Nikoleta Karyda

Experience

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  Greek Institute of Transportation

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  Researcher

  I collected and assessed data using questionnaires addressed to the public that was commuting by train. Questionnaires regarded recent developments in Greek transportation facilities. I used persuasive language and people skills to talk commuters into answering the questionnaires and providing their feedback.

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  Private Tutoring

  Sept 2006 - now

  Teacher of English and Greek as Second/Foreign Languages

  • Language courses to adult, teenage and young students from Junior up to Proficiency level classes.• Teaching Philosophy: Communicative language courses taught by combining current approaches in language teaching with a special emphasis on computer assisted learning.

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  University of Macedonia, Pilot High School.

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2008

  Trainee Teacher

  • Guided teaching practice that included 2 hours of observed teaching per week, designation of lesson plans and material development. Total: 10 hours of observed teaching practice for class B. Level: Advanced. • Assessment: A portfolio of lesson plans and a paper on teaching practice. I was marked with 9 out of 10 for my overall performance on the course.

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  Private Language Schools

  Apr 2008 - Jan 2015

  EFL Teacher

  As an English Language teacher in the Greek foreign language industry I delivered private and classroom courses and I taught students with a major goal being their preparation for foreign language exams (Cambridge, Michigan, City and Guilds). I was in charge of learners ranging from 7 years to adolescents and also adults. Main responsibilities, apart from delivery included classroom management and organisation, were to keep student records and perform administrative tasks.In addition, I had to deliver presentations on student performance and school methodology to student guardians. I also developed conflict resolution, team animator as well as leadership skills to ensure success on learner performance. Last, I was also in charge of preparing small theatrical performances. Show less

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  Freelance

  Sept 2010 - now

  English<>Greek translator, transcreator and proofreader.

  Experienced in:• translating certificates, contracts, diplomas, specialized texts, immigration documents, articles, financial and general texts mainly from English to Greek but also Greek to English. • editing texts and subtitles using CAT software.• evaluation of textual features, identification of linguistic problems and suggestion of suitable solutions. • working with culture specific terms and handling complex language nuances.• paraphrasing creatively and adhering to strict character limitations as imposed by subtitling and localization guidelines. • recording transcripts, transliteration following ISO standards and developing glossaries.Ongoing collaboration: Desknet, Audioprojects Barcelona, Agoda, Sfera Studios.Main translation projects:October 2016Interlingua-Translation of the poetry collection “The Poetics of the Similar”.August 2016-September 2016Lionbridge-Computational Linguistics and QAApril 2014 In-Edit Festival. Olympion, Thessaloniki.-Translation of the film “The Tragic Genius of James Booker” from English to Greek.October 2013Panorama of European Cinema. -Translation of film texts for the festival site.August – September 2013Thessaloniki 15th LGBTQ Film Festival-Subtitling, cueing and proofreading of 300 minutes of video from English to Greek-Terminology: Cultural studies, sociology and slang. Show less

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  The Department of English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University.

  Sept 2010 - Feb 2011

  Assistant

  Student assistance and IT room supervision. Record keeping and various entry listings (film cataloguing, student records) as assigned by the department.

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  Coast Line Tours

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Assistant/Translator/Commercial Correspondence Writer

  • Translation and writing of commercial correspondence mainly from Greek to English• Interpretation – Communication between the office’s owner and tourists. • Costumer Service: Ticket booking and information concerning the island• Social Media Manager: Proposed the creation of the office’s social media pages for promotional reasons which I fully moderated until my departure.

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  Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2013

  Translator/Subtitler

  -Subtitling, cueing, transcription and proofreading of more than 450 minutes of video from English to Greek and Greek to English for the exhibitions "It’s the Political Economy Stupid", "Places of Memory-Fields of Vision" and "I Have a Dream".-Terminology: Financial and Economic, History, Slang-idioms, Specialized, Literature, Cultural studies, Art.

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  Subtitling

  Jun 2016 - now

  Translator/Subtitler

  Subtitler, translator and quality assurance for Netflix, iTunes and 20th Century Fox.

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  EDIT-PLACE

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2019

  Creative Content Writer

  Original creation of engaging content and copy for a major fashion brand and raising brand awareness following the company’s content strategy.SEO-oriented content marketing for a major fashion brand and a tourist company.Translation of content from English to Greek.