Roula KOKOLIOU

English > Greek translator since 2004 Member of IAPTI

Location: 39 Frinis St, Athens 11633, Greece Phone: +30 6946742366 Email: rkokoliou@yahoo.gr / rkokoliou@gmail.com Skype: roula_kokoliou

FIELDS AND EXPERTISE History, Politics and Humanities Art, Culture and Cinema Legal / Contracts / General Marketing & PR / Newsletters / Press releases Catalogues / Brochures Business general / Correspondence Literary / Screenplays Childrens books, fiction and non-fiction Subtitling

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS Cooking & Culinary Classical Music & Opera Animals / Animal Rights / Ethics

PAST EXPERIENCE Translated 7 books on history, politics and laymans science, as well as over 10 childrens books (see p.2 for details) Long standing collaboration with the Athens International Film Festival; website, press releases and Festival booklet featuring articles on film genres, directors and mini reviews (Gr > En, 2004 2010) Legal translations for Greek translation agencies and law firms; contracts, terms and conditions, pleadings etc. (2007 the present) Newsletters, catalogues, brochures and other marketing material for businesses and NGOs Website and brochures for the state-sponsored Seismopolis project aiming to educate the public on earthquake safety (Gr > En) Business correspondence, offer letters, employee notifications etc. Screenplay translation for two popular Greek drama series (Gr >En, 2011) Catalogues and texts for photo and art exhibitions Subtitled films, televised plays, TV shows and documentaries for two major Greek studios (2006 the present); volunteer translations for TED

Books Tom Standage, An Edible History of Humanity, (Kedros Publishers, 2011) David Owen, In Sickness and in Power; Illness in Heads of Government During the Last 100 Years, (Kastaniotis Editions, 2009) Atlas of Anatomy (translated with Menelaos Karantzas, Editions Eleftheroudakis, 2009) Admiral Stansfield Turner, Burn Before Reading; Presidents, CIA Directors and Secret Intelligence, (Kastaniotis Editions, 2008 - under publication) Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope; Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, (Polis Editions, 2007) Tom Standage, A History of the World in 6 Glasses, (Kedros Publishers, 2006) Gilad Atzmon, Guide to the Perplexed, (Exandas Publishers, 2005)

Childrens Moira Butterfield, Space, (Kastaniotis Editions, 2009) Neil Morris, 365 Awesome Facts and Records about Nature, (Kastaniotis Editions, 2008) Gill Davies, 365 Awesome Facts and Records about Everything, (Kastaniotis Editions, 2007) As well as over 10 storybooks and extended excerpts translated from Greek into English as samples for international book fairs.

EDUCATION / COURSES 2009 2008 2006 2007 2001 2002 1998 2001 Trados seminar at the Metafrasi school of translation Legal terminology course at the Hellenic American Union, Athens Translation studies at the Metafrasi school of translation Attended MA in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh BA in History/Philosophy at the University of Birmingham

SOFTWARE MS Office 2003/2007, Wordfast, Adobe Reader