Tutor & Translator List
updated June, 2009
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Associated with the French Department
AIDARA, Cheik
French Faculty Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Home address: French House, 633 N. Frances St., Madison, WI
Home phone: (608) 228-4059
Native Speaker with rich linguistic and cultural background. Experienced tutor in French, English, and Spanish. Experienced translator. Will tutor, translate, interprete, and type documents.
BRAY, Brittany
Phone : (224) 723-3501
Home address: 661 Mendota Court, Apt. 903, Madison, WI 53703
4th year undergraduate French major. 11 years speaking/writing experience. Live in France for a total of 5 years. Experience tutoring, translating legal documents, and working with children. Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
CARADEC, Gwenola
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-1672
Office address: 650 Van Hise Hall
Native Speaker. Experienced Teaching Assistand and tutor. MA in French and MA in Comparative Literature. Will tutor, translate, and interpret.
CLAYPOOL, Mary
French Graduate Student
Office phone : (608) 262-4067
Office address: 602 Van Hise Hall
Address: 507 W. Wilson Street, Apt. 405
Madison, WI 53703
Experienced tutor and translator of legal documents, patents and advertising materials. Lived and studied in Montpellier, France.
Will tutor, translate, interpret and type documents.
DÉPINOY, Denis
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-1672
Office address: 650 Van Hise Hall
Native speaker, experienced teaching assistant & tutor. Master's Degree in teaching French as a foreign language. Three years of experience as a TA. Experience as a tutor with native speakers of Spanish, English, and Chinese. Translator of literary documents.
Will tutor and translate.
GERMAIN, Nathan
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone : (608) 262-6162
Office address : 749 Van Hise Hall
Home phone : (715) 550-0102
Address: 653 E. Gorham Street
Madison, WI 53703
BA in French, BA in International Studies. Wide range of competencies, including: literature, culture, politics, economics, and environmental issues. Will tutor, and translate.
FREUND, Megan
Home phone : (815) 529-1265
Undergraduate French major, 7 years of speaking experience including one year living abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France. Experienced tutor.
Will tutor, translate, interpret and type.
HAJEK, Anne
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Home phone: (402) 936-1577
Home address: 1213 Gilson St., 2F, Madison, WI 53715
Office phone: (608) 262-1673
Office address: 666 Van Hise Hall
Experienced Teaching Assistant, tutor, and translator. B.A. in French and International Studies; M.A. in French Literature.
Will tutor, translate, and type documents.
HAMMERQUIST, Bryan
Graduate Student, Professional French Masters Program
Home phone: (406) 850-3728
Home address: 1401 Ruskin Street, Madison, WI 53704
BA in French. Has lived in France and tutored French. Will tutor.
MBENGUE, El Hadj Malick
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Home phone : (502) 417-2481
Home address: 1818 Fordem Ave., #11
Office phone: (608) 262-1672
Office address: 650 Van Hise Hall
Madison, WI 53704
Native French Speaker. Great teaching and tutoring experience. Rich cultural and linguistic background.
Will tutor, translate and interpret.
MESMER, Carly
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Experienced French speaker, first year graduate student. Specializes in French conversation and phonetics.
POISSON, Jean-Marc (Ph.D.)
Home phone : (608) 238-6289
Native Speaker with over 15 years of experience as a Translator, Interpreter and Voice Talent. Certified by the American Translators Association; Grader for the ATA English to French Certification Exam. Specializations: technical, medical, banking, non-profit communication.
PORTER, Lark
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-6162
Office address: 749 Van Hise
Experienced Teaching Assistant and tutor. BA French Studies. MA student in French Lit. Experienced written and oral translator, has translated documents for US, French, and Cameroon government agencies as well as commercial vendors. Worked in French customer service for an internationally-based health product company. Live in southern France on two different occasions for a total of two years. Will tutor, translate, and interpret.
SCOTT, Walter
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Home phone : (231) 357-2092
Office phone : (608) 262-4362
Office address : 632 Van Hise Hall
Experienced French speaker and instructor. Specializes in Medieval literature and culture. Will tutor and translate.
SIMMONS, Sandra
Dissertator Fellow and Doctoral Candidate
Office phone: (608) 262-4362
Office address: 632 Van Hise Hall
Cell phone: (608) 334-1961
Experienced French speaker, TA, Lecturer and Adjunct Professor. Lived and worked in France for 11 years. MA in French, ABD currently at UW-Madison. Experience translating business and legal documents, advertisements, literary texts and poetry. Also experience doing voice-overs and medical interpreting.
Will tutor, translate, and interpret.
