## BIO
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<font face="Georgia" color= "#000066">Translations, IT, content writing, pragmatics, teaching, songwriting, sound editing
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<font size= "3">**Education:
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Faculty of Letters (major: English) at the West University of Timisoara
1999-2001:
Dutch language courses at the West University of Timisoara; highest-level certificate from the Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taalunie) - level A1 of the Common European Framework
August 2000:
Dutch culture and civilisation summer course in Gent, Belgium
2000-2002:
M.A. in Anglistics and Americanistics at the West University, Timisoara
2001-2002:
Postgraduate programme in Computer Science at the West University, Timisoara
2003-2005:
[login to view URL]. in Marketing and Negotiation at the "Dimitrie Cantemir" University, Timisoara
2003:
ECDL instructor certificate
2003:
CISCO CCNA courses (2 semesters) at the "Politehnica" University, Timisoara
September-October 2005:
Web Technologies course at the Institute of Computing Technology, Timisoara
**Experience:**
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2000-2002:
Interpreter (Dutch-Romanian) for the "Humanitas" foundation from Bilzen, Belgium
2000-2003:
Teacher of English at the West University of Timisoara, faculties: Economics, Letters, Journalism, Psychology, Kinesiotherapy
2001-:
Translations from English for the ham radio publication YO/HD Antena from Deva, Romania
July 2001, June-July 2002, August 2003:
Assistant teacher at intensive Dutch language courses at the West University, Timisoara
September 2001:
Interpreter (Dutch-English-Romanian) at the "Barney-Hefaistos" Dutch-Romanian civil protection simulation
2002-:
Teacher of English and computer science at the "Dimitrie Cantemir" University, Timisoara, faculty of Management in Tourism and Commerce
2003-2004:
Network administrator at the "Dimitrie Cantemir" University, Timisoara
2003-2005:
Volunteer teacher of Dutch at the West University of Timisoara
2004-:
Business Assistant at Uniconnect, a Dutch consultancy firm in Timisoara
2005-:
Teacher of English and Dutch at Babel Center, a language center in Timisoara
**Writings:
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2000:
*She in the Fiction of Thomas Hardy and D.H. Lawrence*, B.A. thesis
2001:
*Shortcut to English*, an intensive English course for beginners (up to level B1) - book + CD; co-authored the second edition, published by Babel Center, Timisoara in 2005
*Joyland*, a sitcom for learners of Business English
2002:
*A Pragmatic Account of Humour*, M.A. dissertation
*Multimedia Databases*, dissertation
*500 Reasons to Talk*, a list of questions for (mainly) class conversation
2002-:
Question of the Week, a closed-circuit email-based series of weekly questions and answers on pragmatic and philosophical issues
2003:
*Keep It Real*, an English course for advanced students, based on authentic material
2004:
*Keep It Real B*, a business English course for advanced students, based on authentic material
In progress:
*Return to Joyland*, a sequel to the business English sitcom
*Romanian-English Dictionary
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**Other creations:
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2000-:
Songwriting (approx. 50 songs)
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Language skills:
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Romanian, German - native
English, Dutch - proficient
French - very good
**Computer skills:
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* * *<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color= "#000066">Advanced knowledge of Ms Office, Open Office, sound-processing applications, networking, HTML, JavaScript
Elementary knowledge of SQL and Linux operation
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## Area of Expertise
translations
IT
article writing
pragmatics
teaching
songwriting
sound editing
