Mirkena SHQARRI–PALLUQI

Personal Details

Address: / 105
Salterford Road
London
SW17 9TE
United Kingdom / Nationality:
Date of Birth: / Albanian
23/12/1979
Landline:
Email Address: / 0208 767 8193 Mobile: 07791082667

Career History

Feb 2009 – Albanian Language Tutor, SSEES , UCL University

PresentTeach the Albanian language to a class of 12 students who are interested in learning this language. Explain the grammar and expand their vocabulary.

March 2008 Translator/ Interpreter for Kwintessential. Translate different official

Present documents such as documents from doctors, solicitors etc. Interpret in different hearings

Jan 2007-Translator for K International. Translate different official documents

Present for the Home Office which would come from a 5 year contract that this agency has with the Home Office. Translate documents for HMRC, prisons, ministries etc.

Jan 2006-Translator for Easy Translations. Translate different official

Present documents especially from Ethnic Minority Achievement centres.

June 2005- Proof reader of the Albanian language for Orient Script

Present Worldwide. Proof read translation work done by other translators

Jan 2007- Tutor of the Albanian language for Language-School-Teachers.com.

Present Teach various students who were looking to learn Albanian through

Language-School-Teachers.com

March 03- Interpreter/translator for ACELanguage Services,

ongoing Newport, Wales . Translate /interpret for the Albanian community in

Newport , Wales. Interpret in hearings, hospitals, social services.

Dec 02- Free lance Translator/Interpreter for Bristol City Council.

ongoing Translate different documents for the Albanian Community in Bristol mainly leaflets created by the council like documents about council houses, buying / renting a council house etc. Interpret for different asylum seekers who had just come to the country or who could speak no English.

Sept 2006 Customer Service assistant manager for My Home Plc.Dealing with

Dec 2008 potential and existing customers via email and over the telephone and managing the complaints; be in charge of the training , development of employees and the monitoring their performance.

Jan 2007- Tutor of the English language for Alfa tutors.com.

May 07 Give one to one GCSE tuition.

May 2005- Home language support worker –Ethnic Minority

March 06 Achievement Centre, Provide language support to pupils of different ethnic minorities especially to those from Albania

Feb 2002 Self employed tutor. Give private English/Albanian/Italian lessons Dec 2003 to different people interested in the above languages.

June 2000Translator / Legal secretary for Peqin Notary Office. Translate

June 2002 different documents from Italian/English to Albanian and vice versa and provide administrative assistance to the solicitor

Education

2002-2004 / MSc “InternationalRelations” Bristol University – Politics department.
Units: New Europe after Communism, Foreign policies of small developing states, Foreign policy analyses, International Political economy
1998 to- 2002 / Degree in Translation and Interpretation of English language, University of Tirana, Albania.
Units : Albanian Grammar (Morphology and Syntax), English Grammar, Spoken English, English and American literature, English and American History
1994 - 1998 / Secondary school. A-level equivalent, in English (10/10), Albanian (9/10), and Literature (9/10), Mahmut dhe Ali CunguSchool of Foreign Languages, Elbasan, Albania
2003 / Business English Course,Bristol Language Centre, Bristol, UK

linguistic association

Member of the Chartered institute of Linguists

Conferneces & computer knowledge

“International Youth Leadership” – A continuous Civic Concepts International project, accredited by the Anglo-American Institute of Liberal Studies – 20-25 July 2003 Prague, Czech Republic ,

“Amnesty International Conference” – Involved in campaigns to free prisoners of conscience. March 2000 Tirana, Albania. An introduction To Amnesty International and convention of human rights and some training on how to campaign in schools and other institutions

Certificate from “Millennium Centre” on the use of computers –Very good knowledgeof Windows 98, WinWord, Excel, Power Point, and Internet.

Languages

Albanian :
English:
Italian:
French &German / Mother tongue
Excellent level of spoken and written
Very god level of spoken and written
Good level of spoken and written

References: Available on request