Edita Ghushchyan

Educator/Teacher, Global soul, Photographer, Student, Writer/Editor

Education University of California, Santa Barbara, June 2011 Bachelor of Arts; Linguistics Bachelor of Arts; Middle Eastern Studies Honors Thesis Historical approach to the personal endings of verbs in Armenian Language (advisor: Bernard Comrie, PhD) Skills Trilingual; Armenian, Russian, English; fluency in reading writing, and speaking Intermediate knowledge of Arabic Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher Professional Positions Research Assistant, University of California Santa Barbara, Supervisor: Timothy Henry, MA. Winter, 2010 • Assisted in composition of a dictionary in Ventureño Chumash • Transferred scanned files by J.P. Harington in to a Word document in order compile dictionary Research Assistant, University of California Los Angeles Supervisor: Sundara Megha, PhD. Summer 2010 • Assisted in research on word final voiceless fricative sounds by examining pre-recorded files of various speakers • Analyzed data using Praat and Audacity and recorded findings Translated Works The fairy tales " Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen • Translated from English to Eastern Armenian. 2009 Civics Portion of the Naturalization Test • Translated from English to Eastern Armenian. 2010 Experience Intern ‘s position California Economic Forecast, September, 2008- March, 2009 Volunteer Translator from English to Eastern Armenian TED.com Freelance Translator from Russian to English Babel Linguistics Inc., Santa Barbara, CA

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