George Newton
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Experience
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EF Hello
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United Kingdom
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E-learning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Freelance Translator
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Jul 2023 - Present
United Kingdom - Responsible for translating marketing and promotional material from English into German, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Spanish, French and Italian - Finding creative and idiomatic solutions to functional options and messages in the app and ensuring that translations maintain the tone of the original
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Assistant Editor
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Sep 2023 - Present
- Editing, proofreading and translating content for the journal from Spanish into English, including the website and other texts - Working in an entirely Spanish-speaking environment with colleagues on the journal
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Asymptote Journal
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Editor (Fiction)
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Sep 2023 - Present
- Responsible for researching literature from underrepresented regions and languages - Constant engagement with authors and translators to solicit literary works for future issues - Writing insightful reviews of recent translations of literary texts
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Language Tutor
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Jan 2023 - Present
- Delivering 3+ tailored and high-quality Spanish and French classes to students to help them optimise their language-learning
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Head Editor
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Jan 2022 - Present
- Ensured quality control of over 60 submissions for second issue of the anthology - Collaborated with other translators to edit submissions from Spanish and Portuguese into English - Represented the OAT at the Oxford Translation Day conference in June 2023, at the Art Freshers’ Fair and contributed to the launch event for the second issue
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Mapas do Confinamento
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Community Services
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Translator
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Sep 2021 - Present
- Responsible for translating pieces of literature from across the Portuguese-speaking world into English and French - Developed translation skills by working with professional translators - Completed translations published in the magazine in December 2021
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Sounds and Colours
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Online Audio and Video Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Music and Film Review Contributor
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Nov 2020 - Present
- Reviewer of newly-released Latin American films and albums, specialising in Brazil - Frequent reviewer of live Brazilian music performances around the UK at a range of venues in London and Nottingham, including Gilberto Gil, Bruno Berle, Luedji Luna and Sambossa - Responsible for writing thoughtful and considered reviews for the magazine's website
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Languages Tutor
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Nov 2020 - Present
- Optimising students' progress in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese - Planning and delivering high-quality language classes and courses on a weekly basis to predominantly adult learners of all ages
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Language-Learning Content Creator
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Dec 2022 - Aug 2023
- Responsible for creating listening and reading exercises for students learning German, Spanish and French
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Translator
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Oct 2020 - Feb 2023
Oxford, England, United Kingdom - Translator in student-run project translating WW2 anti-Nazi resistance group letters and pamphlets from German into English - Presented creative translation of a pamphlet, a bilingual poem in German and English, at the White Rose commemoration event in Oxford in February 2023 - Interviewed for a podcast on the White Rose Movement and requested to contribute a reading of my creative translation to the podcast
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Research Assistant
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Feb 2022 - May 2022
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Analysed and synthesised 70 raw data sets in the form of interviews to inform research - Identified trends in data and presented conclusions to supervisor to be used in further research - Responsible for translating documents and sections of the centre’s website from Catalan into English
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Education
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University of Oxford
Modern Languages (Spanish and Portuguese), FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS -
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
"Deutsch Erleben - German in the City" Intensive German Language Course, German Studies -
University of Barcelona
Semester Abroad, Foreign Languages and Literatures, General -
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
Semester Abroad, Foreign Languages and Literatures, General