Name                                     David James Mossop BA MA

Date of birth                          11.05.61

Tel:                                         01946 825843 (UK) (BG mobile +359 885 980220)

E-mail:                                   davidmossop@hotmail.com

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

                       University of Bristol (1979-1984)

                                               Bachelor of Arts 2.1 (Distinction in Spoken Russian)

Institute of Linguists, UK (1988)

Final Diploma in Russian (Distinction)

Institute for Foreign Students, Sofia (1997)

Diploma in Bulgarian Language for Professional Use (Distinction)

University of Sofia (2004)

Diploma in Bulgarian Language (Distinction)

University of Sofia (2006- 2008)

Master of Arts, Bulgarian Philology, Linguistics

Present – PhD student in Linguistics and Semantics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

(Bulgarian Language in the Context of Global Ideology and Discourse – Lexical and Discourse Semantics)

Knowledge of languages

                                               •          English (mother tongue)

•         Bulgarian (language of habitual use)

•         Russian (fluent for all purposes)

•         French (fluent for all purposes)

•         Macedonian (very good)

•         Turkish (good)

•         Serbian, Croatian (good)

WORK EXPERIENCE

July 2010                                Consulting representative for Crown Agents, Bulgaria. (part time)

                                                Freelance interpreter, translator, consultant.

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Oct 1999- June 2010              Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, St. Nicholas House, St. Nicholas Rd. Sutton, Surrey, UK                                            

Bulgaria Country Representative

·        Coordinating all interpreting and translation needs for 30 million Euro Bulgarian Customs Reform and Modernisation programme

·        High level and confidential interpretation – Customs, Police, Council of Ministers

·        Appointment and management of local Bulgarian staff

1996-1999                               Freelance Interpreter and Translator: projects and clients including:

·        CNN, production assistant and interpretation during parliamentary and economic crisis Jan-March 1997

·        National Power (UK) Feasibility Studies for privatisation and concession of Bulgarian thermal power plants

·        Ministry of Defence UK, interpretation for high-level reform programme of Defence accounting

·        Bulgarian National Television

1995-6                                     British Petroleum Production and Exploration, Gubkinski Camp, Siberia

·        Provision of interpretation and translation for BP Production Director

·        Coordination and management of local interpreting and translation staff.

1991-1995                                                              British Council, Bulgaria

English Language Teacher

1988-1990                                                              University of Bristol

Lecturer in Russian Language

Literary translations:

2009    Мастиленият лабиринт, Ludmila Filipova (400pp), Parchment Maze (Bulgarian – English)

2008    Убийте скитник, Христо Христов – Kill the Wanderer – Hristo Hristov, (400pp). Investigations into the murder of Georgi Markov.

2008    Насаме с истината – Виолета Драганова – Alone with the Truth – Violeta Draganova (200pp)

2006    Aрхетипът – Александър Градинаров – Archetype – Alexander Gradinaraov (300pp)

2004    Острие в здрача – Андрей Дженев – A Blade in the Dark – Andrei Dzhenev

2001    Любомир Левчев – Ти си следващият (400pp)

Translations of plays (by author)

                                               Hristo Boytchev        The Titanic Orchestra

                                                                                  The Colonel’s Wife

                                                                                  The Underground Man

                                               Ivan Kulekov             Two Beers

                                               Stefan Tsanev           The Last Night of Socrates

A Banquet in the time of Famine

                                               Nedyalko Iordanov   The Murder of Gonzago

                                               Georgi Markov         Archangel Michael

                                               Yana Dobreva           Blackcurrant Silence

                                               Ina Bozhidarova        Saxophone

                                               Iuri Dachev                A Pension for Dogs

                                               Keva Apostolova       Pergamon

                                               Boyan Papazov          Praying with Fleas

                                               Rumen Shomov         The Dove

Film     Screenplays

Georgi Markov, Docho Bodzhakov                        Women of Warsaw

            Valo Radev, Iordan Radichkov                   January

                                               Andrei Slabakov        River of Life, Hindemit

                                               Dimitar Mitkovski    Mission London

                                               Kamen Kalev            Eastern Plays

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