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Ronald Silvester
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Data
Languages
English and Spanish (A-A combination)
University
degrees and certificates
- Master of Arts in Conference Interpretation,
Monterey
Institute of International Studies,
Monterey, California
- Professional Examination Certificate (conference interpretation),
Monterey
Institute of International Studies,
Monterey, California
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia
University, Montreal
Reserved titles
Certified Court Interpreter (Spanish - English)
ATIO /
CTTIC (Canada)
Certified Translator (English to Spanish)
ATIO /
CTTIC (Canada)
Accreditation
Accredited Conference Interpreter,
Public Works and Government Services
Canada (PWGSC)
Accredited Interpreter, U.S. Department of State (Office of Language Services)
Citizenship and Immigration /
I.R.B.,
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Canada (Spanish - English)
Associate Conference Interpreter (English - Spanish/Spanish - English)
ATIO /
CTTIC (Canada)
Security clearance
Details available to Government of Canada clients
Profile
Professional Experience
Government
2003
- present:
Conference Interpreter
for
Conference Interpretation Services, Translation Bureau, Department of Public
Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
1990
- present:
Independent interpreter, translator, and
transcriptionist
for
Public Safety and Emergency
Preparedness, Canada (Multilingual Services Section). Duties involve
translating technical texts into English and Spanish, mostly in the fields of
law enforcement, finance, and politics, as well as consecutive interpreting at
bilateral meetings.
2001 - present:
Independent translator,
Translation Bureau, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
Court Interpreting and
Administrative Hearings
2002: Court Interpreter.
Nunavut Court of
Justice, Iqaluit. Criminal trials.
1989 -
present:
Interpreter for the
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) since the organization's inception.
Duties include consecutive interpreting into English and Spanish and
simultaneous interpreting into Spanish.
Private
Sector - Crown Corporations
1994
- present:
Independent translator and Spanish language consultant for
a
variety of private companies and crown corporations, including
Nortel Networks (fibre
optics),
EMS Technologies (SARSAT equipment),
Export Development Canada (export insurance and financing),
the
National Arts Centre Orchestra (2003
Mexico/US tour),
SR Telecom (TDMA telecommunications systems), and Northland Aluminum
Products/Nordic
Ware division.
Agencies
1989
- present:
Independent translator and reviser for
Living Language Services, Inc. of Ottawa and
Alpnet Canada of Montreal (a division of SDL
International). In this capacity, Mr Silvester regularly
translates and edits texts for Nokia,
Telesat Canada,
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Hitachi Data Systems,
Ingersoll-Wohlhaupter, CCD (conversion software), Canada Life, Nestlé, Loto Québec/WLA, Brita Canada,
The Council of Canadians, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade (DFAIT).
Miscellaneous
1986
- 1989:
Freelance interpreter and translator, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Provided language
services to Immigration Canada, IRB, Nova Scotia Legal Aid, the Great
International Theatre Festival, and a variety of individual and corporate
clients.
Highlights /
Recent Assignments
Simultaneous
Interpreting
2009-04-02/03: Beef inspection. Visit to Canada
of Panamenian inspectors. BSE, slaughtering regulations, animal disease.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Ottawa, Canada. (2 days) *
2009-03-26: House of Commons, Standing Committee
on International Trade. Testimony given by His Excellency Jaime Giron
Duarte, Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to Canada, and Hon. Jorge
Enrique Robledo, Senator, Senate of the Republic of Colombia, in relation to
the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Ottawa, Canada. (1 day) *
2009-03-23/25: Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
negotiations. Financial Services, Government Procurement and sundry issues.
Ottawa, Canada. (3 days) *
2009-03-16/18: Seminar on the illegal fire arms
trade/money laundering/contraband (Canada-US-Mexico-Central America-South
America). Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)/US Customs and Border
Protection (CBP)/Organization of American States (OAS). Vancouver, BC, Canada.
(3 days) *
2009-03-04/05:
Visit to Canada of senior post-graduate students from the Mexican National
Defence College. Defence policy; equipment. Ottawa, Canada. (2 days) *
2009-02-23/27:
Canada-Central America 4 (Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua)
free trade negotiations. Financial Services and sundry chapters. Ottawa,
Canada. (5 days) *
2009-02-21:
Dialogue on national security. Montebello, Quebec, Canada. (1 day) *
2009-02-19:
Trilateral dialogue on health issues. Canada, USA, Mexico. Video-conference.
