Curriculum Vitae Konstantina Liontou personal information

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   Successful candidate on the reserve list of the EPSO/AD/175/09 - AD 5 Greek - Language Conference Interpreters competition
   
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   Successful candidate in the EPSO/CAST/RELEX/4/08 competition / Profile: FGIV Adviser - Operational Section - Social and Cultural Issues
   

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  Teaching the English language and administering the English culture to Greek Secondary Education pupils
  

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  Teaching of the subject: "Basic Principles of Lexicography"
  

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  Teaching the English language and administering the English culture
  

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  Translation of subtitles for documentary films
  

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  Interpreting theory with particular emphasis on “strategic anticipation” in simultaneous interpreting from German into Greek
  

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  Translation and Interpreting – Working languages: Greek, English, German
  

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  Information Technology and Linguistics
  

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  Linguistics and English literature
  

Certificate of Proficiency in English awarded by the University of Cambridge – C2

Participation in the exams for C2 level certificate scheduled for May 2015

Participation in the exams for C2 level certificate scheduled for May 2015

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  Team spirit gained through work experience as member of multi-disciplinary teams (consisting of teachers, psychologists, sociologists and parents’ representatives)
  
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  Ability to adapt to multicultural environments gained: a) through extended periods of time abroad: 3 years in Austria (PhD student in Vienna), 5 years in Germany (primary school pupil during parents’ transfer to Germany), several stays abroad (Italy, Spain) to attend language courses and b) my participation as a board member of AEGEE-Athina (Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l’ Europe), a European University Student Organisation active in student exchanges and the staging of various types of intercultural events
  
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  High sense of responsibility gained through my professional experience as a secondary and tertiary education teacher
  
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  Experienced in giving presentations to large audiences (participation in various conferences both as a PhD student and as a professional active in Education and Interpreting)
  

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  Sense of organisation (ability to organize classes of 15-40 pupils; supervision of dissertations and guidance of students at the Epirus Institute of Technology)
  
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  Ability to work under pressure (most of my degrees and diplomas were acquired while I was professionally active and thus lacking free time)
  
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  Experience in administrative tasks and prioritizing of duties (necessary skills when active in the context of a Greek secondary school, where no secretaries are employed and teachers are thus charged with administrative tasks, too)
  
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  Familiarity with the drafting of budgets and the organization of events (experience gained as a board member of AEGEE-Athina, Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l’ Europe)
  

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  Facility in learning foreign languages
  

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  Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools
  

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  B
  

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  Afantenos, S., Liontou, K., Salapata, M., Karkaletsis, V., (2005) “An Introduction to the Summarization of Evolving Events: Linear and Non-linear Evolution”. NLUCS, 91-99. http://users.iit.demokritos.gr/~vangelis/PapersKarkaletsis/Papers/Conferences/Afantenos_NLUCS05.pdf
  
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  Liontou, K. (2011) “Strategies in German-to-Greek simultaneous interpreting: a corpus-based approach”. Gramma: Journal of Theory and Criticism, 19, 37-56. http://www.enl.auth.gr/gramma/
  
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  Liontou, K. (2013a) “Anticipation in German-to-Greek simultaneous interpreting: does (erroneous) anticipation influence interpreting quality?”. In García Becerra, O., Pradas Macías, E.M. and Barranco-Droege, R. (eds.): Quality in interpreting: widening the scope, 1. Granada: Editorial Comares, 221-244. http://www.editorialcomares.com/TV/articulo/2769-Quality_in_interpreting:_widening_the_scope_-_volume_1.html
  
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  Liontou, Κ. (2013b) “Rendering collocations in German-Greek simultaneous interpreting”. Ελληνική γλώσσα και Ορολογία, Ανακοινώσεις 9ου Συνεδρίου (Papers of the 9^th Conference on Greek Language and Terminology), 405-415. http://www.eleto.gr/download/Conferences/9th%20Conference/Papers-and-speakers/9th_31-12-17_LiontouKonstantina_Paper_V03.pdf
  
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  Liontou, K. (2014) “Das Simultandolmetschen aus dem Deutschen ins Griechische: Herausforderungen und Antizipation als Überwindungsstrategie”. In Katsaounis, N. & Sidiropoulou, R. (Eds.): Sprachen und Kulturen in (Inter)Aktion, Teil 2, Linguistik, Didaktik, Translationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, 313-324.
  

Conference attendance

Honours and awards

References

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  Liontou, K. (2010) “Anticipation in German-to-Greek Simultaneous Interpreting: A Corpus-Based Approach”. Paper Presentation at the “Sixth International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting”, Manchester, 29-31 October 2010.
  
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  Liontou, K. (2011a) “Anticipation in German-to-Greek simultaneous interpreting: does (erroneous) anticipation influence interpreting quality?”. Paper Presentation at the “Second International Conference on Interpreting Quality”, Almuñecar, Spain, 24-26 March 2011.
  
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  Liontou, K. (2011b) “Οι στρατηγικές της ταυτόχρονης διερμηνείας από τη γερμανική στην ελληνική γλώσσα: ερευνητική προσέγγιση βασισμένη στη μελέτη σώματος διερμηνειών του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου” (Stategies in simultaneous interpreting from German into Greek: a study based on an interpreting corpus recorded at the European Parliament). Paper Presentation at the “Third Meeting of Greek Language Translation Scholars” (Τρίτη Συνάντηση Εργασίας Ελληνόφωνων Μεταφρασεολόγων), Thessaloniki, Greece, 12-14 May 2011.
  
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  Liontou, K. (2011c) “Das Simultandolmetschen aus dem Deutschen ins Griechische: Herausforderungen und Antizipation als Überwindungsstrategie”. Paper Presentation at the Conference «Sprachen und Kulturen in (Inter)aktion» (Languages and Cultures in Interaction), Thessaloniki, Greece, 25-28 May 2011.
  
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  Liontou, K. Cheilaki, A. “ Οι μύθοι του Αισώπου και η μεταφορά τους στην Εικονική Πραγματικότητα” (The Fables of Aesop and their Transfer to Virtual Reality). Paper Presentation at the 1st Panhellenic Conference on E-twinning, Patras, Greece, 14-16 November 2014.
  

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  “International Linguistics Conference Reviewing Linguistic thought: Perspectives into the 21st Century”, organised by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (U.O.A.), Faculty of English Studies, Athens, Greece, 21-24 May 2002
  
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  “Traduzione, Interpretazione e Linguaggi Specialistici”, organised by the University of Macerata (Università degli Studi di Macerata Dipartimento di ricerca linguistica, letteraria e filologica), Macerata, Italy, 1-2 February2008.
  

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  Scholarship for studies in translation and interpreting awarded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation ("I.K.Y.") after successful participation in a written competition
  

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  Available upon request
  

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  Preferably September 2018 (an earlier date can be discussed especially if this influences the awarding of a contract)
  

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  Copies of degrees and qualifications
  
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  Testimonial of employment or work placement
  
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  Publications or research