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Patrick John Corness

Literary translator, independent rese... at <span class="not-italic font-text_font lg:text-[18px] text-[16px] font-bold claimed">Self-employed</span>
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Seasoned translator and interpreter with expertise in European languages and cultures
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Location
United Kingdom, GB
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Czech Full professional proficiency
  • French Professional working proficiency
  • German Full professional proficiency
  • Polish Full professional proficiency
  • Russian Full professional proficiency
  • Slovak Professional working proficiency
  • Ukrainian Professional working proficiency
  • Italian Limited working proficiency
  • Lithuanian Limited working proficiency
Skills
  • Translation
  • Interpreting
  • German
  • English
  • Russian
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Patrick John Corness is a seasoned translator, interpreter, and researcher with expertise in European languages and cultures. He has worked as a literary translator, independent researcher, and former Visiting Professor of Translation at Coventry University. With a strong academic background, including a PhD in Literary Translation Studies from the University of Warwick, he has developed professional proficiency in multiple languages, including Czech, French, German, Polish, Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian. He has also taught and researched at various institutions, including the University of Leeds and the University of Hull.

Experience

  • Self-employed
    • Coventry and Prague
    • Literary translator, independent researcher
      • Jul 2000 - Present
      • Coventry and Prague
  • Coventry University
    • Coventry, United Kingdom
    • Former Visiting Professor of Translation
      • Mar 2014 - Mar 2023
      • Coventry, United Kingdom
  • University of Leeds
    • Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Translation Studies
      • 2001 - 2011
  • University of Hull
    • External Examiner BA Russian and MA Applied Languages and New Technologies
      • 1998 - 2003
  • UMIST (University of Manchester)
    • Manchester
    • External Examiner
      • 1994 - 2000
      • Manchester

      MSc by Research (German) 1994, MSc (Natural Language Processing) 1999, MSc (Language Engineering) 1999, MSc (Machine Translation) 1999, PhD (Computational Linguistics) 2000.

  • Coventry University
    • Principal Lecturer in Russian and German; Director of Research Centre for IT in Language Learning
      • 1993 - 2000

    • Senior Lecturer in Russian and German
      • 1975 - 1993

  • Language Testing Associates
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Examiner in Russian, HM Diplomatic Service
      • 1993 - 1998
      • London, United Kingdom

      Examiner in Russian, HM Diplomatic Service (Language Allowance Examinations, Lower, Intermediate and Higher) via Language Testing Associates, London.

  • Lviv Polytechnic National University
    • Lviv
    • Co-ordinator
      • 1993 - 1998
      • Lviv

      Member of Management Committee, Tempus-Tacis Joint European Project (Modernisation and development of the Teaching of English and German in the Universities of Western Ukraine), co-ordinating the role of Coventry University in this EU Project.

  • Lanchester College
    • Coventry
    • Lecturer in Russian
      • 1970 - 1975
      • Coventry
  • Sunderland Polytechnic
    • Sunderland
    • Lecturer in Russian
      • 1967 - 1970
      • Sunderland
  • Monkwearmouth College
    • Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
    • Assistant Lecturer in Russian and German
      • Jan 1966 - Sep 1967
      • Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
  • University of Liverpool
    • Liverpool
    • Assistant Librarian with special reference to Slavonic studies
      • 1964 - 1966
      • Liverpool
  • Embassy of Japan, Moscow
    • Moscow, Russian Federation
    • Part-time teacher of English for Japanese Diplomatic Service
      • 1962 - 1963
      • Moscow, Russian Federation
  • Victor Hochhauser
    • London, Albert Hall
    • Interpreter with Ukrainian National Dance Company
      • Oct 1961 - Oct 1961
      • London, Albert Hall

      Interpreter with Ukrainian National Dance Company, on tour in London, Royal Albert Hall

  • Victor Hochhauser
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Interpreter with Kirov (Mariinsky) Ballet, St Petersburg
      • Jul 1961 - Jul 1961
      • London, United Kingdom

      Russian interpreter with Leningrad Kirov State (St. Petersburg Mariinsky) Ballet on tour in London (Covent Garden)

Education

  • 2021 - 2021
    University of Warwick
  • 1976 - 1977
    University of Warwick
  • 1963 - 1964
    Charles University in Prague
  • 1962 - 1963
    Moscow State University
  • 1958 - 1962
    School of Slavonic and East European Studies and UCL, University of London
  • 1950 - 1958
    Adams Grammar School
  • 1948 - 1950
    Lyme School, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
  • 1944 - 1948
    Betley School (Betley, Staffordshire, England)
  • 1953 - 1953
    San Mateo High School
  • 1953 - 1953
    Sequoia High School, Redwood City, California
  • 1953 - 1953
    Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California

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