Ottawa, Canada. (1 day) *
2009-02-03 and 06:
Canada-Panama free trade negotiations. Follow-up video-conferences. Ottawa,
Canada. (2 days)*
2009-01-19/30:
Canada Border Services Agency - El Salvador. Customs lab training (forensics),
Ottawa, Canada. (10 days) *
2009-01:
Canada-Panama free trade negotiations (video conference),
Ottawa, Canada. (1 day) *
2009-01-12/16:
Canada-Panama free trade negotiations. Telecommunications
and e-commerce chapters. Ottawa, Canada. (5
days) *
2008-12:
Canada-CA4 (El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras) free trade
negotiations, Ottawa, Canada. (3 days) *
2008-11-21:
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Tri-lateral (US, Mexico, Canada) classification, Statistics Canada,
Ottawa, Canada. (1 day) *
2008-11-17/20:
Armies of the Americas, Toronto, Canada. (4 days)
*
2008-11-13/14:
Indigenous Health-tuberculosis. Health Canada and NGOs.,
Toronto, Canada. (2 days). [Interpreter organizer: International Conference
Interpreters (ICI), Hazel Cole, Toronto, Canada]
2008-11-9/10:
SEMEX Corporation (commercial artificial insemination, corporate
reorganization). Toronto, Canada. (2 days) [Interpreter organizer: BIP,
Montreal, Canada]
2008-11-07:
University of Winnipeg Global College. Conference on the Two Faces of
Poverty. Ottawa, Canada. (1 day) [Interpreter organizer: Conference
Interpreters of Canada (CIC), Ottawa, Canada]
2008-10-28:
Transport Canada presentation/seminar on marine security to Mexico.
Montreal, Canada (1 day) *
2008-10-15/17:
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada - Future of intelligence.
Meech Lake, Gatineau, Canada. (3 days) *
2008-10-14:
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada - Presentation from
Colombia, Ottawa, Canada. (1 day) [Organizer: Multi-lingual Services
Section, Public Safety Canada (PSEPC)]
2008-10-07:
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada - Security/Colombia, Ottawa,
Canada. (1 day) *
2008-09-29 to
2008-10-03: Aviation Security Training Seminar. CBSA, Ottawa, Canada.
(5 days) *
2008-09-21/26:
SICOFFA; Air Forces of the Americas. National Defence, Esquimalt, BC,
Canada. (6 days) *
2008-09-16/19:
IGNITE the Americas; OAS conference on government art policies and the
youth. Toronto, Canada. (4 days) *
2008-09-07/13: Hexalateral Games.
Cooperation in disaster relief. Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Canada,
USA. Halifax, Canada. (7 days) *
2008-09-03/06: 8th Conference of
Ministers of Defence of the Americas. Banff, Canada. (4 days) *
2008-08-18/22: United Food and
Commercial Workers (UFCW) Congress. Montreal, Canada. (5 days)
[Interpreter organizer: BIP, Montreal, Canada]
2007-12:
Canada-Dominican Republic free trade negotiations, Ottawa, Canada.
(5 days) *
2007-12: Customs Capacity Project in the Americas: a seminar in customs
efficiency and security offered by the Canadian government to Guatemala
(classroom and practical, on-site activities). Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
(5 days) *
2007-11: Customs Capacity Project in the Americas: a seminar in customs
efficiency and security offered by the Canadian government to Guatemala
(mostly theoretical sessions with some site tours). Ottawa, Canada.
(5 days) *
2004-04: Health issues. Tri-National (Canada-US-Mexico) meetings.
Ottawa, Canada.
(2 days) *
2004-04: Tri-National (Canada-US-Mexico) Occupational Health and Safety
meetings. Toronto, Canada.
(1 day) *
2004-04: Meeting on aboriginal internet portals.
Aboriginal Canada Portal.
Department of
Indian and Northern Affairs (Canada - Chile - Mexico). Ottawa, Canada.
(2 days) *
2004-03: Meeting of Expert Review Panel and Steering Group for the
Development of Indicators of Children’s Health and the Environment in North
America (Canada, USA, Mexico - CEC). Ottawa, Canada.
(2 days)
2004-02:
Canada-Central
America (CA4) Free Trade Negotiations, Market access,
financial services, telecommunications, horizontal and bilateral issues.
Ottawa, Canada.
(5 days) *
2004-02:
North American Wildlife Enforcement Group (Canada, USA, Mexico).
Intelligence conference/seminar. Ottawa, Canada. (4 days) *
2003-12:
Canadian-Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). Annual
review meeting between Canada and Mexico. Ottawa, Canada. (2 days)
*
2003-12:
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Technical Working Group on
Pesticides. Vancouver, Canada. (3 days) *
2003-11:
Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Canada, USA, Mexico (CEC).
