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Daniel Gwire Curriculum Vitae

16 Springfield Date of Birth: 16/01/60 London E5 9EF Marital Status: Single Nationality: British Health: Excellent

Tel: 07740 705168 Fax: 020 8806 7215 E-mail: [email protected] (primary)/[email protected] (secondary)

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

1977 GCSE, Adisadel College, Ghana - Maths, English, History, Biology, Geography, Economics, French 1979 A Levels, Adisadel College, Ghana - French, History, English 1985 French - Bennington College, Vermont, USA 1987 French - Princeton University, New Jersey, USA 1994 French Diploma in Translation - Institute of Linguists, London 1995 Italian Diploma in Translation - Institute of Linguists, London 1996 German Diploma in Translation - Institute of Linguists, London 1996 Spanish Diploma in Translation - Institute of Linguists, London Additional languages - Russian and Portuguese

EMPLOYMENT

1987-90 Rights Assistant - Writers House, New York Drew up foreign rights contracts for international authors

1990-92 Market Researcher - Research Services Ltd, London Conducted household surveys in London

1992-1996 Study Centre Coordinator - Kensington & Chelsea College, London Ran library and computer centre

1996-99 Assistant Manager - Specialist Machine Tools Company, Accra, Ghana Helped run family firm. Translated correspondence in French and Italian, technical and financial documents from German, Italian, Spanish and French October, 1999 - Freelance translator While specialising in financial and business documents has also translated legal, medical and technical documents from French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German and Russian for agencies including Mother Tongue, Total Translation Co, Eureco, Power Business Communications, Lomer Translation & Interpreting, Balfour Business Communications, CTT Languages, Richard Gray Financial Translations, Elizabeth Higgins, Alden Translations, AA Global and Verbatim Language Services EQUIPMENT

HARDWARE: Packard Bell IGO 5581 SOFTWARE: Windows XP, Office XP: Word XP, Excel XP, PowerPoint XP; Trados 5.5 PRINTER: HP deskjet 990 cxi professional series

French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese - £0.04/0.06 Euros per word (target language); 15/hr German - £0.05/0.08 Euros per word; £18/hr Russian - £0.06/9.00 Euros per word; £25/hr

Guaranteed minimum of 2,000 words a day

Proofreading, editing - £20/hr Voiceovers - £150 into English; £160 into all other languages

PUBLICATIONS

Leopardi’s Laugh (Fiction) Barny Books 2000 (Longlisted for Booker Prize, 2000)

INTERESTS

Martial Arts, Hang Gliding