PUB USER: KHAABBA

Personal Information First (Given) Name: Amlaku Middle Name: Last (Family) Name: Eshetie Date Joined: 10/09/2013 E-Mail Address: You must be Logged In To View! Website: None Provided Gender: Male City: Addis Ababa State: No selection required Country: Ethiopia Zip: na Profile: Studied Foreign Languages and Literature (English and French) for a BA, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language for an MA, Amlaku has taught at all levels (primary through tertiary)for over 15 years now. Later in 2010 Amlaku shifted to translation and related language services. Share Profile Share Profile     Resume Date Created: 03/25/2014 Date Updated: 03/25/2014 Text: CV (RESUME) B. ESHETIE, AMLAKU (MR) Entrepreneur, Translator, Reviewer, Proofreader, Editor and Trainer of English > Amharic, and Amharic >English, and an agency for other Ethiopian languages: Oromo, Tigirnya, Nuer, Somali, Afar, etc. Native Amharic speaker, English Native-like *** Translated so far: Over two million source words: notably for Diageo, CESCO, Afrolingo, Folio, GIZ , Concern & others. *** PERSONAL DETAILS: NAME: Amlaku Bikss Eshetie (Mr) ADDRESS P.O.Box: 110307 Yeka Subcity, Addis Ababa khaabba_ils@hotmail.co.uk or info@khaabbalanguages.com Skype – upon request ; website: www.khaabbalanguages.com Cell phone: (+251) 0911 747121 / 0912 786468 DATE OF BIRTH 05 June 1975 NATIONALITY Ethiopian MARITAL STATUS Married *** Fields of expertise: language and linguistics, literature, journalism, education, media, advertising, computer, information technology, software, communications, culture studies, art and music, travel and tourism, history, geography, psychology, philosophy, and religion. I also translate: texts from the fields of health, IT and computer, manufacturing industry, trade, sales, transportation and anything of generality. *** WORK EXPERIENCES - Currently a general manager of KHAABBA International, where I manage training, editing and translation services, and serve as an agency of major Ethiopian languages for several local and international companies, such as DIAGEO, Afrolingo, CESCO, FutureTrans, oDesk, and so on. - worked as a teacher of English for over 15 years across all levels of education (elementary through tertiary/university levels), different places in Ethiopia. Out of this, 10 years (2000 – 2009) is at WGCF-NR, Hawassa University. - worked as a teacher of French for about a total of 6 years for beginners and elementary levels of learners, different places in Ethiopia. - Taught Amharic to volunteer Koreans and other foreigners at Laleo Int’l Language Centre, Addis Ababa. - Served as a freelance English copy editor of Aster Nega Publishing Enterprise, Addis Ababa. *** FORMAL EDUCATION AND QULIFICATIONS DEGREES Sept 2013 – September 2014 (expected) MSc in Multilingual Computing and Localisation, University of Limerick, Ireland Sept 2009 – Jan 2013(withdrew) PhD research student in Applied Linguistics and Communication at Addis Ababa University (completed course works and progressed to research project pilot) Sept 2003 - July 2005 MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), Addis Ababa University Sept 1993 - July 1997 BA in Foreign Languages and Literature (English and French), Addis Ababa University CERTIFICATES - Business Development Support (BDS), EDC/UNDP, December 2013. - Entrepreneurship (ETW), March 2013; Entrepreneurship (ToT), EDCE/UNDP, May 2013. - Editing and Proofreading, Book Design and Publishing Management, McGillivary Linnegar Associates, South Africa, February 2009 - Adobe Photoshop (graphics editing), SolmiNet Information Technology College, November 2006 - Meetings Incentives Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE), UNISA, November 2007 CAT Tools, Software and equipment: - SDL Trados 2011; Passolo, GTT, and MS LEAF - MS Office all fluent and swift - So far worked on Compaq, Dell and Toshiba brands - Can skilfully operate on Windows XP Professional and Windows 7 - Am skilful in Microsoft Office (all), Open Office, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Paint, JRuler,Turbo Navigator, SPSS, and OpenCode. - TRES, MS LocStudio, and GTT - Can easily install and use new software and accessories. Publications - Children’s Book of Alphabets, Numbers, Colours, Shapes and Exercises. 2010. Mega Publishing Enterprise, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. - ‹መራጩ›, A translation of Chinua Achebe’s short story, The Voter, published in Addis Admas Newspaper, Megabit 18, 2002 E.C. - “የእንስሳት መንደር” – A Translation of George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm for children (waiting a publication). - “የሥነ-ግጥም መድብል” – A Collection of     Existing Subject Areas Business Marketing Medical Other Social Sciences Technology       Type Language(s) Destination Amharic Source English Destination Kirundi Destination Oromo Destination Tigrinya       Article Language Category Stats Title This member has not submitted any approved articles yet.       Glossary Languages Subject Stats Description This member has not submitted any approved glossaries yet.