Meeting of experts on asthma - health and the environment, Montreal, Canada.
(2 days)
2003-11: Inter-American
Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD-OAS).
Thirty-fourth Regular Session, Montreal, Canada. (4 days) *
2003-10:
Canada-South America Technology Transfer (IRAP, "incubators", innovation),
National Research Council (NRC),
Ottawa, Canada. (3 days) *
2003-09: XII
World Forestry Congress, U.N. Food and
Agriculture Organization, Quebec City, Canada. (6 days) *
2003-08:
Centre for the Study of Training,
Investment and Economic Restructuring, Carleton University, Ottawa,
Canada. Conference: "Making Local Resources Count: Knowledge Building for
Innovation". (1 day)
2003-07:
Canada-Central America (CA4) Free Trade Negotiations, Ottawa, Canada.
Market access, WTO safeguards, tariffs. (4 days) *
2003:
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
meetings, Ottawa, Canada. Trade Union Conference. (4 days)
2003:
US Department of State—Bureau of Diplomatic Security—International Training
Section - Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Advanced Crisis Response Team course. (25
days)
2003:
US Department of State—Bureau of Diplomatic Security—International Training
Section - Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Tactical Commanders course. (10 days)
2002:
Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Canada, USA, Mexico (CEC).
Working Group meetings,
Montreal, Canada (2 days)
2002:
Environment Canada—Commission
for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). Bilateral meetings (Mexico-Canada)
on the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), Hull, Canada (5 days)
2002:
ROTOPLAS 2002,The International
Rotomolding Exposition, Toronto, Canada. (Rotational Molding conference
sessions) (3 days)
2002:
Public Services
International (PSI), 27th PSI World Congress, Ottawa, Canada. (1 day)
2001:
Peace Forum: conference on non-violence delivered by
Arun Gandhi, Salinas, California, U.S.A. (chief interpreter) (1 day)
1998:
Partners in Governance: A Seminar on
the Governance
Cooperative (Institute
on Governance), Ottawa, Canada (2 days)
1995:
Visit to Canada of the Heads of State and Government of Central America,
Ottawa, Canada (1 day)
(* Assignments with
Conference Interpretation Services, Public Works and Government Services
Canada-PWGSC)
Consecutive
Interpreting
2009-03-27: Visit of
Venezuelan advocates of human rights Carlos Ayala, former president of the
Inter American Commission of Human Rights, Carlos Correa, former director of
PROVEA, a Venezuelan human rights organization, and current director of
Espacio Público, Solbella Pérez, from COFAVIC, and Humberto Prado of the
Observatorio de Prisiones, an organization that focuses on the rights of
prisoners. Canadian Human Rights Commission and Department of Foreign
Affairs, Ottawa, Canada. (1 day) *
2009-01: Customs Capacity
Building in the Americas (CBSA). Forensic Lab meetings and technology
transfer, Canada-El Salvador, Ottawa, Canada. (10 days) *
2008-11-25/27: Canadian Food
Inspection Agency (CFIA). Technology transfer, Canada-Dominican Republic,
nematology, potato nematodes. Ottawa, Canada (3 days) *
2008-10-29: Transport Canada.
Presentation/seminar on marine security to Mexico. Montreal, Canada. (1 day)
*
2008-10-23: Health Canada.
Indigenous Health Determinants - Cooperation Canada-Mexico. Videoconference,
Ottawa, Canada. (1 day) *
2008-01-23:
Health Canada. Indigenous Health - Cooperation Canada-Mexico.
Videoconference, Ottawa, Canada.
(1 day) *
2008-01-22: Health Canada. Indigenous Health - Social determinants.
Teleconference, Ottawa, Canada.
(1 day) *
2007-11: Negotiations towards an agreement to prevent double taxation
between Canada and Colombia (Finance Canada-Revenue Canada), Ottawa, Canada.
(4 days) *
2007-11: Videoconference. Free trade negotiations between Canada and
Colombia/Peru (chapters on e-commerce and telecommunications), Ottawa,
Canada.
(1 day) *
2007-11: Videoconference. Free trade negotiations between Canada and
Colombia/Peru (chapter on e-commerce), Ottawa, Canada.
