Shawn Joyce 202 Watson St

Shawn Joyce 202 Watson St. Apt. B, Monterey, CA 93940

Languages: English (A) – native German (B) – near-native French – high-intermediate Chinese – low-intermediate

Freelance Translation Experience Volunteer Translator, www.350.org; Summer 2008 • Translated pages of the 350.org website about environmental activism from English into German

Translator, Enzklösterle Climatic Spa – Enzklösterle, Germany; Fall 2007 • Translated the spa's website from German into English (www.enzklösterle.de) • Maintained project coordination via e-mail from the United States

Translator, University of Trier (Universität Trier) – Trier, Germany; Summer 2005 • Translated a graduate history department recruiting booklet from German into English

Translator for Bernd Franke (law student) – Trier, Germany; March 2005 • Translated legal, scientific, and philosophy of law texts from German into English

Language Teaching Experience ESL Assistant (Fulbright) – Besselgymnasium (high school), Minden, Germany; 2007 – 2008 • Team taught English as a second language to German high school students • Planed and conducted lessons under the constructive criticism of English colleagues

German Tutor– Truman State University, Kirksville, MO; 2003 – 2004 & 2005 – 2006 • Tutored beginning and intermediate German students in small group sessions • Conducted a combination of personally planned and professor-planned lesson plans

United States Education Germany Education Monterey Institute of International Studies, Trier University, Trier, Germany Monterey, CA • Two semesters of study abroad, 2004 – 2005 MA – Translation and Interpretation, May 2010 candidate Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany • One semester of audited coursework, 2007 – 2008 Truman State University, Kirksville, MO BA – German (with division honors), 2006 BS – Linguistics (with division honors), 2006

Honors / Awards Translation and Interpretation Skills • Merit Scholarship, Monterey Institute, 2008 – • Computer: Microsoft Office, Excel, Windows, 2010 TRADOS, HTML • Magna Cum Laude (GPA: 3.85 /4.0) • Fulbright Scholar 2007 – 2008 • Travel: Several Extended trips abroad (Germany, • Phi Beta Kappa Honors Fraternity member, China) 2006 • Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts of America, 2002