Victoria J. Furio
37 Highland Ave. Apt.2
Yonkers, N.Y. 10705
914- 965-1789 * 212-280-1561
646-648-2720
vjfurio@cs.com
Translation & Interpreting
Spanish < > English
Summary of Accomplishments
Fifteen years at NGOs in Latin America; regular interpreting for United Nations Permanent
Missions and Side Events, regional & international conferences; two (2) book translations;
thirty (30) published articles.
Freelance Translation & Interpreting
Experience
1998 to Present
Language Skills Acquired
University Teaching Degree in French & Spanish
Postgraduate summer study at University of Salamanca, Spain
Fully bilingual (Spanish <> English)
Areas of Expertise
International Development
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Ecology & Environment
Women’s Issues
Theology & Religion
Political Economy
Labor Relations
Health Care
Hardware & Software
PC; Windows XP, Office 2000, Fax, Modem, Scanner
Transcription Machine
Simultaneous interpreting equipment: 4 Transmitters; 12 Receivers (Listen Technologies)
Daily Output
2500 words/day
Full day Conference Interpreting (Simultaneous/Consecutive) S<>E
Eight (8) hours tape transcription
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Relevant Experience
2000-present Union Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y. Special Assistant to
theologian. Translation of theological material and correspondence.
1998-present Freelance translation & interpreting for NGOs, United Nations
Permanent Missions, U.N. Side Events, national religious bodies, live
TV news broadcasts, international conferences, labor organizations.
1998-99
Lutheran World Federation, El Salvador. Communications & Project
Assistant. In-house translator. Production & translation of regional and
national updates, video material, project reports, correspondence, church
statements, human rights, disaster relief, environmental issues. Interpreting
for visiting church delegations.
1994-96
Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel & Fraternidad Ecuménica por la Paz, El
Salvador, Director, Women’s empowerment programs
1992-94
National Council of Churches, Latin America & Caribbean Office,
New York, N.Y. Assistant Director. Translation and interpreting for
visiting delegations, travel seminars, country reports on Central America and
Caribbean, national and international church position papers, economic and
social development project reports.
1985-92
Servicio Ecuménico de Reintegración (SER), Montevideo, Uruguay
Staff for National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Social and economic development projects, micro-enterprise, translation of
country and project reports for international funding agencies, interpreting
for visiting delegations and regional meetings.
1984-85
Interreligious Task Force on Central America, New York, N.Y.
Director. Translation and interpreting for national and international
church bodies, refugees, political and economic developments, human rights
reports.
1981-84
Mutuality in Mission, Ithaca, N.Y., Director
Interpreting for travel seminars to Latin America, translation of
socioeconomic and political developments, human rights documentation,
refugees, theology.
1980-81
Universidad del Valle de México, México, D.F.
Professor of English
1977-80
Mutuality in Mission, Ithaca, N.Y./Iglesia Metodista Argentina,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Translation of country reports, current affairs, human rights documentation
and statements by religious bodies. Interpreting for visiting Latin
Americans.
1974-76
French & Spanish Teacher, Trumansburg High School,
Trumansburg, N.Y.
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Published Translations
Thirty (30) published articles and two (2) books, including:
NACLA Report on the Americas (12)
Latin American Perspectives (14)
Health & Human Rights: An International Journal , Harvard School of Public Health (3)
New World Outlook (2)
Theology of Religious Pluralism, José María Vigil, C.M.F., Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2008
(co-translation)
Beauty without the Breast, Felicia Marie Knaul, Harvard College, Dec. 2012 (original edition)
Education
1973
1974
B.A. French & Spanish, State University of New York at Cortland
State University of New York at Buffalo –Postgraduate summer
study at Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Overseas
Experience
15 years residence in Latin America: Argentina, Mexico,
Uruguay, El Salvador.
Visits to: Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Italy,
Switzerland, Luxembourg, France
Summer study in Spain.
Professional
Memberships
American Translators Association
Latin American Studies Association
New England Translators Association
New York Circle of Translators