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MERCIA ELIEZER MOUMBELE NGOLO

PORTLAND,ME

Summary

Professional Interpreter with 7 years of experience facilitating communication between individuals and within diverse settings, including the Cumberland County Jail and Probate Court, ILAP and law firms. Moves easily back and forth between English and Lingala/English and French without missing details. Focused on advancing vocabulary, idiomatic and cultural understanding with up-to-date knowledge.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

French and Lingala Freelance Interpreter

Language Partners
07.2023 - Current
  • Deliver real-time, accurate interpretations and oral translations for immigrants during their medical or socio-educational or legal case.
  • Provide appropriate contextual information to increase immigrants understanding of translations.
  • Sit in on meetings to provide immigrant members with oral translations of conversations and information.

French and Lingala Volunteer Interpreter

The Salvation Army
01.2017 - 01.2023
  • Helped translate to immigrants during the Tools for Life classes held by program coordinator.
  • Provided help with translation and interpretation services to immigrant members of diverse communities, including at the Portland Hope House and DHHS, in school and hospital settings.
  • Facilitated communication for people with Limited English Proficiency during workshops with entrepreneurs.

Volunteer Computer Lab Assistant

Portland Adult Education
06.2017 - 01.2019
  • Assisted immigrant students with navigating websites to learn English.
  • Set up equipment for students use, performing or properly installing cables, operating systems or software.
  • Helped interpret and translate for immigrant students during their task on the computer.

Education

Associate of Science - Health Sciences

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, ME
05.2022

Certificate of Completion - College Writing Workshop

Portland Adult Education
Portland, ME
11.2018

Bachelor of Science - Teaching Physical Sciences in Middle Schools

Marien Ngouabi University
Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville
07.2014

High School Diploma -

Ex-Lycee De Sibiti
Sibiti, Congo-Brazzaville
07.2010

Skills

  • Quickly, accurately, and completely interpret spoken words from English to the target language and vice versa;
  • Quickly, accurately, and completely sight translate written documents orally from one language to another;
  • Understand some basic legal terminology;
  • Provide "meaning for meaning" interpretation—preserving the register of speech and all relevant characteristics; and
  • Write comprehensively and spell correctly in English, Lingala, and French

Certification


  • Community Interpreting Certificate, Language Partners - Translation & Interpretation Network.
  • Certificate of completion of English Writing Workshop, Portland Adult Education.

Additional Information

Dedicated to following ethical requirements and standards of conduct, courtroom protocol and procedures, modes of interpreting (consecutive, simultaneous, and sight translation).

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Lingala
Native or Bilingual
French
Native or Bilingual
Kikongo/Kituba
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

French and Lingala Freelance Interpreter

Language Partners
07.2023 - Current

Volunteer Computer Lab Assistant

Portland Adult Education
06.2017 - 01.2019

French and Lingala Volunteer Interpreter

The Salvation Army
01.2017 - 01.2023

Associate of Science - Health Sciences

Southern Maine Community College

Certificate of Completion - College Writing Workshop

Portland Adult Education

Bachelor of Science - Teaching Physical Sciences in Middle Schools

Marien Ngouabi University

High School Diploma -

Ex-Lycee De Sibiti

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