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Nedra Eileen Bickham
33 Brackett Street
Medford, MA 02155
Résumé
Professional memberships: American Literary Translators Association,
Modern Language Association, Early Music America
Recent Translation Projects (literary):
Julia Franck,Berlin, Germany:short stories fromBauchlandung:Geschichten zum Anfassen(DuMont Verlag) - translations published in the following journals;Passport: The Arkansas Review of Literary Translation;Winter 2006 andAbsinthe: New European Writing; forthcoming Fall 2007
Andreas Randow,Boston, MA: English poetry translations published in Perihelion Poetry Journal;Fall 2006
PetraLang,Berlin, Germany: Prose for professional website; 2006
Goethe-Institute, Munich:Book reviewsfor on-line magazineLitrix
Nov 2003
Recent Translation Projects (general):
Dr. Lisa Gruenberg, Boston, MA:Jewish Viennese family letters dated 1939-1941; 5/2005-8/2006
John Tarrh, Boston, MA:Musicological article on Austrian composer Gustav Mahler; 12/2005-2/2006
Dr. Frank Gabler, Bad Soden- Salmünster, Germany–Director,gtm measure precise: Corporate website;2006
JR Media Services, Burbank, CA: Lisa A. Trainor, translation consultant, Special feature for DVD“Downfall”, account of last days of Adolph Hitler - interview with Melissa Müller, co-author ofBis zur letzten Stunde; 2005
Nichole Schmidt, Vienna, Austria and Boston, MA -adpl-solutions North America Corporation:
Business plan, Fiscal Year expense charts;2006
International Poster Gallery, Boston, MA:Exhibitionbook on Herbert Leupin, 20th century Swiss poster artist; July 2000
Translation Projects (general): cont’d
Dr. Doris Ingrisch - Professor of German Literature and Feminist Theory, University of Vienna: Academic working papers; 1993 - present
Nicholas Jacobsohn, Boston, MA: letter referencing a legal brief; 2004
Linguistic Systems, Cambridge, MA:Lexicographer;Oct 99 – Jan 2000
Data BECKER, Needham Heights, MA:IT interface user manuals;Winter 2001
Work experience:
Freelance German>English translator, 1996-present
Professional Flutist and teacher, renaissance, Baroque traverse flute, Viola da Gamba, and modern flute, piano; 1985 – present
Philips Electronics Dictation Systems, Vienna, Austria; Translator and Lexicographer, Speech Recognition Systems Department/Voice Recognition products- Text to Speech for Medical Systems;Apr 1993 –Jul 1994
Austrian American Institute (Goethe Institute), (Supervisor: Mag. Brigitte Bouvain)and Amerika Institut, Vienna Volkshochschule,Vienna, Austria; English Instructor; 1989-93
Scholarly positions:
Fulbright Foundation Teaching Assistant - Innsbruck and Vienna, Austria; 9/88 - 7/90
Education:
Tufts Univerity,Medford, MA; Masters Degree program in German Language and Literatures – beginning Fall 2007
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA; Degree: Masters Degree, Early Music Performance Practice (Transverse Flute, Viola da gamba); June 1998
University of Innsbruck, Austria: Certificate of Completion: German for Foreign Speakers; Fall 1986-88
Vienna Academy of Music, Vienna, Austria, Post-graduate research in Musicology;1991-1992/Mozarteum Academy of Music, Salzburg and Innsbruck, Austria, Post-graduate research - Major: Baroque Performance Practice with praxis the Baroque Transverse Flute;Fall 1986-88 (no diploma rec’d)
University of New Orleans,New Orleans, Louisiana; Degree: Bachelor of ArtsinMusic Education - Instrumental Music; June 1985