SMITH, Lindsey
French Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone : (608) 262-6162
Office address : 749 Van Hise Hall
Lived/worked in France for two years. Spent two summers as a camp counselor in France. Will Tutor.
VAKUNTA, Peter
French Graduate Student
Home phone : (608) 442-6089
Cell phone: (608) 381-0407
Office phone : (608) 262-4067
Office address: 602 Van Hise Hall
Experienced tutor and translator of legal documents and literary texts. Wisconsin court interpreter.
Will tutor, translate and interpret.
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Not Associated with the French Department
BARRY, Kathryn
Home phone: (608) 338-5850
Home address: 5526 Century Avenue, #4, Middleton, WI 53562
B.A. in French Language and Literature, University of Michigan. Experienced tutor, specialized in working with high school students struggling with memorizing verbs, etc. Have also taught basic French to elementary school students. Have taught English in France, to high school students, through the French Ministry of Education. Extensive knowledge of Paris history, restaurants, shopping, travel, etc.
Will tutor, interpret, and type documents.
BROWN, Katrina
Home phone: (715) 225-0171
B.A. in French. 2+ years living and studying in France. Nine years of speaking/writing experience. Experienced tutor.
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
DAVIS, Zineb
Home phone : (608) 712-0128
Home address : 5025 Flambeau Road, Madison, WI 53705
Native speaker. Will tutor freshmen, first and second semester French language.
FADALI, Karim
Home phone : (608) 287-8158
Home address: 709 Midvale Blvd., #3, Madison, WI 53711
Native speaker. Writing experience in both English and French. Experienced in translating technical documentation/manuals from English to French. Experienced in interpreting from French to English.
Will tutor, translate, interpret and type documents.
FISCHER, Scott
Home phone : (608) 438-3710
Home address: 1517 Madison Street, Madison, WI 53711
Undergraduate student. Senior majoring in French and Political Science. Studied abroad in Montpeillier, France.
Will tutor, translate, interpret and type documents.
HALLER, Dominique
Home phone : (608) 233-7864
Home address: 2537 Kendall Ave., Madison, WI 53705
Native speaker of Swiss origin. Experience in tutoring in academic and non-academic environments, mostly conversation. MA in cultural anthropology.
Will tutor, translate, and type documents.
JASOR, Ingrid
Home phone: (608) 957-3509
Home address: 305 North Frances St., Apt. 311A, Madison, WI 53703
Undergraduate student. French native speaker. Institute of Political Sciences ("Sciences Po Paris") exchange student. Writing experience in both English and French. Rich cultural background. Will tutor novices during their first and second semester French language, translate, interpret, and type documents.
KRENGAUZ, Asya
Home phone: (847) 224-7829
Home address: 522 W. Wilson, Apt. 101, Madison, WI 53703
Undergraduate student with a French major. Spent August 2006-August 2007 in Aix-en-Provence, France, studying. Very fluent and comfortable speaking French. Experience in translating a dissertation about the economy in China from French to English, have helped French speakers with their English. French ENTHOUSIASTE! Will tutor, translate, interpret and type documents.
KUHNS, Betsy
Home phone: (608) 395-4357
Licensed French teacher and tutor with 10 years of experience. BA in French and MA in French Instruction. Lived and worked in France on several occasions. Experienced interpreter and translator.
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
MAHANEY, Marina
Home phone : (608) 274-1400
Home address : 1605 Monroe Street
Native speaker, tutor and translator, all levels. From leisure conversation to business letters, will customize any need.
MUNOZ, Heloise
Home phone: (608) 235-9133
Home address : 5 University Houses, #B, Madison, WI 53705
Native and vertified French teacher. MS in Science of Education. Experienced tutor in French from children to adult. Experienced teacher and principal of an elementary school (in France.) Experienced in developing interactive learning into groups or classrooms.
Will tutor.
PEREZ-VERERO, Carolina
Home phone: (608) 221-4558
Native speaker and experienced translator [French to English and English to French]. Specializes in translating technical, business documents pertaining to information techology, life sciences and market research. Can tutor basic French pronunciation and conversation. BS from Stanford University and MBA from the University of Michigan.
RACHMANIS, Camila
Home phone: (917) 346-1989
Home address : 502 N. Frances St.
Native speaker. Lived in Paris (ages 1-5). Studied at the Lycée Français in New York from kindergarten through middle school (9 years). Tutored beginner level French during junior year of high school.
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
SMILEY, Ann Marie
Home phone: (608) 354-2075
email: salutsmiley@tds.net
Home address: 2102 Mayflower Drive, Middleton, WI 53562
Experienced teacher, tutor, interpreter and translator. Current French Teacher. Experienced anthropology and legal translation.
