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Personal data
Ioana COSTACHE: CURRICULUM VITAE
Ioana COSTACHE: Education, Certificates, Prizes, Grants and scholarships
Ioana COSTACHE: Publications, Translations into Romanian, Translations into English
Ioana COSTACHE: Professional experience: Teaching, Governance, Translation
Ioana COSTACHE: Professional experience: Conference interpreting
Ioana COSTACHE: Translations into Romanian, Translations into English
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Name: Ioana
Surname: COSTACHE
Mobile: (004)0744 114 679
E-mail address: 
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Education
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2006: DPhil student, University of Oxford
2005: M.St. in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, University of Oxford
2003: M.A. in Applied Linguistics and ELT Methodology, University of Bucharest
2002: B.A. in Philology (English and Romanian language and literature), University of Bucharest
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Certificates
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DG SCIC-certified trainer of conference interpreting (Directorate General for Interpretation, Brussels, 2006)
IELTS score 8.5 - 2004
Sworn translator certified by the Romanian Ministry of Justice – 2002
Translator certificate issued by the Romanian Ministry of Culture – 2001 (specific area of competence: law)
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Prizes
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Grand Prize awarded by the Romanian National UNESCO Committee for Cultural Development in the national translation contest organized in 2002 (I.L. Caragiale year)
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Grants and scholarships
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2004-2005 Chevening scholarship granted by Open Society Institute / Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Conferences and summer schools
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"Language and the Law: East meets West" conference, Lodz, Poland, 12-14 September 2005
EGG Summer School in generative grammar, Wroclaw, Poland, 25 July – 6 August 2005
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Publications
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"Ghid de conversatie si civilizatie român-englez cu suport multimedia" ("English – Romanian Phrasebook and Civilisation Guide with Multimedia Support"), by Ioana Costache; coordinator of the Multimedia Series: Lidia Cotea; Aramis Publishing House, Bucharest 2005
Paper on the polarity switch of the negative polarity item "decât" – to appear in Oxford Papers in Linguistics
Paper on performativity in Old Romanian legal texts – to appear in Poznan Papers in Linguistics
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Translations into Romanian
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So far:
"The Power of Simplicity", by Jack Trout with Steve Rivkin, Rosetti Educational, Bucharest, 2005
"Breaking the Vicious Circle", by Andrey Ivanov (ed.), Spolu International Foundation and CEGA Foundation, Sofia, 2000
To appear:
"Smithsonian Earth" by James F. Luhr (Editor), DK Publishing, Inc. / Smithsonian Institution (joint translation with Dana Ligia Ilin)
"Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife", by David Burnie (Editor), Don E. Wilson (Editor), DK Publishing, Inc./Smithsonian Institution – chapters "Amphibians" and "Fish"
4 DK Eyewitness travel guides
"The Search for the Dice Man", by Luke Rhinehart
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Translations into English
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"Romanians in the Habsburg Army. Forgotten Soldiers and Officers", by Liviu Maior, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004
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Professional experience: Teaching
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2001–2004: language trainer at "ARIEL" Language Centre, University of Bucharest; taught English for Cambridge Advanced Examinations, English for Specific Purposes (legal, business, banking, accounting)
2002-2004: probationary Junior Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest
2004-today: Junior Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest; areas of competence: English phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, lexicology, English practical courses, elective courses in Legal English and translation practice
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Professional experience: Governance
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October 2002-June 2003: PHARE expert, Ministry of Public Information - National Office for the Roma
June 2003 – February 2004: PHARE expert, Secretariat General of the Romanian Government, Office for Roma Issues (currently National Agency for the Roma)
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Professional experience: Translation (free lance)
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2000-today: constant translation assignments from/into Romanian and English; client: "Impreuna" Agency for Community Development, a prominent, Bucharest-based NGO that militates for minority/Roma rights
2002-today: constant translation assignments from Romanian into English; client: ISRA Center Marketing Company; translated market research reports on FMCG (food – beer, soft drinks, chocolate, cappuccino, hot chocolate; non-food – shampoo and conditioner, whiteners, washing powder, fabric softeners); telecommunications (mobile telephony), banking (loans), medical topics (vitamins, throat lozenges, cold and flu treatments, state of the art treatments for HIV, diabetes, bronchial asthma, hospital-acquired infections
2002-today: various translation assignments (mainly political and media-related); client: Freedom House Romania
2003-2004: translation and proofreading assignments; client: Centre for Foreign Languages, University of Bucharest
2004-today: various EN>RO translation assignments from Human Dynamics Consulting SRL
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Professional experience: Conference interpreting
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(including simultaneous interpretation/voice-over for focus groups with up to 8 participants and chuchotage)
OSI Budapest East-East programme, June 2001, Bucharest (consecutive interpretation)
