Bjorn Candel

Curriculum Vitae

Bjorn Candel (Mr)

Address: Department of English, Nizwa College of Applied Science,

P O Box 699, Nizwa 611, Oman

Tel: +44 7832 199778

Nationality: Swedish

Personal Profile

MA in Translation (distinction: 77%) at the University of Surrey, UK. Also, language graduate and DELTA qualified English Language Teacher with over ten years of full-time EFL experience, primarily in the Middle East. Most recent teaching post: English Language Lecturer (incl. EAP and CALL) at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Work Experience

July 2005 -                                 Freelance Translator. London, UK. Website at: www.candel.co.uk.

                                                Recent translation jobs include:

·         Car manuals issued by major Japanese car maker (62,000 words)

·         Manuals & websites for printers, scanners & photocopiers (40,000 words)

·         Website for major Japanese car maker (22,500 words)

·         Policies & Procedures for US-based MLM (9,000 words)

·         User's manual for a chainsaw (5,600 words)

·         Proofreading and checking  – IT , Automotive, Nutritional and Online Poker (195,000 words)                                     

Sept 2002 - June 2004                English Language Lecturer/CALL Coordinator. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.                    

April 1995 - Sept 2002               English Language Teacher/Senior Teacher. International House at Wroclaw, Poland, and Cairo, Egypt (except for an eight months' break in the UK in 1999).

Aug 1993 - Dec 1994                 English Language Teacher. KomVux College of Further Education, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.

May 1993 - Aug 1993                 Home Carer. Örnsköldsvik's Local Council, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.

May 1982 - May 1993                Volunteer Worker, YWAM UK, England.

Aug 1981 - May 1982                 Youth Worker. Saima Recreational Centre, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden.

Education

• MA in Translation with Distinction. University of Surrey (Sept 2005).
  • Modules in technical, legal and economic translation
  • Overall final grade: 77.4% (distinction)
  • Dissertation: Conceptual metaphors in media reporting and rhetoric. Grade: 85%
• BA English and Spanish. University of South Africa (Nov 1997).
• Teacher's Certificate for Infant and Nursery Education (Swedish QTS). Härnösand College, Härnösand, Sweden (June 1981).
• A-levels (Science Programme). Ådalsskolan Upper-Secondary School, Kramfors, Sweden (June 1977)

Other Professional Training

• RSA/Cambridge DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults). British Council/IH, Cairo, Egypt (June 2001).
• RSA/Cambridge CTEFLA (Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults). Thames Valley University, London (Feb 1995).
• Introduction to WebCT. KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA (Oct 2003).
• Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL-SQL. KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA (Dec 2003).
• RSA CLAIT (Word, Excel and Access). County Training Group, Luton, England. (Feb 1999).

Other Current Studies

• Short Story Writing. London School of Journalism.

Significant Academic Achievements

• MA in Translation at the University of Surrey (UniS): Distinction – 77%
• MA dissertation – Metaphors in media reporting and rhetoric – 85%
• BA degree from University of South Africa – 70%
• Translation dossier at UniS – modules and grades:
  • Technical translation (English into Swedish): 76%
  • Economic translation (English into Swedish and Swedish into English): 74%
  • Legal translation (English into Swedish): 75%.
• Trados MultiTerm terminology project at UniS – Financial Instruments: 73%
• Translation theory essay at UniS – Issues of Untranslatability: 80%

EFL Professional Skills & Achievements

• Designing, building and managing a CALL web site, including designing interactive student practice activities, setting up mp3-based listening tasks and managing a teachers' resource area.
• Syllabus design/running a number of courses in English for Banking, Marketing and Computers.
• Teaching English for Academic Purposes, English for Technology and Science, Business English, Conversation Classes and FCE.
• Extensive placement testing/testing oral proficiency.
• Running workshops and giving input sessions to teachers, both in-house and for the local EFL community.

Other Skills and Interests

Computers:       Competent user: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and FrontPage. Professional packages: Trados Workbench and MultiTerm. Basic programming skills in HTML.

Languages:        Swedish: Mother tongue. English: Language of habitual use since 1982. Spanish: Upper Intermediate. Egyptian Colloquial Arabic: Elementary/Pre-Intermediate.

Interests:            Literature, drama, theatre, film, music, running, travelling, computers, web design.

Referees

Details available on request.