Kamen Nedev

Kamen Nedev

Personal Details

 December 10th, 1972, Sofia             Nationality: Spanish   +34 649 77 80 37
 c/Toledo 77, 4 Int. B, 28012 Madrid   DNI 71296885-J         kamennedev@gmail.com
 skype: kamennedev


Profile

Madrid-based specialised translator and interpreter with a focus on the Hu-
manities, Contemporary Art and Critical Theory.


Work Experience
 2010

        Major Projects
             • Absolut Lab Madrid. Full Spanish to English translation of web-
               site.
             • Rencontres Internationales Madrid 2010. Spanish to English
               translation of subtitles for the video programme.
             • Various Authors, “Things That Only An Artist Can Do”, (exhi-
               bition catalogue), Marco-Vigo Museum, Vigo, Spain. Full Span-
               ish to English translation.
             • Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid. Spanish to English translation of
               website content.

         • Translation services, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid.
         • Interpreting services, Laptops-R-Us conference, Madrid.
         • Interpreting services, MadridFoto International Photography Fair,
           Madrid.
         • Interpreting services, ARCO International Art Fair, IFEMA, Madrid.
         • Interpreting services, ARTEA Artes Escénicas, Cuenca.
         • Translation and interpreting services, Intermediae-Matadero Art Cen-
          tre, Madrid, Spain.

2009

       Major Projects
            • Marta de Gonzalo and Publio Pérez Prieto, “Más muertas vivas
              que nunca”, (exhibition catalogue), MEIAC Museum, Badajoz,
              Spain.
            • Various Authors, “Juntos acordaron adelantar el oscurecer”, (ex-
              hibition catalogue), Sa Nostra Foundation, Palma de Mallorca,
              Spain.

        • Translation services, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid.
        • Translation services, LABoral Art Centre, Gijón, Spain.
        • Translation services, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid.
        • Translation and interpreting services, Intermediae-Matadero Art Cen-
          tre, Madrid.

2008

       Major projects
            • “La intención”, Marta de Gonzalo and Publio Pérez Prieto (book).
            • “Tragicomedia”, CajaSol Foundation, Seville, Spain (exhibition
              catalogue).

        • Translation and interpreting services, Intermediae-Matadero Art Cen-
          tre, Madrid, Spain.
        • Translation services, Brumaria magazine, Madrid, Spain.
        • Interpreting services, ARTEA Artes Escénicas, Cuenca, Spain.

2007

       Major projects
            • “Cine Infinito / Infinite Cinema”, Virginia Villaplana (exhibi-
              tion catalogue).

        • Translation services, Consorcio de Museos de la Comunidad Valen-
          ciana, Valencia, Spain.
        • Translation services, “Art.es” magazine, Madrid, Spain.

2002-2007

       Major projects
            • “L’increment”, Marta de Gonzalo and Publio Pérez Prieto (eds.),
              (Book), 2005.

        • Translation services, web-site localisation, Liquidación Total inde-
          pendent art space, Madrid.
        • Translation services, Net-translations, Barcelona,Spain.
        • Member of the GNU Spanish Translation Team.
        • (February 2006) Reporter, ARCO magazine, IFEMA, ARCO Con-
          temporary Art Fair, Madrid.
        • (March 2006) Translation services, Intermediae, Madrid.
        • Translation services, “Art.es” magazine, Madrid, Spain.
        • Translation services Fundació Espais per l’Art Contemporani, Girona.
        • Translation services, web-site localisation, consecutive interpreting,
          MediaLabMadrid, Centro Cultural “Conde Duque”, Madrid.
        • Translation services, web-site localisation, consecutive interpreting,
          “Target”, Madrid.
        • Business English Teacher, “Target”, Madrid.
        • Editorial Board Member, “Brumaria” magazine, Madrid.

 2001-2002

        • History of Art Professor, St. Louis University, Madrid Campus.
          Course taught:
          AH301 - Approaching the Arts

 1999-2004

        • Translation services and website localization, MuchoArte, “Librería
          Ubicarte”, Madrid.

 1997-2005

        • Freelance translator and interpreter, specialised in the field of Art
          History, Critical Theory, and Contemporary Art.
        • Business English Teacher, “Target”, “Euro-Language Consultants”,
          “English Experience”, Madrid.

 1995-1996

        • Business English Teacher, “Know How Business College”, Burgos.



Academic Qualifications

2003-2004 M.Phil. Courses, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
     (UNED).
     Tutor: Dra. Sagrario Aznar Almazán.

1997-1999 M.Phil. Courses in the Department of History of Art III (Contempo-
     rary Art), Faculty of Geography and History, Universidad Complutense
     de Madrid.

1996-1997 M.A. (Master of Arts), History of Art Department, University Col-
     lege, London.

1991-1995 B.A., First Class Honours in History of Art and Hispanic Studies,
     University College, London.

1993-1994 “Curso de Estudios Hispánicos” at the Faculty of Geography and
     History, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.



Language Skills

 Fluent English, Spanish, Bulgarian. Working knowledge of French and Rus-
     sian.



Language Pairs

 Spanish-English, English-Spanish, Bulgarian-Spanish, Bulgarian-English.



IT Skills

Operating systems: Windows 3.x, 9x, XP, NET, MacOS 9.x, MacOS X, Linux
    (Debian, Red Hat, Fedora Core), Unix.

Software: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand, Macro-
     media Dreamweaver, Open Office, The Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus, Apple
     Pages, Apple Keynote, Quanta Plus, GNU Emacs, TEX, L TEX, DocBook,
     vi & Vim.

CAT: OmegaT. XLIFF and TMX tools, other translation memory and quality
    assurance software.

Programming Languages: Python, L TEX, Processing, Pure Data/Gem,
    SuperCollider, Perl, Common Lisp, Scheme.
 

• OmegaT
• Open Language Tools
• Windows, Mac, Unix/Linux Platforms, LaTeX, DocBook.