Assistant Curriculum Vitæ

Romain GRIL
English-French TRANSLATOR
Agrégé d’anglais, M.A. in Philosophy
c/o Honnorat, 5 rue Anatole France, 34000 MONTPELLIER (France)
Tel : +33 689 122 962 – E-mail: [email protected]
N° SIRET: 531 441 970 00021
Citizenship: French
EDUCATION
Agrégation d’anglais
Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France
Highest academic-rank qualification for teaching English, with a specialty in linguistics
National competitive ranking: 30th
D.E.A. “Langue, Littératures et Cultures des Pays Anglophones” - Mention Très Bien
Equivalent MA in English Studies, passed with the highest honors
Thesis on James Joyce, The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Master’s Degree in Philosophy
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Thesis on Ethics and the Aesthetics of Nature in 18th-century Great Britain
D.E.U.G. de philosophie
Maîtrise d’anglais ; Licence d’enseignement du Français Langue Etrangère
Equivalent 1st year MA in English studies;
Thesis on the Notion of Nature in British 18th-century Aesthetics
BA-level diploma in teaching French as a Second Language
WORK EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF TEACHING
Freelance English-French translator
Since 2008
Technical translations and editorial consulting for INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE VENDORS,
ONLINE-SALE PLATFORMS, PERFORMING ARTISTS, and GRAPHIC ARTISTS.
From English to French, and French to English
Vocabulary:
Software localization, marketing, clothing, advertising; Music, guitar, performing arts, photography; Philosophy,
aesthetics, literary criticism; Biography, journalism
Documents:
User’s manual, newsletter, contract, terms and conditions of sale, webpages, advertisement, press release;
Academic thesis, business report; Advertorial article, guitar-playing method; Art project, press kit, press book,
cover letter, letter of commendation, resume
Marketing & Communication Manager
2009 – 2011
Arobas Music, creator and ISV of the musical software Guitar Pro
LANGUAGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Certified English teacher – “professeur agrégé”
2003 – 2008
Marguerite de Navarre High School, Bourges, France
2005 – 2008
English teacher and social leader with the “Langues Et Civilisations (LEC)” linguistic summer programs, in
England and Malta.
Translation instructor
1999 – 2001
Teaching 1st and 2nd-year English translation, Department of English Studies, Université Paul Valéry,
Montpellier, France
French Teaching Assistant, French instructor
2001 – 2002
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
1996 – 2001
Concordia Language Villages, Bemidji, USA (Summer programs)
1995 – 1997
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
April, Aug. 1998
Association Dialogues, Montpellier, France
1993 – 1994
Gumley House Convent School, London, England
WRITING, EDITING, TRANSLATING
Editorial consulting and translating for art projects, press articles, letters, résumés
March – May 2009
“It’s awful nice, it’s paradise” – Oliver Vaccaro, photographer, Berlin, Germany
Nov. 2008
Press kit, critical reviews – Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, pianist, Berlin, Germany
June 2008
“Pour que l’oeil s’emplisse encore et cherche toujours” – Nathalie Blanchard, photographer, Bourges, France
Translations for Arobas Music, editor of the Guitar Pro software (Lille, France)
2008
“Learn the Guitar with Guitar Pro” - a guitar-playing method related to the tablature-editing software Guitar
Pro: 200 pages translated from French to English
2003
Translation into English of the User’s Handbook to the tablature-editing software Guitar Pro
Writing and editing internship with La Gazette de Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
May – Aug. 2009
Various articles & interviews published on http://lagazettedeberlin.de/
Academic publications and research
June 2003
« La liberté poétique selon R. W. Emerson ». A conference paper delivered in the context of a doctoral seminar,
Université Montpellier 3, France. Published in the collection Cahiers de l’école doctorale langues, littératures,
cultures, N°2 : « Contrainte et originalité. Actes du colloque de l’école doctorale, juin 2003 », Publications
Montpellier 3, 2006.
May 2003
« Rythme et mélodie : La musicalité de l’anglais comme valeur essentielle ». A professional thesis on the use of
the language lab when teaching English, I.U.F.M. de Montpellier.
Nov. 2000
« Ralph Waldo Emerson : La parole du poète-prophète et la représentation du monde ». A conference paper
delivered in the context of a doctoral seminar, Université Montpellier 3, France. Published in the collection
Acropole, N°1 : « Parole, représentation, pouvoir », Publications Montpellier 3, 2002.
June 1998
« Art contre Religion ? L’esthétique en question derrière le choix de Steven Dedalus dans The Portrait of the
Artist as a Young Man de James Joyce ». A graduate thesis, DEA de Langue, Littératures et Cultures des
Pays Anglophones. Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France.
June 1997
“The Question of Ethics in British Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics”. A graduate thesis for the Master’s Degree
in Philosophy. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
June 1995
“The Notion of Nature in British Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics”. Graduate thesis, Maîtrise d’anglais
(M.A. in English). Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France.
LANGUAGES
American English:
British English:
German:
Highest academic level, from my years studying at the University in the USA.
Excellent handle of everyday, common language, phrases, and idioms.
Read and practiced daily for 20 years. Certified teacher with a specialty in linguistics.
Intermediate level.
WORKING TOOLS
Software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Publisher), Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver
CAT: OmegaT, SDL Trados Studio 2011, Catalyst 9
OTHER SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
Having co-founded and been an active member (2005-2008) of the regional branch of Max Havelaar in the French Région
Centre (“TRACE” (“Tous Responsables : Association pour un Commerce Equitable – Max-Havelaar Centre”), for the
promotion of Fair Trade, I make a point of being personally involved in projects related to responsible citizenship, of
making known the actions on which I work, and of using all of my resources and knowledge of the domain.
Education, music, guitar playing, literature, philosophy, critical literature on the performing arts and pop culture.