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DE RUYVER Janine

Languages :

- Dutch (mother tongue)
- French (mother tongue)
- English (written and spoken)
- Spanish (written and spoken)
- Italian (written and spoken)
- German (good notions)
- Portuguese (good notions)

Education :

Translator’s Master’s Degree at
HOGER RIJKSINSTITUUT voor VERTALERS & TOLKEN, Brussel

(Higher Royal Institute for Translators and Interpreters, Brussels)
Thesis : “Gli arcaismi in Pinocchio”, p. 350, in Italian, glossary


Lived extensively in the following countries :

- Florence, Italy (2 years)
- Luanda, Angola (2 years)
- Algiers, Algeria (4 ½ years)
- Tripoli, Lybia (almost 5 years)
- Prague, Tchecoslovakia (1 year)
- Buenos Aires, Argentina (2 years)
- Mexico City, Mexico (almost 10 years)


Experience :

BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO, Brussels
Secretary of the Italian General Manager :
- Translations
- Executive assistant at international exhibitions in East Germany and Italy
   (interpreting and translating jobs)
- Public relations & organizing contacts for Italian businesmen

– SAAB-SCANIA, Brussels
Secretary of the Swedish General Manager :
- Public relations & executive assistance
- Translation work and interpreting for the CEO

– BELGIAN EMBASSY in Luanda, Angola
Executive secretarial responsibility, translations jobs

– BELGIAN EMBASSY in Algiers, Algeria
Executive secretarial responsibility, economical missions, translations

– BELGIAN EMBASSY in Mexico City, Mexico
Secretary for the Consul :
- Contacts with the public
- Economical missions- Executive assistance at the Consulate
- Translating and interpreting jobs
- Reception V.I.P.’s – public relations

Interests :

Writing, reading, cooking, cultural activities, sports