CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
Family Name: Caruana
First Name: David
Date of Birth: 10th December 1952
Nationality: Maltese
Mother Tongue: Maltese
Address: 11, GIZIMINA, TRIQ IN-NAGHNIEGH
MARSASCALA MSK 1450, MALTA
Telephone: 356 2163 9789
E-mail:
EDUCATION
Institution / University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Imsida, MALTADate / 2000
Degree obtained / Master of Education
Institution / University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Imsida, MALTA
Date / 1982
Degree obtained / Batchelor of Arts, Category Second Class Upper in Maltese and Economics
Institution / University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Imsida, MALTA
Date / 1997
Degree obtained / Diploma in Educational Administration and Management
Institution / University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Imsida, MALTA
Date / 1995
Degree obtained / Diploma in Education (Adult), cum laude
Institution / University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Imsida, MALTA
Date / 1998
Degree obtained / Edward deBono General Thinking Skills Certificate (Design and Development)
Institution / Malta College of Education in conjunction with the University of London
Date / 1974
Degree obtained / Teacher’s Certificate
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Language / Reading / Speaking / WritingEnglish / excellent / excellent / excellent
Maltese / excellent / excellent / excellent
Italian / excellent / very good / very good
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
q Current professional position:
Date / 2007 – present dayLocation / Malta
Organisation / Local Translation Companies
Position / Freelance translator and reviser
Description / Revision and translation of official documents from English (source language) to Maltese (target language), and vice versa, of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and numerous EU Agencies, including budget, environmental, legal, scientific and other specialised reports, minutes of meetings, policy documents and draft opinions, working documents and petitions. A high level of expertise and experience in the translation and revision of texts with an eye for detail, can maintain confidentiality, attain high standards, and meet deadlines successfully.
q Current professional position:
Date / From 2004 – present dayLocation / Malta
Organisation / Local Translation Company
Position / Freelance translator and reviser
Description / Considerable experience in the translation of official documents including contracts, expressions of interest and tender documents. Attained a very high level of excellence in translations from English to Maltese, and vice versa, of official, technical, artistic and legal documents (including EU Official Journals L and S series) utilising TRADOS software. Extensive experience in revising and proofreading such documents together with a wide variety of publications, in both Maltese and English for local and German clients.
Meet agreed deadlines, deliver a high level of translation standards and maintain strict levels of discretion and confidentiality.
q Current professional position:
Date / 2005 – present dayLocation / Brussels
Organisation / Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Position / Expert Assessor of Grundtvig Proposals
Description / Assess proposals submitted within the framework of the Socrates programme as an expert assessor following the criteria and regulations established by the EACEA.
q Current professional position:
Date / 2000 – present dayLocation / Paola, MALTA
Organisation / Guzeppi Agius School, Primary B, Paola
Position / Head of School
Description / Responsible for promoting the holistic development of the school community and to provide professional leadership.
Professional expertise is also utilised as a member of a National Curriculum Thematic Focus Group that is developing policy options and organisational structures that will develop schools into community learning centres.
q Current professional position:
Date / 2000 – present dayLocation / Imsida
Organisation / University of Malta
Position / Part-time lecturer and other posts
Description / 2000 to date Lecturing in the Diploma (Adult Training and Development) and Diploma
(Adult Education) courses.
1998: Appointed by the Faculty of Education to the working group which reviewed the Structures of the Teacher Training Courses as part of the Faculty`s ‘Tomorrow`s Teachers’ programme.
2000: Appointed by the Faculty of Education as a member of its Dissertations Committee.
2001: Participated as a Fellow in the Salzburg Seminar, Austria (Session 394, December) on ‘Community Leadership and Policy Change’. Participated actively in the multinational analysis of the interaction between regional, national and international policy decisions and the provision of community development programmes.
q Current professional position:
Date / From 1984 – present dayLocation / Malta
Organisation / Personal consultancy basis
Position / Consultant
Description / 2003 In September, on contract with the IIZ-DVV (Institute for International Co-operation of the German Adult Education Association) organised an international conference entitled ‘Mediterranean Conference on Lifelong Learning’ in which academic experts, national policy makers, national agencies and NGOs from nineteen countries came together and discussed a programme of work for the coming months, on lifelong learning partnerships and actions. Responsible for the financial, organisational and budgetary aspects of this conference.
1999 Commissioned by the Curriculum Management Department to edit and produce a publication on creative expression in primary schools. Edited and published seminar proceedings, books and publications.
1996 – ongoing: Carried out various contracts for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation of Germany.
1997 Appointed as a member of the Social Issues Working Group which carried out action research and analysis to contribute to the formulation of a holistic Regional Socio-Economic Development Plan for the South of Malta, which emphasised the social, historic and cultural dimensions of development alongside the economic and infrastructural components.
TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE
3½ years experience of freelance translating, revising and proofreading – on a part-time basis, approx. 50 hours weekly (including weekends) for Oct-June; 70 hours weekly (including weekends) for July-Sept, Dec.
An experienced translator, reviser and proofreader of various types of documents from English (source language) to Maltese (target language), and vice versa. These documents have included official documents of the European Commission, the European Parliament, numerous EU Agencies, the Committee of the Regions and diverse private entities. These documents have included budget proposals, environmental studies, legal papers, scientific and other specialised reports, minutes of meetings, policy documents, draft opinions, working documents, petitions, manuals and guides, tender documents, contracts and the EU Official Journals L and S series.
Areas of specialisation include finance, insurance, health and safety, medical, technical, artistic, education, environment, scientific, atomic energy, food, transport, customs, legal and administrative. Experienced in revising, proofreading and publishing a wide variety of publications in Maltese and English for local and German clients.
Attained a very high level of excellence in translations from English to Maltese, and vice versa, of official, technical, artistic and legal documents (including EU Official Journals L and S series) utilising TRADOS 7 software. Also extensive experience in revising and proofreading documents for a wide variety of publications, in both Maltese and English, for local and German clients.
Translated 629 tender/contract/working/policy/manual/etc. documents (in total) comprising approx. 3140 pages.
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
2004 to date Translated specialized documents utilizing computer aided translation (CAT) including TRADOS 7 software, search bases and confluence; EUR-Lex and other terminology databases, search tools including search terms, time spans, classification headings, etc.,
1974 to date Freelance translator of specialized articles (local magazines and periodicals);
1974 to date Compiled, edited, proof-read and published publications including Conference Proceedings for the Institute for International Cooperation, IIZ/DVV, Bonn, Germany (2004); Social Research Studies & Conference Proceedings Malta (1992 to date).
COMPUTER SKILLS
Type of programme, application, etc… / LevelWord Processing (Word) / excellent
Spreadsheet (Excel) / excellent
Presentation (Power Point) / excellent
Internet / excellent
TRADOS 7 / excellent
CAT / excellent
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