Martin Purdy’s CV

Curriculum Vitae

Full Name: Martin Lewis PURDY

Date of Birth: 1965

Place of Birth: Great Britain

Nationality: Dual: New Zealand/British

 

Present Employment:

Freelance translator, part-time coin dealer and limousine operator, trading as "Translate Ltd".

Business website www.translatelimited.com

 

Previous Employment:

•         Senior Editor/Translator and Manager (Asian Languages), New Zealand Translation Centre, 1993-1998. Duties involved translation from most Western European languages, Japanese and Korean into English; checking translations into those languages (done by native speakers) for accuracy; quality control; client liaison

•         Civil Servant employed by NZ Government, 1988-1993

 

Awarded NAATI III accreditation as Japanese-English and German-English translator, 1995

Japanese Language Proficiency Course, Grade II, 1988

Diploma of the British Esperanto Association (DBEA), 1981

 

Languages I have translated from in the past 17 years: German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Afrikaans, Latin and Catalan.

 

Publications:

•         Jules de Blosseville: A Proposal for a Penal Colony in New Zealand. Bilingual edition, French/English. Private limited edition, ANU, Canberra 1986. An amended, updated second edition appeared in the New Zealand Journal of French Studies, Volume 22 number 2, November 2001, ISSN 0110-7380.

•         Translation into English of Steine und Steinbrüche im Alten Ägypten (Stones and Quarries in Ancient Egypt) by R & D Klemm, published by the British Museum, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7141-2326-4.

•         Editing and layout of New Zealand Numismatic Journal, ISSN 0028-8527, c. 2000 – date.

•         Editing and layout of W. O’Kane/ M & R Purdy, Twaalfhoven Family Reunion, Bodegraven 1954 – New Zealand 2004, Upper Hutt, March 2009, ISBN 978-0-473-14830-0

•         Editing and layout of H. MacMaster, Catalogue of New Zealand Commemorative Medals 1941 – 2007, to be published by the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand, scheduled for late 2009

 

Also a contributor to the following publications:

•         “Premier” New Zealand Coin & Banknote Catalogue (A.W. Grant, H. Mitchell) (2002 - date)

•         Weltmünzkatalog, 20. Jahrhundert (G. Schön), 32^nd ed. 2003

•         Standard Catalog of Unusual World Coins, 4^th ed. 2005

•         Standard Catalog of World Coins, 20^th Century, 2008 ed. - date

•         Standard Catalog of World Coins, 21^st Century, 2008 ed. - date

 

Responsible Positions Held:

•         President, Royal Numismatic Society of NZ Inc., 2003-2006

•         President, Wellington Coin Club Inc., 1989-1994

•         Vice-President, Royal Numismatic Society of NZ Inc., 1999-2003

•         Secretary, Royal Numismatic Society of NZ Inc., 1990-1997

•         Editor, New Zealand Numismatic Journal, 2000-date

•         Assistant Editor, New Zealand Numismatic Journal, 1991-2000

•         Editor, RNSNZ Newsletter, 1995-2005

 

Courses Attended:

•         Lindsay Yeo Radio Personality School (4-day intensive radio skills workshop), April 1993

•         WordPerfect 5.1 Fast-Track Course, Office Automation Specialists, July 1992

•         Night Classes in Introductory and Intermediate Arabic, Wellington Community Institute, 1990-1

•         Three-week specialised analysis course, November 1990

•         Units from State Services Commission management course, September 1990

•         Two-day seminar on assertiveness training techniques, NZIM, September 1990

•         Two-day stress management course, April-May 1990

•         Two-week specialised writing course, May 1989

 

Other Abilities:

•         Touch-typing, word-processor operation (Word, some experience with Japanese and Korean-language WP operation)

 

Miscellaneous:

•         Co-presenter of monthly Esperanto broadcasts on Wellington Access Radio, Oct 1992 - Mar 1994

 

Clubs and Societies:

•         Life Member, American Numismatic Association; Member, NZ Society of Translators and Interpreters, Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand Inc. (including the Wellington Coin Club), Manawatu Numismatic Society, Tauranga Numismatic Society, Wanganui Numismatic Society, Numismatic Society of Auckland, Australian Numismatic Society, NZ Numismatic Dealers' Association, Armstrong Siddeley Car Club in New Zealand Inc., Armstrong Siddeley Owners' Club Ltd (UK), Armstrong Siddeley Car Club (Australia), Vintage Car Club (NZ), NZ Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Universal Esperanto Association (Netherlands).

•         Elected a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand (FRNSNZ), 2003.

 

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This page last updated Tue 21 Apr 2009.