KATERINA KOLOKA

KATERINA KOLOKA MIL IoL PROFESSION Freelance Translator, English Teacher, Transcriber A recent representative selection of various pieces of work EXPERIENCE • November 2012 – February 2013 Marketing Techniques (Greek – English) • July 2013 City Guide- Cosmos- Explore Thesaloniki (Greek – English) • August 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility & Corporate Governance • January 2014 Econometric Analysis and Globalisation • April 2014 Protein-based methods in seafood analysis • December 2014 DARA MUSEUM OF FOLK CULTURE, ARCADIA Translation of the Museum’s 54- page Book (Greek – English) • November 2014 Website translation for ARHONTIKO KORDOPATI TRADITIONAL GUEST HOUSE (Greek- English) http://www.arhontiko-kordopati.gr/ • August 2014 Transcription of English-speaking interviews on Marketing: The Role of Servicescapes • May 2015 The Social Reintegration of Ex-Prisoners in Council of Europe Member States May 2012 – currently • Contributor to Amara for TEDx Conference Teams A variety of talks including: Malcolm X: Make It Plain Ely Saks: A Tale of Mental Illness David R. Dow: Lessons from Death Row Inmates Tali Sharot: The Optimism Bias Juan Enriquez: Will Our Kids Be a Different Species? LZ Granderson: The Myth of the Gay Agenda Stories: Legacies of Who We Are – Awele Makeba Marc Goodman: A Vision of Crime in the Future Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Capturing Memories in Video Art Sebastian Deterding: What your Designs Say About You Colin Stokes: How Movies Teach Manhood Boghuma Kabisen Titanji: Ethical Riddles in HIV Research Janine Shepherd: A Broken Body isn’t a Broken Person Heather Brooke: My Battle to Expose Government Corruption Quixotic Fusion: Dancing with Light Usman Riaz ad Preston Reed: A Young Guitarist Meets his Hero The Twilight Zone: People are Alike All Over Forest Gump Andrew Solomon: Love No Matter What 1996–2002 ‘Socrates’ Society’ Las Vegas, Nevada, U USA Exclusive Translator • Theological, historical, political, philosophical texts English to Greek Greek to English 1998-2000 Eurotext Translation Services Dublin, Ireland Freelancer • Medical, commercial texts and official documents, English to Greek Greek to English 1998-1999 Glorious Translation Services Bombay, India Freelancer • Commercial and technical texts English to Greek 1988 - English Teacher • Levels : Junior – Proficiency (Cambridge, Michigan) Freelance Translator • Official documents, technical, commercial, philosophical, texts on educational issues, marine biology, marketing, law, psychology, engineering, CVs, medical, historical texts EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND • 2005 State Certificate of Language Learning Language: Italian Level : C1 • 1997 Institute of Linguists, London Diploma of Translation Semi-Specialized Areas: Humanities Literature (With Credit) • 1998 Institute of Linguists, London Admitted to Membership No 18139 • 1989 Anglo-Continental School of English Bournemouth, UK Intensive Refresher Course for Teachers of English • 1986 University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency Grade B • 1986 University of Michigan Certificate of Proficiency • 1983 University of Athens Law School INTERESTS Reading all sorts of literature, Cinema Listening to a variety of music Jogging and aerobics Travelling, Writing Member of the Arcadian Trekking and Ecology Association Member of the Cultural Society (Filotehnikos Omilos) Tripolis Member of the Tripolis Book Club TRANSLATION TOOLS Microsoft Word 2007

Reading (ever since I ws 6), sports (gymnastics, tennis, athletics), translating (I started when I was a High School student), politics

Humanities, Arts and Socail Science Research, Literature

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