"Clean Coal Combustion in Small and Medium-Sized Boilers in Central and Southern Europe", Brasov, 4-6 September 2002 (simultaneous interpretation) consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"Electrical appliances market surveillance for consumers in Romania", Bucharest, 25 September 2002 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"International Opening Conference of the Romanian-Bulgarian European Inter-university Centre (BRIE)", Bucharest-Giurgiu-Ruse-Sofia, October 2002 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"Strengthening the administrative capacity of the Labour Inspection - twinning project between the Labour Inspection Romania and the Work Environment Authority - Sweden", project RO-IB-99-CO-01, 25 October 2002 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"International Investment Forum for Central and South-Eastern Europe", Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bucharest, 7-8 November 2002 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
International conference "Politics and Mass-Media in Post-Communist Democracies", Bucharest, 10-11 March 2003 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Training seminar on International Accounting Standards organised by S.C. Promotion Company S.R.L. and Diperia Finance Group, Bucharest, 15 April 2003
Regional conference of government communicators (Romania, FYRAM, Serbia and Slovakia), organised by Freedom House, Sinaia, 9-11 May 2003 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Astra Zeneca pharmaceuticals sales seminar, Bucharest, 26 June 2003 (consecutive interpretation)
Astral Telecom – launching the new DECT telecommunications network, Oradea, 4 July 2003 (simultaneous interpretation interpreting)
Signature of treaty on airport security concluded between the Romanian Ministry of Transport, Construction and Tourism and US Trade and Development Agency, Bucharest, 10 July 2003 (consecutive interpretation)
Launching the Sogelease Division of BRD – Groupe Societe Generale, Bucharest, 8 September 2003 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Business Advisory Council for South Eastern Europe – Stability Pact, Bucharest, 12-13 October 2003 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Connex Dealer Rally, Poiana Brasov, 5 November 2003 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
CaliVita International Success Seminar, Bucharest, 15 November 2003 (consecutive interpretation)
Coca-Cola Sales Training Seminar, Timisoara, 16-19 November 2003, Bucharest, 21 November 2003 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Ministry of External Affairs Awards Gala, Bucharest, 28 January 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Compliance of the Romanian draft of Pharmacy Law with the acquis communautaire, TAIEX IND/EXP 8083 project, National Drug Agency, Bucharest, 28-30 January 2004 (consecutive interpretation)
Romanian-Belgian Economic Forum, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bucharest, 4 February 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Improvement of road safety and institutional building in the field of transport, Bucharest, 17 February 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"How to prepare the introduction of European production majority quotas in TV programming", public debate organized by the National Audio-Visual Council, Bucharest, 23 February 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
IVECO financial training, Bucharest 24-26 February 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Press conference – the launch of the first UN Millennium Development Report for Romania, Bucharest, 27 February 2004 (consecutive interpretation)cons
General Assembly of Bucharest Bar, Bucharest, 6 March 2004 (simultaneous, consecutive)
Environmental Tourism in Romania, seminar organized by the Ministry of Transport, Constructions and Tourism, Bucharest, 8 March 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"Magazinul Progresiv" (marketing review) Conference, Sinaia, 11-12 March 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Funding Opportunities for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises – American Chamber of Commerce in Romania, Bucharest, 1 April 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"Taking a loan: what currency?" – seminar organised by "Ziarul financiar" & ING, Bucharest, 26 April 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
51st CIC General Assembly (International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation), Bucharest, 27 April 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
S.W.I.F.T. training course, Romanian Banking Institute, 27-30 April 2004 (consecutive interpretation)
Michelin Management Training Course, Victoria-Michelin, Floresti, 28 May – 1 June 2004 (consecutive interpretation)
Rebranding TVR (Romanian public TV television – press conference), Bucharest, 10 June 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"People to People" Awards Gala, Bucharest, 10 June 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"Corporate Bonds: How to use Them" – seminar organised by "Ziarul Financiar" & Raiffeisen Bank, Bucharest, 6 July 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Romania Think Tank conference on media freedom, Bucharest, 7 July 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
"Motor Civil Liability in View of European Integration", workshop organised by the Romanian Motor Insurers’ Bureau, Bucharest, 19 August 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
5th International Conference TRANSACT – PAXIS: Development of Creativity and Entrepreneurial Spirit, Bucharest, 16-17 September 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
US Department of Defense International Counterproliferation Program WMD Executive Seminar, Bucharest 20-23 September 2004 (simultaneous interpretation)consecutive / simultaneous conference interpretation / interpreting
Haslar Detention Centre, Gosport, UK – public service, 22&28 February 2005
Regional Operational Program (ROP) on AML (Anti-Money Laundering) Bucharest, 5-8, 19-22 and 26-29 September 2005
The Romanian Government’s taking over of the presidency of the Decade of Roma Inclusion, press conference, 4 October 2005, Bucharest
US Department of Defense SAM-FE training, 11-14 October, 2005, Bucharest Military Circle
National Authority for Scientific Research – international workshop on the unification of library systems, 5 December 2005, Bucharest
Government of Romania Presidency of the Decade of Roma Inclusion and Open Society Institute – Past and future projects and policies: how to impact Roma health most effectively? 12-13 December 2005, Bucharest
International Interactive Course on Modern Dental Aesthetics, organised by "Actualitati stomatologice" review, Bucharest, 1 April 2006
"Acting Together for Roma Communities", national conference, Bucharest, 12-13 May 2006
Current developments in the care and education of persons suffering from autism, Bucharest, 19-20 May 2006
EC TAIEX, DG Enlargement Seminar on company law IM 22107 organised in cooperation with Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bucharest 22 May 2006
Regional and Rural Development in Romania after EU Accession: Building Operational Synergies, seminar organised by World Bank, Romanian Academic Society and the Ministry of European Integration, Bucharest, 28-29 June 2006
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