DESDEMONA PAZDALSKI
509 999 5871
ancore2222@gmail.com
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QUALIFICATIONS
Highly proficient German to English freelance translator of patent applications, military records,
medical records, automotive, business correspondence, books, and personal records with over 20
years of experience. Extensive experience proofreading and editing of military and civilian
documents. Excellent customer service skills. Top Secret clearance with Secret Compartmented
access. Battalion Command Language Program Manager for 400 Soldiers. Highest attendance
rate in the Military Intelligence Readiness Command for Defense Language Institute along with
over 85 % of soldiers qualified as Linguists.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Collect and maintain detailed documentation, summaries, and records of investigations and
interrogations. Performed in native and foreign languages for the collection of intelligence.
Prepared summaries, extracts, and complete translations of printed foreign language intelligence
and open source material.
Freelance translator for German and English; translating technical, medical, and legal documents
for high profile clients, plus assigning projects, supervising work to be performed, and
maintaining accountability database.
Liaison between United States Army posts and German vendors and authorities, translating a
diverse panel of documents, including medical records, real estate leases, legal documents, and
traffic citations, as well as administrative specialist duties in this capacity.
Law Enforcement training and experience in critical thinking, solving problems, serving the
public, crisis intervention and negotiation, as well as communicating effectively in writing as
well as orally.
Intelligence Collections
Extensive data collections from a variety of sources; assigning priority to the data and submitting
analysis of the data collected.
Effectively translated an annual backlog of approximately 300 documents in a three month
period thereby saving time, man hours and $50.000.
Translated open source material, document exploitation, and confidential material for military
intelligence purposes.
Established and managed a $250.000 translation system for the Defense Attaché Office, US
Embassy Vienna.
Law Enforcement
Operated as an undercover narcotics officer, responsible for multiple arrests and drug seizures in
the thousands of dollars, in key areas of interest, as well as participating as a decoy in vice stings.
Performed criminal and civil crime investigations, gathering physical and interrogation evidence
for use in reports and legal cases. Prepared and submitted police reports, case files and
intelligence files.
Prosecuted cases at the magistrate level, in addition to assisting prosecutors in the preparation of
evidence for felony trial cases. Earned multiple letters of commendation for exceptional
performance.
DESDEMONA PAZDALSKI
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Management
Senior zone officer supervising patrol duties, job training, performance evaluation, and case
management of junior law enforcement officers in law enforcement operations.
Managed the translation of material for critical high-profile clients, including the recruitment and
assessment of subcontracted help.
Developed and implemented training and quality control for Mobilization Action Officers at the
Pentagon, as well as training all incoming mobilization action officers up to and including
Lieutenant Colonels.
Developed and implemented databases for tracking error issues related to mobilization, which in
turn, initiated time saving under Lean Six Sigma, preventing reproduction of errors and saving
countless time and man hours.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
SCHREIBER TRANSLATIONS INC (Freelance translator)
German to English translations: medical, technical, patents
323 Military Intelligence Company, Fort Meade, MD
Human Intelligence Collector & German Linguist
UNITED STATES ARMY Reserve (Mobilization)
Army Operations Center, Pentagon, Washington, DC
218th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CO., SCARNG
Military Liaison, State of South Carolina
US EMBASSY, Vienna, Austria / Defense Attaché Office
Linguist/Translator (Special Assignment Army)
CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, N. Charleston, SC
Police Officer / Undercover Narcotics Operative
EDUCATION
COCHISE COLLEGE, Sierra Vista, Arizona
Coursework in Intelligence Operations, intelligence collections
SOUTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY, Charleston, South Carolina
Police Officer Certification, 1990, 2002
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, Charleston, South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts—English and Biology, 2000
HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Associate in Criminal Justice, 1985
DESDEMONA PAZDALSKI
509 999 5871
ancore2222@gmail.com
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