Lola Olga Teale

ESL TEACHING

·         2011/2012 - English courses at the library in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina (from basic to high-intermediate)

.         2010/2011 - English courses for shop-keepers (level A2)  in collaboration with the Municipality of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina (PI), Italy.

·         2010/2011- pre-intermediate English course and English conversation.

·         2009 / 2010 - English courses for shop-keepers and beginners in collaboration with the Municipality of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina (PI), Italy.

·        March- June 2009: English course at the Fumarola Cultural Association in Sasso Pisano (PI), Italy.

TRANSLATION WORKS Italian > English
 

·        2009 up to date: translations for Volterratur (Tourist Board in Volterra).

·        2009 up to date:  translations for the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra.

·        2009 up to date: translation for  Teleadarte (www.teleadarte.com)

.        2008 up to date : translations for the artist Gloria Campriani (www.gloriacampriani.com)  

·        2007 up to date: translations for Pacini Editore (Pisa).  A few titles: An Illustrated History of Florence by Franco Cardini (2007) - introduction, last chapter, captions and proofreading; A Short History of San Giovanni Valdarno by Franco Cardini (2007), An Illustrated History of Siena (2008) by Giuliano Catoni e Gabriella Piccinni, e An Introduction to the Province of Massa Carrara (2008) - part of the Italian book: “Massa Carrara, territorio antico provincia moderna” sponsored by the Camera di Commercio of Massa Carrara. Further An Illustrated History of Venice and A Short History of Pienza. 2010 : A Short History of Perugia, An Illustrated History of Pisa (from p.178 to p.304 and captions), and An Illsutrated History of Perugia.         

.    2010: translation of the Italian essay “Neighbourhood, rumors and reputation: a piece of judiciary history (Prato, 1299)” by Roberta Mucciarelli (University of Siena)  

.    January 2010 - June 2010: translation and editing of the English abstracts of the Bullettino Senese di Storia Patria.  

.     February 2009: translation of the PRIN entitled "Tuscan Merchants Abroad" for the Medieval History Dept. of the University of Siena.

·        March- June 2009: English translation of the website, press release, panels and brochures of the art exhibition entitled "Pietro Candido - Pieter de Witte. A 16th century painter in Volterra and Munich".

.        January 2009: translation of the travel catalogue - "Emozioni Toscane"  - by Emozioni Toscane tour operator.      

·        2006 – 2008: translations for the wine & food web-zine www.acquabuona.com.

·        Spring- Summer 2008: English translation of “Quartiere S. Martino”, “Quartiere S. Antonio” and “Quartiere San Francesco” in Pisa published on the following website www.mercatorproject.eu (Mercator European Project) .

·        May 2007: Englis translation of the Accademia degli Intronati di Siena website.

·        June 2006: English translation of the Italian essay Controllo e gestione delle acque nell’Italia preindustriale (XIII-XVII secolo) by Reader Duccio Balestracci in the University of Siena.

·        2005 - 2007 translations for the bilingual wine & food magazine "I Grandi Vini".

TRANSLATION WORKS English > Italian

·        2011: a volume about the architect Giovanni Antonio Dosio, Edifir Publishing House (not yet published)

.        2010: “Where Land and Sea Meet” NaGISA Activity Book by Kirsten Carlson

·        2009: four short essays included in the book “Sognando il marmo. Cultura e commercio del marmo tra Carrara, Gran Bretagna e Impero. (1820-1920 circa)” by Sandra Berresford.

INTERPRETING English <> Italian

·        2009: interpreter for the writer Titania Hardie in Volterra.

·        2008: interpreter during the Child Protection and Domestic Violence Seminar (Sara Barratt) at the Institute of Family Therapy in Siena.

COPYWRITING AND CREATIVE WRITING

·        2005 up to date - my articles and short stories have been published on the following website, www.acquabuona.it
 

STAGE
 

·        2004 stage as a copywriter and English translator at the wine & food magazine “I Grandi Vini”.

MY OWN BOOKS PUBLISHED

·        2003: historical novel "Incanti nella Valle del Diavolo" Betti Publishing House (Italian language)

·        2005: collection of short stories "Allucinazioni Quotidiane" Lampi di Stampa Publishing House (Italian Language)
 

STUDIES

·        May 2011: TESOL + TEYL certificates

·        June 2010: Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English

·        2010: TEFL certificate

·        2009: Online Summer School organized by the European School of Translation (www.e-schooloftranslation.org)

·        2004: Master in "Arte di Scrivere (Creative Writing)" at the University of Siena

·        2002: diploma di laurea (degree) in Contemporary History at the University of Siena, 108/110

·        1997: diploma di maturità (baccalaureate) at the Liceo Classico Statale "E.S. Piccolomini" di Siena, 43/60

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