Catherine Joy Gilsenan

NAME:

Catherine Joy Gilsenan (née Ridsdale)

BA Hon   DipRSA  DipTrans  MCIL

ADDRESS:

55 Woodlands Green

Middleton St George

Darlington

Co Durham

DL2 1EE

TELEPHONE:

Home: (01325) 332572        Mobile:  07951093079

EMAIL/WEBSITE:

catherine.gilsenan@yahoo.com / www.catherinegilsenantranslator.co.uk

DATE OF BIRTH:

11/01/62

NATIONALITY:

British

1985 - 1986:

New College, Durham

     Bilingual

     Secretarial

     Course:

Diploma for Bilingual Secretaries (French)

Certificate for Secretarial Linguists (French/Spanish)

Institute of Linguists Final Diploma (French)

Institute of Linguists Final Diploma (Spanish)

BUSINESS SKILLS

TRAINING

Aug 2009

Nov 2007

Jan – Feb 2007

Sept – Dec 2006

(Cert. March 2007)

Level 3 Certificate in Self Employment and Enterprise

NOCN (National Open College Network)

Level 2 Introductory Certificate in Marketing

Chartered Institute of Marketing

Business Planning and Preparation (Translator/Interpreter), Inbiz, Darlington (legal aspects, market research, sales and marketing, financial management, forecasting techniques, record keeping, health & safety)

UCPD Foundations of Enterprise (Enterprising Women – Women into Business), University of Teesside, Teesside Business School. 

2 Assignments: Feasibility Study based on proposed business, and Personal Skills for the Small Business (business law, market research, market strategy, market analysis and evaluation, marketing, finance,  business planning, networking and communication skills, report-writing, self-awareness, reflection and self-evaluation, self-development, time management)

June 2004 –

July 2005

Sessional Interpreter (Spanish- English) for Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust

Jan 2000 –

July 2005

Freelance Translator

Jan 92 – Sep 97

Department of Modern Languages, University of Bradford

Linguist Secretary (Final Year and Graduate Secretary) (Grade 3): Responsible for all administration of the final year student group including registration and the organising and typing of written and oral examinations, organising and servicing Finals Examination Board, corresponding with external examiners with reference to confidential exam scripts; links with graduates after leaving, including setting up a graduate newsletter and updating records; translation work for other departments; servicing various departmental meetings, and acting as secretarial representative at others.

Jan 90 - Dec 91

Freelance Translator

May 88 – Dec 89

Western European Union, London SW1

Bilingual Secretary (Grade 2):  Firstly in the Translating Dept, then responsible to the Committee Secretary for the Defence Representatives Group in the Political Division, entailing a greater involvement in the Organisation, typing a more varied range of documents, liaising with both drafters and translators, and typing, audio-typing and speaking in French.

Apr 87 – Feb 88:

Motion Picture Export Association of America, Wardour St, London

Bilingual Secretary:  Responsible to Deputy Director of European Anti-Piracy Operations.  The Office deals with film and video security and copyright protection.  The position included technical and legal translation from Spanish into English, word-processing, telexing, and other office duties.

Oct 86 – Mar 87:

Cursitor Management, Giltspur St, London

Bilingual Secretary/Receptionist:  Position included translation from both French and Spanish into English.

June 85 - Sep 85

Worked as temporary teacher in a Summer School. Position involved interpreting and translation (French and Spanish).

Oct 84 - May 85

Instituto de Bachillerato Ramón y Cajal, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (Spanish State Secondary School)

Assistant Teacher of English (Central Bureau post).  During this period I also taught in a language school, had private classes, and worked as a freelance translator, translating from Spanish into English.

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT DURING DEGREE STUDIES.  In 1981 I helped run a Pax Christi Hostel in Lourdes, France, where tasks included administration and interpreting.  During the summers 1982 to 1985, I held a number of teaching positions in summer schools in both England and Spain.