Eleni's Resume

Eleni

Volunteer Translator

Female

29 y/o

English Translation/Other language translation

Live in Greece

Nationality Greece

Summary

Dear Hiring Team, I hope this email finds you well. My name is Eleni Spyrou, and I am a professional translator working from English and Turkish into Greek. I specialize in literary translation, article and educational content translation, localization, subtitling, and proofreading/editing. I am interested in joining your company as a freelance translator. Currently, I volunteer as a translator for Global Voices, where I translate news articles from English to Greek. You can find my work here: https://el.globalvoices.org/author/eleni-spyrou I have attached my CV for your review, outlining my qualifications, experience, and relevant projects. I would be happy to complete a test translation or provide references if needed. Please let me know if there are any registration procedures or further steps required to join your team. I look forward to the possibility of working together. Please feel free to reach out if you need any additional information. Best regards, Eleni Spyrou https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleni-spyrou-6462b3197/

Work experience

Volunteer Translator
Global Voices Greece
2024.12-Current
(9 months)
Translation of news articles from English to Greek.
Research Intern
KU Leuven
2024.09-2024.12
(4 months)
Research Intern at the MIDI Research Group -Multimodality, Interaction & Discourse- in the Faculty of Arts/Department of Linguistics at KU Leuven, Belgium. Responsibilities: Data management, Annotation, Transcription, Research and Translation.
Flex Trainer
Teleperformance Hellas
2022.12-2023.06
(7 months)
Responsible for ensuring that new employees receive onboarding training to prepare them for their role as customer support. Other responsibilities include daily training or roundtables duties with the production to ensure that customer support agents are always up to date with the current knowledge. Working Language: English
Customer Support Staff
Teleperformance Hellas
2021.10-2022.12
(a year)
Handling and responding to Customers’ requests through multiple communication channels while updating CRM systems (Salesforce tool) with all requested information. Work Working Language: English
Intern
Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul
2019.06-2019.07
(2 months)
Translations [Turkish to Greek, English], Management and Promotion of cultural events through social media, Newsletter creation and translation, and administrative tasks. Working languages: Greek, Turkish and English.

Educational experience

Ionian University
Science of Translation
2023.11-Current
(2 years)
Theory of Translation, Translation of EU texts, Literary Translation, Translation of Political Texts, MTPE, Translation Tools, Linguistics, Audiovisual Translation. Currently writing my MA thesis on Sociolinguistics. Expected graduation: March 2025
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies
2016.01-2020.12
(5 years)
Major: Historical, Social, Strategical Studies and Geopolitics Thesis Subject: The route of the feminist movement in Turkey and the NGO «Women for Women’s Human Rights-New Ways» (Grade: 10) GPA: 6.61/10