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Thomas Smith
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Education
2006-2008 King's College London, French Studies, Upper Second BA(Hons) with Distinction in Translation
2005-2006 l’Université de Paris X, Lettres modernes et philosophie
2004-2005 l’Institut Britannique de Paris (University of London), French Studies
1997-2004 Saint John’s School, Marlborough, UK
1990-1997 l'Ecole primaire Jeanne d'Arc de Mâcon, France
2004 4 A-Levels : English Literature, French, Philosophy, Biology, AAAB
2002 12 GCSEs : 10 A grades 2 B grades

Languages
English & French - First languages
German & Spanish - Intermediate
Turkish - Beginner

Professional Experience
Current:
Ongoing: Literary translation
November Translator, Metrinomics, Berlin, Germany
August-November 2008 Translator, 4text, Berlin, Germany
Previous:
July 2008 Assistant to Santiago Leal, Art Installation, Samos, Greece
July 2007-July 2008 Researcher, Monocle Magazine, London, UK
2007 Freelance Translation for Green Light International, the bespoke qualitative research agency, London, UK
December 2006 Barman at the Reindeer, London's first pop-up restaurant and theatre, London, UK
Summer 2006 Teacher at Mary Hare School for the Deaf's Summer School, Newbury, UK
2004-2006 Private English Teacher for Children and Adults, Paris, France
February-May 2006, Paris Match Magazine, Translation, Researching and Writing, Paris, France
August 2005 Work experience with Hilary Alexander The Daily Telegraph, London, UK
September 2003 - June 2004 Barman at Il Capricorno, Marlborough, UK

Publications
Briefings in Monocle Magazine www.monocle.com
Art reviews at www.whitehotmagazine.com
Film reviews at www.culturewars.org.uk
Five articles in Paris Match Magazine:
-Interview with Gela Babluani, Director of 13 Tzameti and the Legacy
-Translations from English into French including Interview with Zafar Rushdie
-Interview (and translation) with BBC Security correspondent Frank Gardener about life after being shot by Al-Qaida
-A comparison between the English and French versions of comedy The Office
-Collaborative article on The Phenomenon of Footballers' Wives

Interests
Translation, Writing, Francophonie, Post-Colonialism, Film, Journalism and its future including blogs, Contemporary Art, Literature, European Theatre, Fashion, Architecture, Food, Travel.

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