RESUMÉ
Patrick Walsh
Home Tel: 682 3315687 2020 Stream Creek LN, Fort Worth, TX 76131 Email:
[email protected]
Career Objective: Looking for a challenging position through which I can utilize and strengthen the talents and skills acquired over the last twenty years of very hard work in positions of trust and diverse demanding responsibilities
Education and Training:
1994 – Graduated with an M.A degree - Master of Arts in Philology
Specialty – Philology – Study of foreign Languages – Diplomate in interpretion and translation of French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, and English.
• Diploma in Education – Certified teacher of Foreign Languages
Masters Thesis:
o Stylistic analysis of socio-political texts
o Use of grammatical transformations in translating publicist types of texts.
Masters Degree Work:
o Spanish to Russian translation of novel "Los Jovenes de España" by Jacinto Martin
Studies Included:
• Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting.
• Language commentary and voice-over of films and events.
• Translating and interpreting techniques.
• Translation Theories
• Linguistics, Stylistics, Text analysis, French History, Literature and Culture
• Spanish, History, Literature and Culture, Political Science etc.
Other Studies: University of California (Irvine)
• Constitutional Law
• Theory of Criminology
• Interpersonal Communication Skills (Stockholm)
• Listening Skills – the process by which listening (not hearing) occurs
• Obstacles to good listening - How to overcome them
Work Experience:
Sweden
08.16.1989 – 08.12.1993
Upplands Bro High School – Sweden
• High School Teacher – French, Spanish, Russian
• Head of Language Institution: French, Russian, Spanish
08.16.1994 – 01.11.2001
Tornedalsskolan High School - Sweden
• High School Teacher – Spanish, French, Russian, English
• Head of Institution of foreign Languages – French, Russian, Spanish
• Tutor – Adult Education – ESL, Spanish, Russian
• Program Coordinator – European High School – Finland
1994 – 1996
• Worked as Spanish – Swedish – Spanish interpreter for EU sponsored railway project between BANVERKET of Sweden and RENFE of Spain.
• Translated railway engineering material from Spanish - Swedish – English
• Translated railway engineering documentation including technical and railway engineering diagrams from Swedish to English
• On-site Spanish – Swedish - Spanish interpreter and translator for the above mentioned railway engineering project
Finland
1998 – 2001
Euroskolan – Finland
• High school teacher – French, Spanish, English
1998 -2002
Putanlukkio High School – Finland
• High School Teacher – French, Spanish, English
07.02.99 – 05.24.99 - Instructor
RUBUS AB Haparanda
• ESL, Corporate Communication Skills
09.01.1997 – 05.31.2000 – Lecturer
Kemi Tornio University of Applied Sciences – Finland (http://www.tokem.fi/?deptid=11590)
• Corporate Communication Skills
• Business English
• Negotiating Skills
• How to conduct meetings and conferences
• Interviewing skills
• Technical Writing skills – English
• Engineering Ethics
• Philosophy
1994 – 2000 – Tutor
Sverigefinska folkhögskolan, Haparanda – Sweden (http://www.svefi.net/)
• Interpreting Skills – Consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills
• Tutor and Examiner – Interpreter Certification Courses for Swedish interpreters
• Simultaneous interpreter – Russian – Swedish, Swedish – Russian, French – Swedish, Swedish – French / Spanish – Swedish – French/Spanish
1994 – 2001
Haparanda Municipality - Sweden
• Simultaneous Interpreter – Russian – Swedish – Russian
• Simultaneous Interpreter – Swedish – Spanish – Swedish
• Simultaneous Interpreter - Swedish – French
1994 – 2001
Simultaneous Interpreter for miscellaneous conferences – Finland, Sweden, Europe
• French – Swedish- French
• English – Swedish - English
• Russian – Swedish –Russian
• Spanish – Swedish – Spanish
08.16.1995 – 07.11.200
Tornedalsskolan High School - Sweden
• Head of Institution of Foreign Languages
• Coordinator – Lingua School Exchange Program – European Union
• Swedish representative – Belgium European Conference of European Teachers of Foreign Languages
U.S.A
Work as simultaneous and consecutive interpreter for international conferences in the following language combinations:
• French – English - French
• Spanish - English - Spanish
• Russian – English – Russian
• Swedish – English – Swedish
2001 – 2007
Teleinterpreters
Over the Phone Interpreting
• French – English - French
• Russian – English – Russian
• Swedish – English – Swedish
• Norwegian – English – Norwegian – English
• English – Finnish - English
• Examiner for Teleinterpreters – Evaluating prospective bilingual representatives
2007 – Current
Language Line Services
Over the Phone Interpreting
• French – English - French
• Russian – English – Russian
• Norwegian – English – Norwegian
• French Canadian – English – French Canadian
2010 – Current
Language Select Interpreting Company
Over the Phone Interpreting
• French – English - French
• Russian – English – Russian
• Swedish – English – Swedish
• French Canadian – English – French Canadian
Owner – Texas based language company - Elite Language Services, USA
2010 – Current
Document Translations and Proofreading For the Following Companies:
Transperfect Translations - New York
Tampa Bay Translations – Florida
Translations.com – Spain and New York
Translation Projects -
New Life, Legal documents, Contracts, Technology, Scientific Research, Medical, Insurance, Sanofi Pasteur, etc.
• Finnish – English
• Swedish - English
• Spanish – Swedish
• Russian - English
• French - English
2012:
• Russian - English - Russian
Consecutive interpreting - Heli Expo - Dallas Convention Center
• Spanish - English - Spanish
Simultaneous Interpreting - North American Rally
• Teacher - Swedish as a second language - Teachers of America
• Teacher - Advanced Spanish - Teachers of America
2013
• French - English
Simultaneous Interpreting - Transperfect
• French - English - French
Consecutive Interpreting - Deposition - Transperfect
• Teacher - Swedish as a second language - Teachers of America
• Teacher - Advanced Spanish - Teachers of America
Other Merits:
• Member – LMS – Sweden – Lärare i moderna språk (Association for teachers of modern languages)
• Excellent communication skills
• Good people skills
• Excellent social skills
• Fluent in six foreign languages: Spanish, English, French, Swedish, Russian, Finnish
• Excellent computer skills
• Web design
• President – Solitaires Square and Round Dance Club - Texas
*Proof of qualification, and letters of recommendations from employers can be produced in their original forms or copies upon request.
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