Experience

metafrasi Translator Training Centre

• Greece
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tutor - Greek to English Translation

  • Jan 2002 - Present

  • Designing the syllabus for the Greek to English component of the intensive one-year translator training course (organizing/ selecting/ writing/ translating class material); • Lesson planning and teaching; • Assessing student needs and designing remedial material; • Setting assignments and tests and marking; • Communicating with other course teachers concerning students’ progress and marks; • One-to-one meetings with students to advise of their progress. • Designing the syllabus for the Greek to English component of the intensive one-year translator training course (organizing/ selecting/ writing/ translating class material); • Lesson planning and teaching; • Assessing student needs and designing remedial material; • Setting assignments and tests and marking; • Communicating with other course teachers concerning students’ progress and marks; • One-to-one meetings with students to advise of their progress.



self-employed

• • Jan 1985 - Present

  I translate a wide variety of text types from Greek to English, specializing in Literature, Art Criticism & Art History, and stage plays & screenplays. I also do articles for publication in professional journals, mainly humanities, such as psychology, sociology, social philosophy, history and architecture.

• • Sep 1979 - Present

  I privately tutor students in English as a foreign language at all levels, from beginner to IELTS preparation. I have also tutored high-ranking employees of the British Embassy in Greek language skills.



University of Liverpool

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• EAP Tutor

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2015

  I have been training mostly Chinese prospective post-graduate Management students in academic writing and speaking on the University of Liverpool six-week EAP summer course for three years now. I have been training mostly Chinese prospective post-graduate Management students in academic writing and speaking on the University of Liverpool six-week EAP summer course for three years now.



EKEMEL

• Translation teacher

  • 2001 - 2008

  I trained students to translate literature from Greek to English and vice versa. I trained students to translate literature from Greek to English and vice versa.



Athens British Council

• Professor of Translation and EFL Teacher

  • 1992 - 2001

  • EFL for young adults and adults, beginner to Proficiency level; • ESP, business English to bank employees; • EAP, as part of the BC’s foundation courses; • Teacher Training, specializing in using games and drama in the classroom; • Translator Training, training Greek native speakers to translate into English; • Peer training in computer skills during Teacher Development periods. I also served as coordinator of the translation team, which involved: • Chairing teacher meetings; • Finalising the syllabus; • Supervising and filing course materials; • Dealing with students’ needs. Show less