RESUME
Professional ​
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I am an Associate Member of the Society for Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia, an internationally recognized certifying body authorized by the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council. I am also registered with ICBC as a designated translator of driver's licence attestations. For a more complete resume or a discussion of rates, please contact me through the website by navigating to the Projects page, or by contacting me at the phone number, skype account or email address at the bottom of this page.
Work​
experience​
Teaching Fellow, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France
​2012 - 2014
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Received the highest score for student satisfaction (5*) on teaching evaluations from all three undergraduate year groups.
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Courses taught: French-English Translation (2nd year, 3rd year, and Master's level), Media Studies, Academic Conversation and Composition, and General Linguistics.
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Independently designed the syllabi, course content, assessment methods and final exams for courses in all three years of the undergraduate Licence. Promoted to the direction of Master’s seminars in translation and discourse analysis in my second semester and second year (2013-2014).
Freelance Translator, contracted by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
​2012-2013
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Provided translations of 92 interviews (ranging between 1000 and 15,000 words) from French to English for a bi-lateral, multi-year study of gender, parenting, and injury in Canada.
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Liaised with research directors in both Vancouver and Quebec City, and completed the project 6 months ahead of schedule.
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Total words translated: 152,000.
Undergraduate Supervisor, King's College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
​2008-2010
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Led tutorials for groups of first- and final-year undergraduate students studying French and Spanish language and literature. Assigned essay topics and assessed written work.
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Supervised a final-year Honours dissertation on Honoré de Balzac.
Skills
Dissertation Editing/Proofreading
Manuscript copy-editing
Academic Literacy Coaching
University Entrance Preparation
ESL/EAP Sessions
Language Tutoring available for:
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French Grammar and Conversation
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Spanish Grammar and Conversation
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French Literature
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French-Canadian Literature
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Spanish Literature
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Latin American Literature (C19)
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French Linguistics
Languages
English (native proficiency)
French (native proficiency)
Spanish (advanced fluency)
Italian (intermediate)
Portuguese (reading)
Education
Harvard University, Institute for World Literature (Istanbul, Turkey) June-July 2012
Certificate of Completion
Course focus on Comparative Modernisms and Metamorphosis
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Harvard Institute for World Literature tuition scholarship
King's College, University of Cambridge, UK
2006-2007
M. Phil. (with distinction), European Literature and Culture
Concentrations in translation theory, French literature, and Spanish Literature.
Thesis: From Decadent Education to Modernist Emancipation: J.K.
Huysmans, André Gide, and the quest for autonomous selfhood
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Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Bursary
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
2002-2006
BA (Honours) in French, Major in Spanish
Thesis entitled Enragée: La Polysémie à l’oeuvre dans le roman de Louis Hamelin
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Embassy of Spain Book Prize for first place in Spanish
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Joan Livesey Prize in French-Canadian Research
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David E Highnam Memorial Prize for academic achievement