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 EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                   

Berlin Land Court , Germany

Authorized Greek Translator for the Courts and Notaries of Berlin

06/2010

State Office for Translator Examination, Berlin, Germany

Member of the Examining Board

12/2006

Consulate General of Greece, Berlin, Germany

Accredited translator

01/2004

Berlin Land Court , Germany

Generally Sworn Greek Interpreter for the Courts and Notaries of Berlin

01/2004

University of Bath, UK; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain

MA (Distinction) in Contemporary European Political Culture

Dissertation title: Between Path Dependency and Western Standards: Policies towards Minority Identities in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey

Specialisation: Nationalism, Ethnic Minorities, Eastern and Central European Political Systems

10/2002-10/2003

State Office for Translator Examination, Berlin, Germany

Officially examined translator qualification (Distinction) 

Languages: Greek – German

06/2002

Regional Government, Arnsberg, Germany

Officially recognised qualification in Social Education Work

03/2002

University of Alexandria, Egypt

Intensive Arabic language course

02/2001-03/2001

University of Siegen, Germany

Dipl (Distinction) in Social Education Work

Dissertation title: National Identity, Stereotypes and Migration

10/1999-08/2000

Ibn Rushd Islamic University of Córdoba, Spain

Arabic Language and Literature, and Islamic Studies

10/1997-06/1999

University of Aveiro, Portugal

English and German Teaching Studies

Socrates/Erasmus student exchange programme

04/1997-09/1997

University of Siegen, Germany

Social Education Work

04/1993-03/1996

University of Siegen, Germany

Electrical Engineering

10/1991-03/1993

Secondary School, Xanthi, Greece

10/1984-06/1990

EXPERIENCE                                                                                                                     

Siegen, Germany; Bath, UK; Prague, Czech Republic; Madrid, Spain; Berlin, Germany

Freelance Translator

(Arabic-Greek, English-Greek, German-Greek, Greek-German, Greek-Spanish, Spanish-English, Spanish-Greek)

02/2002 - present

Siegen, Germany

Private tutor of German and Spanish

11/2000-06/2002

Westhang Municipal Youth Centre, Siegen, Germany

Social Education Worker

Intercultural youth work

Translations (English-German, German-Arabic)

03/2001-03/2002

Centre for Peace Culture, Siegen, Germany

Interpreter 

(German-Spanish, Spanish-German)

02/2002

Department of educational Sciences, University of Siegen, Germany

Translations

(Portuguese-German)

07/2000-09/2000

Plasma Technique Grün, Siegen, Germany

Interpreter

(German-Spanish, Spanish-German)

04/2000

ELBEK Image Analysis, Siegen, Germany

Translator

(German-Portuguese)

02/2000-03/2000

Córdoba, Spain

Private tutor of English, German, Greek and Spanish

10/1996-09/1999

New School Educational Centre, Córdoba, Spain

English and German teacher

10/1998-06/1999

Academia Córdoba Language School, Córdoba, Spain

German teacher, translator

(Spanish-English, Spanish-German)

02/1998-11/1998

Kingston Language Centre, Baena, Spain

English and German teacher, translator

(German-Spanish, Spanish-German)

02/1997-06/1998

Eschenweg 30 Rehabilitation Centre, Siegen, Germany

Rehabilitation of long-term patients of psychiatric hospitals

Internship

04/1995-03/1996

Technical University of Patras, Greece

Social integration of Greek immigrants from the former USSR

Internship

02/1994-04/1994

PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS                                                                                         

Sternberg, B. (2001). "Almas perdidas". Lúnula, 16, 2001.  ISSN: 1138-1329.  

Gogou, K. (2000). Zeichen aus der Kälte. Siegen: Ediciones Ropynol.  

González, D. (2000). Dass dir der Teufel die Ohren auffrisst. Siegen: Ediciones Ropynol.  

Gogu, K. (1999). [6 poems]. Lúnula, 14, 1999. ISSN: 1138-1329.  

Gogu, K. (1999). [Quiero charlar en un café...]. In: Un poema (Recopilación). Santander: La última canana de Pancho Villa.  

Bukowski, C. and Gogu, K. (1999). Poemas. León: Vinalia Trippers.  

Gogu, K. (1999). Un poema. Santander: La última canana de Pancho Villa.  

Gogu, K. (1999). 16 señales desde el frío / Γώγου, K. (1999). 16 σήματα μέσα από την παγωνιά. Córdoba: Ediciones Ropynol.

Κορμικιάρη, Ε. (2010). Θύματα εγκλημάτων και μέσα μαζικής επικοινωνίας. Αθήνα/Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Σάκκουλα. [Kormikiari, E. (2010). Crime Victims and the Media. Athens/Thessaloniki: Sakkoulas Publications]. ISBN: 978-960-15-2367-5.

LANGUAGES                                                                                                                       

                       German:       native, Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom qualification, Goethe Institute

                       Greek:          native, Greek Apolyterio Lykeiou school-leaving qualification

                       Spanish:       fluent, Diploma Superior de Español para Extranjeros qualification, Ministry

                                              of Education and Culture, Spain

                       English:        fluent, TOEFL-score: 600, Certificate of Proficiency in English with Translation

                                               from and into Spanish Endorsement, University Of Cambridge

                       Portuguese: very good, intensive language course, University of Aveiro, Portugal

                 French:          school level, intensive language course, University of Siegen, Germany

                       Arabic:          basic knowledge, studies of Arabic Language and Literature, Ibn Rushd Islamic

                                               University of Córdoba, Spain, intensive language courses, Dawa Islamiya,

                                               Almodóvar del Río (Córdoba), Spain and Tripolis, Libya, and University of

                                               Alexandria, Egypt