(1 day) *
2004-09: International
Writers' Festival, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Symposium
on cultural supremacy--Big Idea: Dialogue of the Americas; presentations and
talks on cultural supremacy, with Stephen Augustine (Canada), William Ospina
(Colombia), Roxana Pinto López (Costa Rica), Roberto Quesada (Honduras), and
Christopher Domínguez (Mexico). (1 day)
2004-04: Visit to Canada of a Cuban delegation from the
Ministerio de Auditoría y Control (MAC)--Meetings between the MAC
Deputy Minister, CIO, and Head of the MAC Audits Department and
representatives from PWGSC, Consulting and Audits Canada (CAC), Privy
Council, Treasury Board Secretariat, Canada Revenue Agency, Canadian
accounting professional organizations (CICA, CGA, and CMA), and Deloitte
Touche. Ottawa and Toronto, Canada. (5 days)
2004-04: Canadian Food
Inspection Agency (CFIA)-Health Canada-Industry
Canada. Visit of Chilean food inspection experts; regulatory criteria,
GMOs, labelling. Ottawa, Canada. (2 days) *
2003:
Environment Canada/Commission for
Environmental Cooperation. Exchange of information on Management of
Hazardous Waste between Mexico and Canada. Ottawa, Canada. (2 days)
2003: Harris
RF Communications.
Course on the RF 5800 radio system
(tactical radio communications) offered to Spanish-speaking electrical
engineers, operators, and maintenance technicians. Rochester, New York,
USA.
(15 days)
2003: Harris
RF
Communications. Course on the
RF 5000 radio system
(tactical radio communications) offered to Spanish-speaking electrical
engineers, operators, and maintenance technicians. Ottawa, Canada.
(20 days)
2001-2002:
Medical interpreting.
RotaCare Clinic, Monterey, California.
2001:
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). Meetings between Canadian
officials (public and private sectors) and Salvadorean representatives of
COMURES (National Association of Salvadorean Municipalities)
2000:
10th Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA),
Latin America and the Caribbean. Ottawa, Canada (RCMP-UNDCP)
2000:
Visit to Canada of the Committee on Budgets of the Paraguayan Parliament.
Consultations with Canadian counterparts and with officials of Finance Canada,
the Privy Council, the Treasury Board Secretariat, and the Auditor General.
1999:
Sixth Meeting of the
CICAD (Organization of American States) Intergovernmental Group on the
Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM), Ottawa, Canada
1995 - 2000:
CICAD —
RCMP Inter-American Drug Workshops (Organization of American States),
Ottawa, Canada
(* Assignments with Conference
Interpretation Services, Public Works and Government Services Canada-PWGSC)
Conference
Translation
2002-2003: XII Inter-American
Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML).
Montreal
Workshop on New Employment Relationships and the Digital Divide (October
2002) and
Montevideo meetings of working groups 1 and 2 (March 2003)
1999:
Fifth Americas Business Forum (ABF) and
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Ministers Meeting, Toronto,
Canada
1992:
Eighth International Conference on Currency Counterfeiting and First
International Conference on Fraudulent Travel Documents (ICPO-Interpol),
Ottawa, Canada
(* Assignments with
Conference Interpretation Services, Public Works and Government Services
Canada-PWGSC)
Conference
Translation
2002-2003: XII Inter-American
Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML).
Montreal
Workshop on New Employment Relationships and the Digital Divide (October
2002) and
Montevideo meetings of working groups 1 and 2 (March 2003)
1999:
Fifth Americas Business Forum (ABF) and
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Ministers Meeting, Toronto,
Canada
1992:
Eighth International Conference on Currency Counterfeiting and First
International Conference on Fraudulent Travel Documents (ICPO-Interpol),
Ottawa, Canada
Computer Skills
Software:
MS Word, Power Point, Access, Publisher, FrontPage, and Excel, Lotus WordPro,
Corel WordPerfect and Presentations, Macromedia Dreamweaver
Teaching Experience
2000:
Professor of Translation. Specialized translation from English to Spanish;
terminology documentation. Graduate program,
School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa, Canada
2000:
Teacher of Translation.
Living Language Services, Inc., Ottawa, Canada
Education
2007-07-3/6:
Seminar on Interpretation (intensive training in the
techniques of conference interpretation), conducted by James Nolan (AIIC/UN).
Nolan Seminars-ATIO. Ottawa, Canada.
2001
and 2002:
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California.
Master of
Arts in Conference Interpretation program, English A - Spanish A combination
1981 to 1998:
Concordia University, Montreal.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A. Music program)
1995:
Seminar in English-Spanish Translation conducted by
Professor Brian Harris,
School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa
1995 and 1996:
CISOC-RMOC workshops on community interpreting, Ottawa
1976 to 1978:
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England
1971 to 1975:
St Brendan's College and Colegio Nacional D.F. Sarmiento, Buenos
Aires, Argentina. Bachillerato Nacional
1973 and 1974:
Conservatorio de Música Manuel de Falla, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
General musicianship and music performance training
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