Education

2001-2004

Dublin City University, Ireland

Ph.D. in Applied Languages (technical translation/communication, usability & human factors) at the Centre for Translation and Textual Studies. Thesis title: “Textual Cognetics & the Role of Iconic Linkage in Software User Guides”. Click here to read the abstract.

August 2004

i-to-i TEFL Training, Ireland

Training course for teachers of English as a foreign language - Certificate (40 hour)

July 2001

Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Postgraduate certificate in translator training for teachers awarded by the Consortium for the Training Translation Teachers and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona.

Jan.-Feb 1998

Rosse College, Dublin

Website design course – Certificate (Distinction).

November 1997

SAP International Training Academy, Walldorf, Germany

SAP R/3 Overview Course (ZSAP20-Level 1) – certificate. The course also involved working in the Multilingual Technology Group of SAP’s translation department.

1995-1996

Universität Leipzig, Germany

Studied technical & commercial translation as part of the ERASMUS Programme.

1992-1997

Dublin City University, Ireland

BA (Hons) in Applied Languages – Translation with Interpreting (German/Spanish).