Merri Teklic’

 
 EDUCATION

BBA, Human Resources Management 5/2003
Henderson State University, USA
Graduated CUM LAUDE

Administrator 5/1989
Administrative secondary school,
EUBSOC – Split, Croatia


WORK EXPERIENCE

UN ICTY

5/2009 – 3/2011

           War Crimes Justice Project (Sarajevo, BiH)

• Produced verbatim transcripts from the audio or audio visual files, reviewed and revised work of other transcribers
• Contributed to designing standard operating procedures, training manuals and  in-house dictionaries

Computer Systems Support (Den Haag, The Netherlands)

• Prepared physical and electronic witness proofing binders on behalf of the trial teams and based on searches in relevant databases for information pertaining to a specific witness;
• Assisted to the prosecution in ensuring that information in an indictment is correct by comparing the indictment with documents relating to the courts.

           DLI (DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE)

8/2004 – 3/2006

Department for Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian Language, California

            Language Instructor (B/H/S )

• Taught intensive Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian from novice to advanced learners
• Taught geopolitical, economic and social issues in former Yugoslavia
• Counseled students on developing ‘power reading’ and learning skills.

OSCE, UNITED NATIONS, MPRI

6/1996 - 8/1999

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canton 10, Livno

Secretary/Interpreter

• Translated written documents, interpreted at UN press conferences in Livno
• Coordinated and interpreted at meetings between Bosnian officials and  UN officers and the public.

• Translated at office and field trainings NATO Standards to Bosnian Army at Livno and Glamoc training centers 

SKILLS

• Proficient in MS Office Suite
• fluent in Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian
• conversational Italian and Spanish
• fast typing (250 hits per minute)

POSTGRADUATE COURSE
Fellowship in Marketing Communications
IIT - Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA - 3-6/2004



merri.teklic@gmail.com, ++385(0)95/878-7690


 

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