CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

NAME:  Adina Ardelean

NATIONALITY: Romanian

CITIZENSHIP: Romanian

TELEPHONE: +40766417206

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

2004-2006 - Master Courses in Canadian Studies (English & French) – North University, Baia Mare / Field of studies: foreign languages, translation, multiculturalism / (Research thesis about the Spirituality of aboriginal people from Canada)

1999-2003 -North University, Baia-Mare - Faculty of Letters – Applied Foreign Languages (English & French / Field of studies: foreign languages, translation and interpretation)

1993-1998 - Pedagogic High-School-Sighetu Marmatiei  / Field of studies: education

SCHOLAR ACHIEVEMENTS:

1996 - Diploma of participation at the National Contest of Psychology and Pedagogy – Tg. Jiu

1997 - Publication of poems in Romanian language in the regional daily newspaper The Voice of Maramures

1997 - Mention diploma at the National Contest of Psychology and Pedagogy – Constanta

1998 - Mention diploma at the National Contest of Psychology and Pedagogy – Cluj Napoca

2002 - 1^st place at the annual papers session – North University, Baia Mare

(Canadian Studies – in English Language)

2003 - 3^rd place at the annual Canadian Speech Contest (in English language)

2006 - Participant at the 2^nd International Unconventional Meeting of  Young Canadianists with the paper Shamanism - Part of Canada’s Aboriginal People Religion / Le Chamanisme – partie de la religion des peuples aborigènes du Canada-PPT presentation(2-5 March 2006)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1992-1994 - Summer holidays in Italy (volunteer in the Christian Association of Communione Liberazione from Udine)

1994-1998 - During summer holidays – baby sitter in France (Alsace) & private French lessons

1998-1999 - Romanian teacher at Kindergarten of Mara (Department of Maramures)

1999-present - Romanian teacher at Kindergarten no.36, Baia Mare

(Beside my teacher role I am in charge of international projects and partnerships, translations and interpretations for foreign visitors and sponsors)

1999-present - Teacher of English at Kindergarten no.36, Baia Mare

 (Private lessons of English and French for children and adults (5 -37 years old))

2000           - Definitive degree as a teacher

2002           - Volunteering and training courses (in English language) at HHC (Hope and Home for Children – UK - non governmental organization) – Baia Mare

2003           - Certified as sworn translator and interpreter by The Romanian Ministry of Justice for the following languages: Romanian English and French

2002-2005 -Translator and interpreter (summer time job) at the tourism pension  A.F.Petreus from the saline Ocna Sugatag – interpreter for groups of tourists of different nationalities (French, Swiss, English, German and Italian)

2006       -English teacher for young learners – teaching training offered by International    House from Bucharest having as purpose a part-time collaboration

2005-present – Freelance translator and interpreter (legal documents, literature (poems, stories), film subtitles, advertising, history, chemistry, biology, tourism and travel)

 

 

LANGUAGES:  Mother tongue: Romanian

English and French (excellent), Italian (good knowledge)

 

PUBLICATIONS:

2001-present - Articles for the educational magazines and newspapers (subject – pre-primary education - teaching methods, multimedia in education, didactic papers & materials – in Romanian language)

2002 - Indian Legends of Canada- essay published in the monthly magazine issued by the North University from Baia Mare (no.2070/April/2002)

2003 – Maramures’ county – a touristic attraction in Romania (CD)- translations of  texts in English and French (region’s description and history, advertising, photo comments) 

2003 - Amerindian Shamanism/Chamanisme Amerindien – Nord Literar no. 2081/ March/2003)

2006 - Margaret Attwood’s poems (True Stories volume) translated into Romanian for the monthly magazine Nord Literar (no2120/ 5^th March/2006)

2006 - Shamanism – part of Canada’s aboriginal peoples religion (in English and French) – essay published in the Journal of Young Canadianists – Proceedings (published in Canada on December 2006)

OTHER INFORMATION: PC knowledge (Word, Excel, PPT), driving licence

HOBBY: landscape pictures, driving, reading, tourism, interpreting