Donna StevensObjective

Freelance translator - Norwegian to English

Personal Details

American citizen with permanent settlement permit in Norway (resident since 1982) Languages: English as a native language, fluent Norwegian, can read and understand Swedish Interests: Social sciences, IT, technology, the Internet, children, cooking, reading and photography.

Professional Training

2009 The Publishing Training Centre, Book House, LondonCertificate, Copy Editor Course (1-year, distance study)

2009 The Publishing Training Centre, Book House, LondonCertificate, 1-day seminar - Editing in Word

2009 The Publishing Training Centre, Book House, LondonCertificate, 2-day seminar - Editing Scientific, Technical and Medical Texts

Relevant Education

2001 – 2004 Hedmark University College (HiHm, ØSIR) Rena

Diploma, 1-year course in IT – part-time, decentralized study Foundation course Network and System Administrator Database Project Administration Webmaster

1992 Hamar Teachers College (HiHm) Hamar

Diploma, 1/2 year course in Language and Pedagogy for Native-language Teachers

1990 Elverum Teachers College Elverum

Diploma of Education [pedagogisk seminar]

Edit-itRoald Amundsens veg 22816 Gjøvik, Norway

Mob: + 47-98855859E-mail: stevens.donna@outlook.com

+47-98855859 edit-it@outlook.com

Donna Stevens

1990 University of Oslo Oslo

Cand. Mag. (cum laude) Major: English [mellomfag] Minor: Comparative Religion [grunnfag]

1976 Northeast Missouri State University Kirksville, MO, USA

Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) Major: Police Science and Corrections Minors: Psychology and Photography

Relevant Employment

2007 – present Cyberbook AS Oslo

Editor, New Passport (part time) Revised and updated Cyberbook’s online learning programme A Passport to English Maintain links Developed a new type of Teacher’s Guide in the form of a CD/thumb stick with hyperlinked

spreadsheet and supporting documents for each city in New Passport

2001 - 2007 Østre Toten Municipality Lena

ICT Administrator (Adult Education Section) Plan and conduct teacher training in ICT and use of computers in teaching System administration of school’s network Maintenance/repair of hardware User support

1997 – 2007 , 1989 – 1995

Østre Toten Municipality Lena

Teacher English as a Foreign Language: beginning, intermediate and advanced levels in the secondary

school and Adult Education English as a Native Language: primary and junior high school

1995 – 1997 Townshend International School Hluboka, Czech Rep.

Teacher Taught History, English, English as a Second Language, Music Appreciation to grades 7 – 12

1976 – 1978 The U.S. Army

Second Lieutenant, Signal Corps Project Officer – Audiovisual Technology and Course Development Developed course and training materials in accordance with guidelines Coordinated projects and conducted briefings

+47-98855859 edit-it@outlook.com

Donna Stevens1971 – 1973 The U.S. Army

Enlisted Specialist- Instructor and Coordinator Office Coordinator Conducted instruction according to training plans Evaluated student performance in relation to instructional objectives

Freelance Work

Name of business: Edit-it Stevens Organization number: 994576674 MVA Back translation and linguistic validation. Norwegian-English translation of grant proposals, academic posters, PowerPoint presentations,

annual reports, food menus, brochures, questionnaires, handbooks, etc. Clients include EasyTranslate Norway, the industrial cluster iKuben in Molde, Gibson Research Consultancy, Patient Reported Outcomes, and the Norwegian Department of Health’s patient safety programme, etc.

Both British and American English Certified PRO member of Proz.com

References

References are available on request.