Catherine Pizani
English and Spanish into French Certified Translator
O.M.T and ATA member-Fray Juan de Zumárraga # 671
Colonia Chapalita
CP 44510
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexico
Office: -
Skype: catherine.pizani
http://lebureaudelatraductrice.com/
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Twitter : @CatherinePizani
Areas of specialization
Political Science
International Cooperation
International Development
Human rights
Gender Issues
Environmental Issues
Education
2011 English Certificate in Translation
WLS. Words Language Services. Dublin, Ireland
1995 Certificate in journalism
CFPJ. Center for Journalism Training and Education. Paris, France
1992 Master’s Degree in Languages and International Negotiation
La Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris, France
1990 Bachelor’s Degree in Languages and International Trade
Université du Maine. Le Mans, France/Université de Saint Jacques de Compostelle.
Spain
Continuing Education in Gender and Development
2006 International Symposium: Integrating Gender Issues into Educational
Programs for the Actors of Development
Co-organized by the French network Genre en Action with the UNESCO Chair on
Training Development Officers and the University of Bordeaux III
2006 Summer University on International Solidarity: « Which Rights for Which
Developments? »
Co-organized by the CRID, Center of Investigation and Information on Development,
with the town of Lille and the Catholic University of Lille
2006 Seminar « Gender and Development »
Organized by the CIEDEL, International Center of Studies on Local Development,
Lyon
Translation work, 2007-Present
Publications
The following translations have been published in university press.
Effects of Technological Change on Rural Women: A Review of Analysis and
Concepts. Ann Whitehead/IHEID (Cahiers genre et développement, n°8 Paris,
l’Harmattan, 2012)
Engendering the Political Economy of Agrarian Change. Shahra Razavi/IHEID
(Cahiers genre et développement, n°8 Paris, l’Harmattan, 2012)
Ph.D English thesis in social anthropology: The Religious Body: Embodied Identity
in San Augustín, State of Jalisco, Mexico. (Dr Alejandra Aguilar Ros/CIESAS)
International Cooperation and Political Science
Report on climate-related security and development risks in Africa (Think-tank, Norway)
Executive summaries on peace operations in Africa (Think-tank, Norway)
Political report on the massacres occurred in 2013 in RD Congo (Think-tank, New York)
Report on the 2016 presidential elections in RD Congo (Think-tank, New York)
African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) : report on traditional medicine
(Translation Agency/EU)
Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan (METASIP) in Ghana (UN agency)
Health service delivery indicators survey in Tanzania (UN agency)
Climate change governance in Burkina Faso (UN agency)
Good environmental governance in Burundi / REDD+ strategy (UN agency)
Gender issues
The importance of gender issues when tackling climate change (NGO/COP22)
Leaflet on a center for women’s and girls’ right (Foundation)
Different documents on gender issues (NGO)
Sexual-based violence in the context of transitional justice (UN agency)
Template for promoting gender equality to reduce teenage pregnancy in Benin (NGO)
Proofreading of an article on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015
and the UNDP Gender Equality Strategy (UN agency)
Report on hygiene promotion and a sanitation capacity development plan among
women in Pakistan (NGO)
Gender issues, rural development, public policies and new technologies (Swiss
University).
Spanish anthropological articles on the Huichol Women by Dr. Alejandra Aguilar
(Mexican Public Institution)
PowerPoints on the UNOPS’ commitments in gender issues (UN agency)
Environment
Articles on climate change, poverty and conservation (NGO)
Call for Expression of Interest for the LPAA Initiatives on Agriculture (UN agency)
Articles, posts and e-mail blasts on fossil fuel divestment (NGO)
Articles and e-mail blasts on the COP21 in Paris (NGO)
Waste lube oil pilot project in Algeria (UN agency/EU)
The UNFCCC Executive Secretary’s speech : “Financing the transition to a green
global economy” (UN agency)
The NAMAs at Asia Carbon Forum (UN agency)
The Virunga National Park in DRC (NGO)
The Sustainable Water Integrated Management (SWIM) Program launched by the
EC (Translation agency)
Press release on The Global Divestment Day (NGO)
Articles on climate change (UN agency)
Environmental profile of Caribbean islands (biodiversity, endemism, environmental
governance) (UN agency/EU)
Partner certificate for the Great Apes Survival Partnership (NGO)
Reforestation in Western Africa (Technical data sheet) (NGO)
Action-sheet on reducing crop-raiding by elephants in rural Africa (NGO)
Spanish medical report on Argentinian villages sprayed with pesticides and its
consequences on local population (Freelance Translator)
Mexican environmental organization’s charter on urban mobility and democracy for
a Carfree conference (NGO)
Spanish website on genomics and biotechnology (Freelance Translator)
Anthropology
Spanish and English articles, conferences and interviews on religion and identity in
Mexico, the Huichol identity, Indigenous migration on the Mexican border, the
Huichol women, shamanism (Researcher/Mexican Public Institution)
Pro Bono Translation Work
The following translations have been done for the UN Online Volunteers and Translators Without
Borders
Conservation of ecologically-sensitive areas in Kenya (A Rocha International)
Spanish report on malaria (Hope Foundation)
Kit on conflict management and peace (Fundació Privada Catalunya)
Report on corruption in the Middle East (Transparency International)
Benchmarking report on Chad (Médecins sans Frontières)
Website on culture and museums (Museodata)
Article on olive-oil producers in Palestine (Oxfam Solidarity-Belgium)
Report on livelihoods in Darfur (Oxfam America)
Assessment report on water facility in Kenya (Vétérinaires sans Frontières)
Spanish report on water issues, sustainable development, empowerment (ONE
DROP/Oxfam)
The UNDP Gender Equality Strategy- (UNDP)
The UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Project (UNDP)
