTO). Certified by the Ministry of Justice since 2000. My projects also include editing and proofreading in English, voice recording in Romanian and English, subtitling.

During 2002-3, I was a Fulbright scholarship grantee for research in applied linguistics at the Department of English of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA, for a legal and economic dictionary of American and European terms. In 2005, I earned a Master of Arts in visual studies at Center of Excellence in the study of image CESI at the University of Bucharest, a multidisciplinary perspective over image and text in philosophy, arts and political science.

The common denominator of these activities, areas and clients, apparently quite different, is the passion that I have for the English language, for its current global usage – which makes it even more exciting. That is why I did research in applied linguistics /lexicography, and other personal studies. When you study and understand a foreign language, it becomes a friend, a new personal channel of expression.

French was first taught to me by my mother, who was a high-school teacher. After 12 years, she told me, ‘I have taught you everything I know.’ After 4 years at the university, I thought I knew everything about French language. I am still discovering it.

Both languages have been among the first friends I have had in life. They are family.

Author of a ‘Legal Dictionary’, English-Romanian, Romanian-English,’ published in 2005, at Niculescu Publishing, as a result of my work at the University of Michigan. The dictionary sold in over 5,000 copies and became a reference in the field of translations.

I have published articles in the Dilema and Cultura magazines, and at Ad Astra online.

For a more detailed resume or service information, please contact me at:  ceciliagolumbeanu@yahoo.com or on https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilia-golumbeanu-1a7118137/, and you will get a prompt response. Thank you.