About Us

The Certified Translation Professional (CTP) Team

The Certified Translation Professional (CTP) is an online training and designation program for professional who work or would like to work within the translation industry.

The CTP is sponsored by the Global Translation Institute (GTI), which is fast growing professional networking association for translators around the world. The Global Translation Institute (GTI) was founded to create an international forum of translation professionals who openly help and offer resources for others to advance their careers and business interests.

Our Team

Adriana Tassini, Managing Director

Adriana Tassini founded the Certified Translation Professional (CTP) Program and now helps manage the program structure, examination, and overall program resources. Adriana's background is in international relations and translation work in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Boston, Massachusetts (USA).

Vanessa Greenway, Associate

Vanessa Greenway has worked for different global companies as a bilingual Executive Secretary with experience in HR Secretarial, Social Services, and Training and Development. Vanessa helps review and improve the CTP Program as well as keeping our Blog up dated with information and sources that help our new students through the process of becoming a certified translator.

Richard Wilson, Program Delivery Advisor

Richard Wilson has experience in online learning and program development. His background includes developing the basic systems and online learning environment for a 600 participant a year training program that went live in 2007, and he now assists the CTP Designation in delivering translation training to its members.

Charlie Barr, Technical Specialist

Charlie Barr is our technical specialist and webmaster. Charlie helps create video resources and study guides for our members and he will continue to assist in the development of additional resources for CTP Designation members.

Rafael Albuquerque, Program Assistant

Rafael Albuquerque was added to our team to help us consistently produce new resources, alumni benefits, and downloadable multimedia from our website. Rafael is an expert in resource research and construction and many of the tools you use within our programs were built with his help. Rafael has been especially helpful in creating the Translation Directory which is provided for free to all CTP alumni.

Theo O'Brien, Market Research

Theo O'Brien is in charge of completing market research on the translation and online learning industries. He helps make sure that our CTP Program is current and innovative in how the learning process is delivered.

Translator Faculty Members

Spanish Translation Specialist

Mabel Lima is English to Spanish translator with 12 years of experience as a linguist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with a major in Spanish Language and Literature, and a Certificate in Medical Interpretation. Mabel worked in the publishing sector as a writer, translator and managing editor for periodical publications. She has also participated in projects involving the translation and adaptation of textbooks and manuals for students of Spanish as a second language. Currently she assists the Global Translation Institute (GTI) in reviewing and grading participant essays within the Certified Translation Professional (CTP) Program.

Igor Belayev, Russian Translation Specialist

Igor is an experienced Russian translator who has written an English to Russian dictionary which is now used in scientific and technical literature. Igor now assists the Global Translation Institute (GTI) in reviewing and grading participant essays within the Certified Translation Professional (CTP) Program.

Dorian Saintier, French Translation Specialist

Dorian is an experienced Frech translator who assists the Global Translation Institute (GTI) in reviewing and grading participant essays within the Certified Translation Professional (CTP) Program.

Mohamed Zeid Arabic Translation Specialist

Mohamed is an Arabic translation and localization professional with over 13 years of experience in localization, translation, testing and QA. Mohamed now assists the Global Translation Institute (GTI) in reviewing and grading participant essays within the Certified Translation Professional (CTP) Program.