User:Bellarminovic

User:Bellarminovic, real name Rakotonirina Bëllarmin, is a Translator, a Teacher and the Head of Communication and Economic Information Resources Department at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Madagascar.

After one-year computer science studies and on completing the beginner, intermediate and advanced English language levels at the National Center for the Teaching of English (CNELA) in 2008, Bellarmin competed to study at Madagascar’s Teacher Training College known as Ecole Normale Supérieure where he trained for five years and majored in English Language and Literature. Later in 2016, he followed a para-academic curriculum in Translation and Tourism. The same year, Bellarmin successfully completed all the B1, B2, C1 and C2 French Language Certificates for business, academic and other advanced-level purposes, the latter two corresponding to the top two levels of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

In 2014, Bellarmin Rakotonirina joined the Ministry of Economy and Strategic Planning (currently Ministry of Economy and Finances), where he has been serving as the Head of Communication and Economic Information Resources Department for five years now.

In late 2008, Bellarmin started his professional career as a Translator for the Adventist Publishing House where he developed his translation skills for six years. In 2011, he stroke out to provide consecutive and simultaneous interpretation services in meetings, workshops and conferences at national, regional and international levels, and he has covered over 80 events organised by institutions from several sectors. His top 3 events includes the official State visit of the President of the Republic of India to Madagascar in March 2018, the SADC Electoral Observation Mission in 2018-19, and the official visit of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in May 2016.

Between 2013 and 2018, Bellarmin volunteered as a Teacher of English and Leader of the English Club at the Lycée Moderne Ampefiloha, the biggest high school in Madagascar and in the India Ocean region. As a language service provider, he has given English language courses to various institutions’ personnel, namely Transparency International (TI-IM), the Malagasy Cultural Center (IKM) and the subscribers of the American Chamber of Commerce.

As languages of expertise, Bellarmin speaks Malagasy, English and French. He is also in intermediate level in Russian, Chinese and Spanish. In his group, he has eight other translators-interpreters who cover such additional languages as Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Italian and German.