Jan 2007 ?: Freelance Translator and (from Oct 2007) Translation Tutor (German?English),
MSc Scientific & Technical Translation with Translation Technology, 
Imperial College London

Working from German into English and Vice Verca. Specialising in electronics, electrical engineering and IT. .
Feb 2006 – Dec 06: Dept of Human Communication Science, UCL Transcriber (p?t)
Transcription of teaching sessions for deaf children using Conversation Analysis notation. Hourly paid.
June 2005 –  Aug 05: IQuest  Software House         Consultant
C++ programming and associated research for novel digital watermarking application for audio broadcasts.
Jan 2002 – June 05: Dept of Phonetics & Linguistics, UCL Senior Research Fellow
Senior researcher on SYNFACE, a joint project with KTH, RNID and industrial partners to develop a synthetic talking face driven by speech recognition to provide speech?reading support for the hearing?impaired. Responsible for software development for perception experiments to evaluate benefits of sys?tem, training phonetic recognisers for Dutch and English, and investigation of speech recognition techniques for generating effective oral movements.
October 03 ?Jan 05: WGNet project, C++ software development in Windows API, for second phase of an interactive computational model for Word Grammar.
Reason for leaving: End of contract May 04 – Feb 05: seconded for 0.3 FTE as trade union negotiator on National Pay Framework
March 2000 – Nov 00: Home?based
      Software Consultant Contracted to Centre for Speech and Language Research, University of Colorado, to develop a Reading Tutor program based on the CSLU Speech Toolkit, using the Tcl scripting language. Demonstrated program at the Toolkit Short Course, INSTIL 2000 Conference, University of Abertay, Dundee, August 2000. Was offered staff post in Colorado but declined for family reasons.
Oct 1999 – Dec. 99: SOAS (University of London) Dept of Linguistics. Part?time Lecturer Taught and assessed an introductory course in Computational Linguistics based on natural language processing with Prolog, including lectures and lab classes. 5 hours per week contact time. Temporary post (one term)
Feb 1991 ? Feb. 1999:  SOAS Linguistics Dept. and RMS Inc, Colorado, USA: Linguist / Researcher on “Project HAL”.
Commercially funded research in Automatic Speech Recognition: application of phonological theory (government phonology) to multi?lingual ASR. Started out as ESRC?funded project Towards a Principle-Based Phonology: Theory and Application: basic research in a 2?member team into acoustic properties of phonological primitives. Work resulted in 2 publications and some early results were incorporated into government phonology theory. Main activities and achievements: Supervised the recording and transcription of a large multi?lingual speech database (German/Spanish/Japanese/Mandarin); performed statistical pattern recognition experiments (using SPSS and HTK); built a rule?based recogniser to demonstrate the viability of the approach (based on ESPS/waves). Member of small team (maximum 4 at any one time). Completed a PhD during this period, and contributed articles and conference papers. Filed a successful joint patent application in several countries. Relocated to US for final year of project. Teaching: Summer term 1992 exam tutorials in Phonology for MA Linguistics, including marking assignments.
Reason for leaving: Returned to UK reluctantly following funding uncertainties.
April 1989 ?Jan 1991: SOAS, IT Department. Computer Programmer/Advisor
Help?desk support and strategic advisory work in micro?computing and networking for School staff and students. Planned and installed the School's first Novell/Ethernet network. Involved in selection, recruitment
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and supervision of junior staff. Senior member of department of 3.
Continued freelance translation part?time.  Reason for leaving: Ambition to work in linguistic research.

Oct 1988 ? April 1989:  Self?employed. Translator & Basic skills tutor.

Freelance technical translation from German, Russian and French into English, mainly of patents, with clients
including RWS Group.
Also employed by Chelmsford Adult Education as part?time Maths and English tutor (from elementary up to
RSA stage 1) to adults on Employment Training Scheme.

Jan 1980 ?Oct 1988: Marconi Research Centre, Chelmsford, Essex. Research Engineer

Various departments: worked for 4 years on development of novel electro?mechanical sensors. Subsequently
moved into Hybrid Circuits Group, with responsibility for development of automatic test software for all in?
house components.
Reason for Leaving: Job function ceased following re?organisation.

EDUCATION, ADDITIONAL SKILLS and EXPERIENCE Higher Education: 1991?98 (part?time): PhD in Phonology and Speech Processing SOAS, University of London
Thesis title: “The phonological basis of speech recognition”.
1989?91 (part?time): MA (Linguistics) (Distinction) SOAS, University of London
1976?79 (full?time): BSc (Electronics) Class 2.ii University of Southampton

Adult Education:

1987: Russian A?level (grade Aa) (Central London Polytechnic)
1984: German.: Institute of Linguists Intermediate Diploma, (Brentwood AEC, Essex)
School: 1976: Liverpool Institute: A?levels: Advanced Maths (B), Physics (B), Further Maths (D) 1974: St
Margaret’s CE High, Liverpool: 9 GCE O?levels, incl. Grade 1 in Maths, French, Physics.

Grants and Academic Awards:
 One year ESRC Postgraduate Research Award, 1996?97 for completion of PhD.
 Nominated for best Taught Masters prize for 1991, SOAS.

Programming Languages, Software Packages:
Unix, Dos/Windows:
 10 years’ C programming under Unix, 1 year’s C++ under Windows (API level). Competent in shell scripting; working knowledge of Perl, good knowledge of Prolog.
 2 years’ experience of Tcl/Tk under various platforms. Working knowledge of HTML and LATex.
 Specialist packages: 3 years HTK for speech recognition (incl. code level), 2 years NICO neural network package, and various standard speech analysis and editing software.
 Competent in SPSS for Windows, many years’ experience with Microsoft Office packages.
 ? Experience in system administration for Linux, Solaris, Windows NT servers and Novell NetWare.
 Foreign Languages:
 German ?speak and read fluently. Professional experience of technical translation (patents, scientific papers)
 Russian, French ?reading knowledge, reasonable spoken fluency. Professional translation experience.
 ? Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese ?basic conversation.
 Vocational and practical courses attended:
 Various trade union courses related to Universities’ National Pay Framework and employment law.
 Basic Education for Employment Purposes: teacher training for tutors in Adult Basic Education (1988, 12 weeks)

Professional activities and Leisure interests:
Association of University Teachers / UCU: Co?president of UCL AUT branch and part?time paid negotiator on pay and grading July 2004?June 05; committee member and case worker 2002?05; AUT Council delegate 2002?05. SOAS AUT executive committee 1994?98, negotiating on behalf of fixed?term contract staff, and Vice?President for 1 year. Active in local politics, especially peace movement and trade union activities. Self?taught guitar player/singer, and enjoy folk and rock music, foreign travel, hiking, learning languages, and psychology. I spent around 18 months as a volunteer adult literacy and numeracy tutor in 1980’s.