SOUC, Julien
Home phone: (847) 840-6428
Home address: 202 N. Hamilton #106, Madison, WI 53703
Native speaker. Experienced Teacher and Tutor - Institut Français-Madrid. B.A. in Foreign Languages - French, Spanish and English - Paris VII. Specialize in translating business letters and technical documents.
Will tutor, translate, interpret and type documents.
VALLS, Julien
Home phone: (262) 359-0303
Home address: 3125 Maple Valley Drive, Apt. 204
Madison, WI 53719
Native speaker. UW-Whitewater undergraduate student. Will tutor, translate, and type documents.
WIESMAN, Virginie
Home phone: (608) 850-3963
Home address: 306 Patrick Ave, Waunakee, WI 53597
Native speaker. Former Teaching Assistant. Worked as an interpreter for a French-American Exchange Program. Experience in teaching children.
YAWO, Michel Kodzo
Home phone: (608) 338-9362
Home address : 4706 Barby Lane, Madison, WI 53704
Native speaker from Togo (West Africa). Graduated from the University of Lome, Togo, with an MS in Geography. Taught Geography for 2 years. Completed MS in Urban and Regional Planning, UW-Madison.
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
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Tutors and Translators Associated with the Italian Department
ASTARITA, Alice
Doctoral Student in Second Language Acquisition
Home phone : (608) 215-0903
Experienced Teaching Assistant and Tutor. B.A. and M.A. Italian Language and Literature. Specialized in developing conversation skills at beginning and intermediate levels. Will also assist with grammar review, reading and composition.
BENDER, Elena
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Native Speaker. Extensive experience in teaching Italian to groups and individuals. Taught Italian to a variety of age groups, from Seniors to children. Translation of Art Historical Prose and Literature.
Will tutor, translate, and interpret.
BIRD, Barbara
Doctoral Student in Second Language Acquisition
Home phone: (608) 332-8197
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Experienced teaching assistant, tutor, interpreter and translator. BA in Italian, fluent in Italian and has lived in Italy for 3 years.
Will tutor, translate, interpret and type.
BRYANT, Alesha
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Home phone: (608) 230-5129
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Experienced tutor, translator and interpreter. BA in Spanish and Italian. Specialize in translating literature, literary articles, informal letters, films, television shows, and newspapers. Although not a native speaker, I have an accent like one and can help you speak like a native. Translated English portion of website: http://www.sciltiangastaldi.com
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
BUSCIGLIO, Daniela
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Semi-native experienced Teaching Assistant, tutor, and translator. Experience teaching all ages. Specialize in business letter translation and interpreting.
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
CABOT, Aria Zan
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Experienced translator and subtitlist. B.A. in Italian, and in English Literature.
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
CALORO, Antonella
Italian Graduate Student
Office phone: (608) 262-6162
Office address: 749 Van Hise Hall
Native speaker. Experienced teaching assistant and tutor. Specialize in translating medical, literary, and business letters.
Will tutor, translate and interpret.
CARONE, Maria Giulia
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Home phone: (608) 260-0902
Office phone: (608) 262-1672
Office address: 650 Van Hise Hall
Italian and German Native Speaker. MA Translation Degree in Italian, Spanish, and English; MA in Italian, German, and English Literature. Experienced instructor and tutor: taught Italian, Spanish, and German at American Liberal Arts Colleges. External experience as translator and interpreter, specialized in legal, technical, and literary texts.
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
CICCONE, Lidia
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Native speaker. Degree in Foreign Language and Literature.
Will tutor, translate and type documents.
DI FILIPPO, Giuseppina
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Home phone: (626) 689-5439
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 749 Van Hise Hall
Native Speaker. Experienced Teaching Assistant, tutor, translator of Medical, Literary, and personal documents. Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
EADIE, Loren
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone : (608) 265-8272
Office address: 712 Van Hise Hall
Experienced teaching assistant and tutor. B.A. in Italian Language and Literature from Smith College, Masters in Italian Literature from UW-Madison. Specialize in tutoring first and second year Italian students in both basic and advanced grammar.
Will tutor.
FIORETTI, Daniele
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Home phone: (608) 236-4180
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Native Speaker. Experienced tutor from 2003 to 2007 in Italian Literature at Middlebury College, School in Italy (Florence) to undergraduate and graduate students. Graduated at the University of Florence (Italay) in Italian Literature. Dottorato Di Ricerco (Ph.D. Equivalent) at The University of Florence, Italy.
Will tutor, translate, and interpret.
