| Curriculum Vitae | |
| Personal information | |
| First name and Surname | Mariya Koleva |
| Address(es) | xxx, Varna 9000, Bulgaria |
| Mobile | +359xxx |
| xxx@xxx | |
| Skype | phoenix-em |
| ICQ | 453334670 |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Occupational field | Translator En>Bul;Teacher of English for Academic Purposes;Writer |
| Work experience | |
| Dates | 1.03.2005 – the present |
| Occupation or position held | Multilingual Project Manager; Translator; |
| Main activities and responsibilities | Coordination and supervision of multilingual translation and localization projects; Communication with translators, proofreaders, DTP professionals, and customers.Written translations Bulgarian/English; English/Bulgarian |
| Name and address of employer | “Feniks EM” OOD, 4 “Georgi Rakovski” Street, floor 2, office 4, 9000 Varna,Bulgaria |
| Type of business or sector | Translation and Legalisation |
| Dates | 1.03.2005 – the present |
| Occupation or position held | Teacher; (owner and manager) |
| Main activities and responsibilities | Teaching English as a Foreign Language and English for Specific Purposes – preparation of students for TOEFL, IELTS, FCE, CAE, CPE |
| Name and address of employer | “Feniks EM” OOD, 4 “Georgi Rakovski” Street, floor 2, office 4, 9000 Varna,Bulgaria |
| Type of business or sector | Language Teaching |
| Dates | 2006 – the present |
| Occupation or position held | Writer |
| Main activities and responsibilities | Creative writing of prose – essays, articles; Content writing of webpages – translation business, language issues, tourist sites; Blog post writing – humanity issues, everyday psychology, popular social and political reviews – not strictly scientific |
| Name and address of employer | http://phoenix-em.comhttp://bg-zabelejitelnosti.comhttp://phoenix-em.com/phoenix/http://phoenix-em.com/mariyakoleva
blogs which are kept private creative pieces |
| Type of business or sector | Writing |
| Dates | 1.09.1997 – the present |
| Occupation or position held | Freelance Translator |
| Main activities and responsibilities | Written translations Bulgarian/English; English/Bulgarian |
| Name and address of employer | Translation agencies:“Steady Translations” OOD – Varna;ET “Era” – Varna;ET “Eclipse” – Varna;
ET “Tradis” – Varna; “Varna Translations” OOD – Varna; “Feniks EM” OOD – Varna; “Stobi DT” EOOD – Sofia; ET “Inart” – Sofia; ET “Transperfect” – Plovdiv, ET “Euro Can” – Plovdiv; ET “Tozalia” – Pleven; “Re Law” OOD – Sofia (Law firm) Broadcast Translations and Conversions LLC of 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958, Country of Sussex, USA Alkemist o.o.d. Translation Agency – Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Type of business or sector | Translation |
| Spheres of translation | General Business and Legal– Contracts, Declarations, Powers of Attorney, Company Correspondence, Notary/Title DeedsFinancial and Accounting– Annual Financial Statements, Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Statements, Equity Reports, Cash Flow StatementsEngineering– Manuals, Operation Instructions, Technical Specifications, Quantity and Value Bills: Automotive, Printing, Photo, Flooring Production, Conveyor Belts, Wind Power Plants, Construction, etc.General Medical, Chemistry and Pharmacy– Medical Reports, Indications, Statements
Quality Management Systems – Manuals, Instructions, Data Sheets, Agricultural Protection Substances – Data Sheets General – Diplomas, Certificates, Qualification Papers, Correspondence, Journals Official Documents – Birth/Death/Marriage/Family Status/Court Certificates Fiction – Horror Stories, Fantasy Subtitles to Popular Science Films on History Channel – Crime and Investigation, Ancient Monsters, Ancient Civilisations, Modern Marvels, Cities of the Underworld |
| Dates | 1998-2004 |
| Occupation or position held | Lecturer in English language |
| Main activities and responsibilities | Teaching English language to university students majoring in Economics |
| Name and address of employer | Varna Free University, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria; part-time position |
| Type of business or sector | Education |
| Dates | 1998-2004 |
| Occupation or position held | Assistant-lecturer in Practical English language and English Literature |
| Main activities and responsibilities | Teaching practical seminars in translation, effective writing, and English literature (Victorian and modern age) to university students majoring in English Philology |
| Name and address of employer | Shumen University “Ep. Konstantin Preslavski”, 9700Shumen, Bulgaria; |
| Type of business or sector | Education |
| Dates | 1.02.1998 – 1.06.1998 |
| Occupation or position held | Lecturer in English language |
| Main activities and responsibilities | Teaching English language to university students majoring in Economics |
| Name and address of employer | University of Economics, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria |
| Type of business or sector | Education |
| Dates | 1.09.1997 – 31.01.1998 |
| Occupation or position held | Translator (and Office Assistant) |
| Main activities and responsibilities | Written translations Bulgarian/English; English/Bulgarian
Office assistance, events planning and organisation; Book keeping; Telephone communication, Business communication, Customer Service |
| Name and address of employer | Steady translations EOOD, 9000 Varna,Bulgaria |
