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In March 2017 I joined again the "Divieto di Sosta" net for another weekend, which this time was dedicated to the world's legal arms trade. Giorgio Beretta, an expert in the field, showed us the latest statistics on the matter and explained the scary consequences of irresponsible, though legal, trade.

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In 2013 I started singing with the Note Innate choir, a charitable association that raises funds thanks to our passion for music. We sang for over 20 local and international NGOs, among which Emergency and ActionAid. Backed projects concern children education, fighting poverty, women empowerment and much more.
Info on: www.noteinnate.it

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In april 2016 I joined the "Divieto di Sosta" net for a weekend dedicated to discussion and information about immigration systems and migrants, prejudice and new walls. The migration issue deserves our attention more than ever.
More on: seratalternativa.altervista.org/blog/chi-siamo/

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May - July 2017
Translator DE>IT
Expondo  GmbH, Berlin

April - June 2017
Assistant
Anne Amelang's Atelier, Berlin

September 2013 – April 2017

Private lessons in English, German and Italian

June–September 2015

Customer Service and Translator
HAPPYCAR GmbH, Hamburg

-Set-up and implementation of customer support measures
-Translation tasks both German>Italian and English>Italian
-Use of CMS and CRM systems
-Various Online Marketing activities e.g. SEO and SEM;
-B2B communication

2 -3 July 2014

Hostess
World Finance Conference, Venice

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October 2016-February 2017
Mathematics (29/30) and Statistics courses at Università degli Studi di Padova

July 2016

BA Linguistic Mediation at CIELS - Higher School for Language Mediators, Padua, 108/110

Specialist subjects: Advertising, Public Relations and International Marketing

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Diploma at Second Level College of Science “E. Curiel”, Padua

Specialist subjects: English and German

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I'm quite confident with the English and German languages. I lived in Germany for 3 months and I am about to move to Berlin and live there for the next 3 months. And I just started to read my first Spanish book!

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linkedin.com/in/elisazordan/ elisa.zordan@outlook.it

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BA thesis: Language and Culture in International Business Negotiations

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BA thesis: Language and Culture in International Business Negotiations

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Although it sometimes may seem that a common business style is shared by different cultures, this is blinkered, ethnocentric thinking. Deluding oneself by saying that the mental outlooks of all the people in the world are basically the same, that differences do not matter or are mere conventions, only creates an added difficulty. While certain universal human characteristics do exist, there still are significant basic differences in values, behaviour and language, even when English is used as a lingua franca.
Knowing how to cope with cultural differences can really make a difference. Before an international negotiation, thorough preparation is needed in order to understand what foreign people mean by what they say and do, and what reactions should be expected from them. Raising our cultural awareness will give us the basic tools to manage differences in behavioural and communication styles.
You can download my thesis here: https://independent.academia.edu/ElisaZordan