FRANCAVILLA, Manuela
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-6162
Office address: 749 Van Hise
Native Speaker. Experienced Teaching Assistant, tutor, and translator of documents (Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce) and literary works (ex. "Historia de una Escalera" by A. Buero-Vallejo, from Spanish to Italian). BA in Spanish and French Literatures.
GILEBBI, Matteo
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Native speaker. Degree in Philosophy and Italian Literature. Italian Master in Semiotic of New Media. Visiting Scholar at the University of Leuven (Belgium)
Will tutor and type documents.
MINARDI, Enrico
Italian Graduate Student
Home address: 620 N. Carroll Street, Madison, WI 53703
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Experienced Teaching Assistant, Instructor, Tutor and Translator. First Ph.D. in Italian awarded by Sorbonne University (Paris, France). Specialized in translating all kinds of documents. Experienced Interpreter. Native Speaker in Italian and excellent proficiency in French.
SPONSELLER, Daniela
Home Phone: (608) 233-1941
Native speaker. Previous UW Instructor for both Italian and German (UW Masters in German and Second Language Acquisition). Experienced teacher and tutor, familiar with textbook "Prego".
Available for tutoring, conversation, and translations.
VILLA, Paola
Italian Graduate Student & Teaching Assistant
Office phone: (608) 262-7865
Office address: 711 Van Hise Hall
Native speaker. Experienced tutor.
Will tutor, translate, and type documents.
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Not Associated with the Italian Department
AGNELLO-MODICA, Franca
Home Phone : (608) 244-2027
Native speaker. Experienced teacher, tutor, interpreter and translator of technical documents.
Will tutor, translate, interpret and type.
CAPRARO, Manuel
Home phone: (608) 320-5740
Home address: 140 W. Gilman Street, Madison, WI 53703
Native speaker, graduate in International and Diplomatic science in Italy. Currently a Graduate Exchange student in Sociology at UW-Madison.
Will tutor and translate (from English to Italian).
CELI, Christopher
Home phone: (608) 257-1085
Cell phone (414) 339-8068
Home address: 1025 Sherman Avenue, Madison, WI 53703
Bilingual Native Speaker (Italian/English). Experienced Instructor (6 years at UW), Tutor (7 years at UW), and Translator/Interpreter. Raised and schooled in Italy (10 years) and US (B.A. & M.A. from UW - 2001). UW Italian Instructor for 6 years (first through third year IT101-312). Extensive experience tutoring all levels of Italian and translating/interpreting.
Will teach courses, tutor, translate, and interpret.
LEHNUS, Massimiliano
Phone: (608) 698-8868
Native Speaker. Born and raised in Italy. Pursuing a BS in Genetics. Experienced language tutor (one-on-one or group type lessons). Tutoring services include: grammar review, vocabulary reinforcement, conversation exercises, and exam preparation, at all levels. Patient and professional. Will tutor and interpret.
PANEGROSSI, Giulia
Home phone: (608) 232-1606
Home address: 533 Orchard Drive, Madison, WI 53711
Native Speaker. Born and raised in Rome. Graduated in Physics in Rome, and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences at UW-Madison.
Will teach Italian at any level, or available for tutoring, conversation, translation (also scientific documents and papers).
POTENZA, Luigi
Home phone: +393205537736
Home address: 35, via Maratea, 85100 Potenza ITALY
Native Speaker. Experienced Free-Lance Professional Translator (1987-present) of technical, scientific, legal, medical, economic, commercial, social, and literary articles. Legal Translator from English, French, German, and Swedish, to Italian at the Court of Potenza (Italy), 1988-present (from Swedish to Italian: 1994-present).
RUSSO, Nickolo
Home phone: (920) 539-7056
Home address: 10F Gerry Court, Madison, WI 53715
Experienced tutor having lived in Italy for a year, and completed 43 Italian course credits.
SCHUETTE, Douglas
Home phone: (920) 418-1878
Home address: 1510 Tripp Circle, 302 Fallows, Madison, WI 53706
Undergraduate Student. Experienced tutor. B.A. in Italian completed, year-long study abroad experience, near-native fluency. Will tutor all Italian undergraduate levels; flexible schedule. Experienced interpreter.
Will tutor, translate, interpret, and type documents.
TURNER, Rosine
PhD in Italian from U.W. Madison 1995.
Home phone : (608) 258-0405
Expert tutor, familiar with "Prego" and course expectations. Has materials and techniques to make it easier for you to learn. Office near the Capitol -- 15 minutes on foot , or 5 on your bike from Van Hise. Will be available this fall through November 8. ($12 / hour)
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