EDUCATION
Combined Master of Arts in Egyptology, Coptic Studies and Religious Studies (Major: Coptic Studies)
Georg-August Universität Göttingen
2018
Bachelor of Arts "with distinction" in Ancient Cultures (Major: Late Antiquity)
Georg-August Universität Göttingen
2016
Greek Sign Language, Greek Sign Language Program, YMCA Foundation
Thessaloniki, Greece
2005
Vocational Training in Industrial and International Marketing
Manchester Business School
1985
Certificat d’études architecturales
École d’Architecture de Nancy, France
1978
American University of Beirut
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
1974-1976
EXPERIENCE
- Free-lance translator and conference interpreter based in Germany since 2007
- Exclusive interpreter and translator of Bouygues Travaux Publics for Greece 1994-2004
- Head of public relations of Thessaloniki Metro S.A. 2000-2004
- Teacher of Translation techniques (EN<>FR) at the Centre d’Études Francophones C.F.E.S. 1992-1996
- Owner of the interpreting and translation agency Euronet, 1986-2006
- Shareholder in the interpreting and translation agency 2A, 1984-1986
- Sales department of the VIOHALCO group of companies head offices, 1981-1984
- Conference Interpreter since 1989
LANGUAGES
| Native: | Arabic, French |
| Fluent/Quasi-native: | Greek |
| Fluent: | English |
| Passive: | German, Spanish, Greek Sign Language |
MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters AIIC
- Former President of the Panhellenic Association of Translators (member of the F.I.T.)
- Member of the Association des Amis de la langue française et des cultures francophones
PAPERS
- “Calligraphie chez les Arabes”. Paper presented at the Mediterranean Languages Week, Thessaloniki, 2004
- “Sign Language Interpreting”. Paper presented at the YMCA, Thessaloniki, 2005
- “Interpreting: the human dimension of translation”. Paper presented at the International Translation Day, Thessaloniki, 2005
- “La langue de l’autre comme moyen exclusif d’expression – le cas du Liban”. Invited talk at the colloquium «Η Γραφή στη γλώσσα του άλλου», Université Aristote de Thessalonique, Laboratoire de Littérature Comparée, 2006. Published in INTER-TEXTES, Revue annuelle du Laboratoire de Littérature Comparée de l’Université Aristote de Thessalonique, numéro 8 (2007) pp 45-51