| Type of business or sector | Translation and Legalisation |
| Education and training | |
| Dates | 2011-2013 |
| Title of qualification awarded | M.Sc. in Work and Organizational Psychology |
| Principal subjects/occupational skills covered | Social Psychology, Economic Psychology, Organizational Behaviour, HR Management, The Manager as an Organizational Leader, Professional Ethics, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Development and Change Management, Advertisement Psychology, Consumers’ Behaviour, Organizational Culture, Work Psychology, Group Dynamics, Legal Aspects of HR Management, Business Mediation and Conflict Management, Measuring and Methods in the Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Integrated Marketing Communications, Verbal and Non-verbal Communications, Career Planning and Development, Organizational Theories |
| Name and type of organisation providing education and training | Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Level in national or international classification | M.Sc. |
| Dates | 1992-1997 |
| Title of qualification awarded | M.A. in English Philology (English Language and Literature) |
| Principal subjects/occupational skills covered | English Language and Literature – Practical English language – Translation (En>Bul/Bul>En), Effective Writing, Reading and Listening Comprehension, Grammar, Practical Phonetics, Conversation; Theoretical Linguistics (Phonetics and Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Lexicology, Text Linguistics), Theory and History of Literature; Cultural History of the USA and Great Britain; American and English Literature; Pedagogy; General Psychology; Methodology of Foreign Language Teaching; Pedagogical Practical Experience – one school term secondary teaching |
| Name and type of organisation providing education and training | Shumen University “Ep. Konstantin Preslavski”, 9700 Shumen, Bulgaria |
| Level in national or international classification | M.A. |
| Personal skills and competences | |
| Social skills | Able to work in a creative and relaxed environment – due to my personal creative attitude;Easy-going, tolerant and patient – due to my long teaching experience;Extremely good peacemaker and mediator during conflicts;Strict at meeting deadlines and keeping the professional tone at work |
| Computer literacy | All word processing applications, including classic typewriter. Fast typist, both in Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. Certified typist in Cyrillic alphabet.Microsoft Office Applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint;Open Office Applications;Adobe Acrobat Reader;
Translation Software – TRADOS; |
| Creative skills | Excellent linguistic skills – in terms of grammar, style and register;Excellent poetic sense – able to create poems on prompts, both serious and funny, short or longer, as needed;Excellent writing skills – able to compose short witty phrases that sound like proverbsApart from literature and writing, music and dance are my other passions and I am able to write lyrics to music |
| Language skills | |
| Mother tongue(s) | Bulgarian |
| Other language(s) | |
| English | Fluent |
| Spanish | Fair conversational level |
| German, Dutch | Basic |
| Additional information | |
| Academic work | Theses:1997: Master Thesis: The Relation between Cdntre and Periphery in The Giaour by Lord ByronDefended with honours2000-2005: PhD programme in English Literature; thesis: Social Regulations and Degeneration in the Late Victorian Popular Fiction: Pirates, Spies and Vampires; not defendedPapers presented at conferences:
1999: The Concepts of Love and Hate in The Giaour by Lord Byron – Conference in Ruse University; published 2000: Issues of Colonialism in H. R. Haggard‘s Adventure Novels –The Literary Anti-Conference in the University of Constanta, Romania, organised by the British Council 2001, March: Reverse Colonisation: the Advantages of Inhabiting the Periphery: the case of Dracula – Conference in English and American Studies at the University of Iasi, Romania; published 2001, April: The Quest for the Self Among the Others: The Lost World by A.C. Doyle and Treasure Islandby R.L. Stevenson – Conference in English and American Studies organised by the British Council – Voneshta Voda, Bulgaria 2001, May: Visions of the Other in Allan Quatermain by H. R. Haggard – Conference in English and American Studies at the University of Timisoara, Romania; published 2001, October: Gradation of Otherness in King Solomon’s Mines, She and Allan Quatermain by H. R. Haggard – Conference at the Shumen University, Bulgaria Seminars in Teaching Literature at Tertiary Level: 2000, March: 1st Annual Seminar of the British Council – Boyana, Bulgaria 2001, March: 2nd Annual Seminar of the British Council – Boyana, Bulgaria |
| Creative work | November 2010: Winner at NaNoWriMo (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user%252F678423) – an international web-based novel writing event organised by the Office of Letters and Lights; novel titleOrange Lemonpie of the First-Year StarsNovember 2010: November Poem-a-Day Chapbook Challenge (http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/2010/09/24/2010NovemberPADChapbookChallengeRules.aspx) – an international web-based event organised by the Poetic Asides blog of the Writer’s Digest MagazineApril 2011: Participant at NaPoWriMo – an international web-based 30-day poetic challengeNovember 2011: NaNoWriMo – working title Lily in the Moonlight |
