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 1 job(s) posted by Edward Gauvin
TCTerms Score: 13 
Contact Information |  TOP |
Address: 381 Broad St. Apt. 2008, Newark, NJ 07104, United States
Phone: 408-772-3927 Joined: June 22, 2004, last update Dec. 23, 2007  Preferred E-mail of Edward Gauvin: send a messageWebsite: http://twinkiethekid.wordpress.com/translations
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Language locales: English - United States
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Editing, Proofreading, Translation Specialization | TOP |
Business and Economics, Literature and Criticism, Film & Media, Graphic Novels, Theatre Subject Areas | TOP |
Broadcast Journalism, Business Administration and Management, Business General, Business Marketing, Computer and Information Sciences, Film and Cinema Studies, General, Law and Legal, Literature, Photography, Theatre, Tourism and Travel, Visual and Performing Arts
Awards
AMERICAN LITERARY TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION
2007 Young Translators Fellowship
FRENCH INSTITUTE / Alliance Française (FIAF)
1st Prize 2004 National Essay Contest
Education
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, Taipei, Taiwan
Mandarin Language Center certificate
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Writers’ Workshop, Iowa City, IA,
M.F.A. English, Graduate Merit Fellowship, GPA 4.0
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA
B.A. Cinema-Television, cum laude, GPA 3.6, Deans’ Scholar Award
Edward G. Moses Undergraduate Fiction Prize, Golden Key National Honor Society, National Merit Scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, Edinburgh, Scotland
Studies in English and Scottish Literature
Selected Publications
First Second Books :01, New York (www.firstsecondbooks.com)
* Tiny Tyrant, by Lewis Trondheim &Fabrice Parme (Spring 2007)
* Sardine in Outer Space 4, by Emmanuel Guibert & Joann Sfar (Fall 2007)
* Sardine in Outer Space 5, by Emmanuel Guibert (Spring 2008)
* Three Shadows, by Cyril Pedrosa (Spring 2008)
* Kaput and Zosky, by Lewis Trondheim, (Spring 2008)
Cultural Services of the French Ministry of Culture, London (www.frenchbooknews.com)
* “The Child Soldier in Africa: A Historical Perspective”, by Jean-Hervé Jézéquel
Les Assises Internationales du roman, Villa Gilet, Lyon, France
* "What Daughter? What Father?", by Christophe Honore
Archaia Studios Press, LLP, New Jersey (www.archaiasp.com)
* Okko, by Hub (ongoing bimonthly comics series)
* The Secret History, by Jean-Pierre Pecau et. al. (ongoing bimonthly comics series)
* The Killer, by Matz & Jacamon (ongoing bimonthly comics series)
To My American Readers, a magazine of New French Writing for the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature 2006, with Villa Gillet and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy
* "The Novels of a New Century", by Dominique Viart
* "How to Translate a French Writer", by Fabienne Dumontet
AGNI Online (www.agni.bu.edu)
* “Une vie en papier”, by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
Words Without Borders (www.wordswithoutborders.org)
* “Le Courtier Delaunay”, by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, November 2005
* "Cap Corse" by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, April 2006
* "La Bombe Familiale", by David B., February 2007
* "Les Pharaons d'Egypte", by Florent Ruppert & Jerome Mulot, February 2007
Paquet, Geneva, Switzerland
* Pin-Up Wings, by Romain Hugault (March 2007)
* Betty Blues, by Renaud Dillies (July 2007)
Éditions Zulma (www.zulma.fr)
* “Le Courtier Delaunay”, excerpted in the publisher’s 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair Catalogue
Talk Miramax Books, New York, NY
* A Strange Kind of Freedom, Malika Oufkir (October 2007), uncredited
IBooks, New York , NY
* Penguins on Ice, by Sergio Salma & Benoît Bekaert (November 2005)
* Blacksad: The Sketch Files, by Juan Diaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido (August 2005)
French Institute - Alliance Française (FIAF), New York, NY
* Speech on Haitian history given by Haitian author Jean Métellus
International Writing Program, Iowa City, IA
* Translated and adapted the Rwandan play Butera Bwa Bugabo by Jean-Marie V. Rurungwa
Selected Experience
Literary Agent
French Publishers’ Agency, New York, NY
* Read & evaluated French titles; prepared project pitches & submissions to US publishers nationwide
Interpreter
Geneva Worldwide, New York, NY
* Administrative court, child services, welfare, & disability interpreter, French and Mandarin
Freelance Writer and Editor
Hepco Tours, Inc. Full-Service Travel Wholesaler & Tour Operator, New York, NY
* Client contact in written and spoken French; internet research, preparation, & translation of itinerary proposals
Iowa City, IA
* Adapted a screenplay from an existing novel for DLP, Inc.; edited & proofread children’s books for SOBOLE, Inc.
University of Iowa Communications, Iowa City, IA
* Wrote & researched press releases for all museum exhibitions & special arts events.
English Teacher
The Jules Verne University of Picardy, Faculty of Economics and Management, Amiens, France
* Freshman & Sophomore level language courses with special focus on Economics & Business vocabulary
* Solely responsible for design & implementation of course content: choice of texts & exercises, presentation & examinations
University of Iowa, Department of English, Iowa City, IA
* Introductory literature appreciation course; responsible for course content, choice of materials, assignments, & tests
On-Site Disaster Relief Volunteer
American Red Cross, New Orleans, LA
* ERV mobile feeding, internal courier service, transportation office logistics
- PowerPoint
- Word, Microsoft and Open Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Mozilla/Firefox, Explorer, Access, Outlook/Express, Netscape, Acrobat Reader/Viewer, Eudora, ACDSee, Hachette Oxford Dictionary
Platform & Hardware | TOP |
IBM, Mac Accreditations | TOP |
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, Taipei, Taiwan
Mandarin Language Center,
Master of Fine Arts, English, University of Iowa (Writer's Workshop)
French Institute / Alliance Française (FIAF), 1st prize 2004 National Essay Contest American Literary Translators Association, 2007 Young Translators Fellowship
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