CHRISTY DE BACK
English native speaker status Sworn interpreter/translator of English

1983-1989

Comenius College, Capelle aan den IJssel, pre-university education

1989-1990

Studying and working in Portsmouth, Great Britain
Highbury College, Portsmouth: 'A' levels English and Psychology
Cambridge First Certificate and Proficiency Exams
Bookseller at Skinner & Craddock Booksellers

1990-1995

English Language and Literature, University of Leiden
Two optional graduation programmes in Leiden, Book & Publishing Studies and the Management Programme for Language students, have enriched my knowledge in the fields of the book trade and business administration. I gained one year of work experience in England at Language Specialists International, a language college in Portsmouth and at Manchester University Press, academic publishers.

1995

English teacher, Design & Communication, InHolland University, Rotterdam
English teacher, Civil Engineering and Architecture, The Hague University of Professional Education
Six months of experience as an English language teacher at a college for higher professional education focusing on Business English and practical language skills such as job applications and telephoning.

1995-1999

Sales Manager Benelux, Macmillan Publishers and WHFreeman & Co, London/New York
Four years of commercial and management experience in the world of international business, for the first two years as a sales representative and the next two years as an Area Manager. For this educational and academic publishing company of textbooks and monographs in the field of life sciences and social sciences, I effected a better market position and a turnover increase at bookstores in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

1999-2001

English language trainer , Horizon Training Groep, Bunnik
Specialist in-company English language training courses and creating course material for government and business organizations.
English writing skills at Unilever Research, Vlaardingen and TNO, Delft and Zeist
General Business English at ABN-Amro Bank, Rotterdam and CMG, Utrecht
Training courses English tax jargon IB 2001 at De Belastingdienst (Tax Office) in The Hague and Utrecht
Collected and wrote training material for KPN Station 12 and De Belastingdienst
Specialist English for tax consultants and accountants at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young

2000

Sworn interpreter/translator of English, District Court Rotterdam