Academic position: assistant
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Born: October, 6th, 1981, Pleven
Academic profile
Areas of academic interest: practical Chinese language, translation, economic, legal and business Chinese, language and software
Subjects taught: Practical Chinese Language, Economic Translation, Document Translation, Legal, Economic and IT Translation Part 1 and 2 (Master's course)
Education:
Higher education:
Ph.D. Student
Full-time PhD student at Sofia University. PhD in Chinese Lexicology and Lexicography. (September 2018).
Master's degree:
2010-2012: Applied Linguistics with Chinese, Master's thesis "Composing a Chinese-Bulgarian Study Dictionary", defended on 3.04.2012.
Bachelor's degrees:
2005-2010: bachelor degree in Chinese Studies, Sofia University.
One-year language specialization in Chinese language at the Fudan University, Shanghai, China (September 2007 - July 2008).
2000-2005: bachelor degree in Business Administration with English language, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University, with Italian as a second language.
High School:
1995-2000 г. First English Language High School, Sofia. Second language French.
Middle School:
1991-1995 г. 129th School “Antim I”, Sofia, with English and German language
Professional Experience:
Since May 2008: Freelance translator and interpreter between Chinese, English and Bulgarian; sworn-in translator since 2010.
February 2011 – June 2016: Adjunct lecturer, Chinese Studies Program, Sofia University.
Since February 2012: Adjunct Lecturer, Plovdiv University. Courses taught: Practical Chinese language, Chinese Lexicology, Chinese Morphology, Chinese Syntax, Chinese Stylistics.
Since June 2016: Full-time Assistant Professor, Sofia University
Other Achievements:
First prize winner of the national university students Chinese contest Chinese Bridge, July 2010.
Publications:
Research papers:
A Study on Words of Chinese Origin in Bulgarian Language. Kameya OOD, Sofia 2013, p. 405-413.
Examining China’s Belt and Road Discourse: from Outline Sketches to Fine Line Strokes. In : China and the World: Language, Culture, Politics, Vol. 1.; Sofia University Press, Sofia, 2020. p. 79-106 (Co-author: prof. Alexander Alexiev)
Unfolding the Web of Semiosis for the Radical ‘Dog’ quǎn 犬. In: China and the World: Language, Culture, Politics, Vol. 1. Sofia University Press. с. 224-264 (Co-author: dr. Teodora Kutzarova)
Consultant with Chinese Language:
“The Noodle Maker“, Ma Jian. Zhanet 45, 2011
“Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea“. Barbara Demick. Prozorets, 2011 г.
“Finding Gobi”, Dion Leonard. Vakon, 2019
„Discover China“ – Chinese language textbook and workbook, parts I - II. Translation, adaptation and introductory course - Tsankova A., Hain E, He Julin. Under license from McMillan Publishers Ltd. and Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. Sofia, East - West, 2019 - 2021