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Most recent sighting:
1st March 2007
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Name
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Berni Armstrong
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Age
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(a young looking) 52
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Marital Status
Children
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Married(Gretna Green 1989)
One Daughter (11/11/98)
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Health
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He is in good health
and a fanatical non-smoker.
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1969
- 1972
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Electronics
Apprenticeship
(Royal Air Force)
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1975
- 1978
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University
of Lancaster
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1975
- 1978
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University
of Essex
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Educational
B.A.(Hons)
English & Drama
M.A Literature (Drama)
Post Graduate
Institute of Linguists
Diploma in Translation
(Spanish to English)
Other
He has a clean driving licence.
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He
has seven years of experience as a Lecturer at the Autonomous University of
Barcelona. As well as twenty years experience as a Teacher of English as a
Foreign Language and sixteen years experience as a translator from Spanish
and Catalan into English. He has done translations on subjects as varied as
The Casablanca Mosque, Sculpture & Art books, Metal Shelving Manuals,
Company Web sites for Mecalux and Chupa Chups, Genetic
Engineering Thesis, The Mallorcan breed of Sheep,
Wall safes and the Manual of a rather curious machine that puts separators
into cardboard boxes. Additional skills include HTML, Word Processing
and Database Management.
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1999
to present
1986
to present
1989 to present
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Lecturer in Translation & English at the Autonomous
University of Barcelona
Private
English Teacher in Capellades, Barcelona.
Freelance Translator
Spanish & Catalan to English.
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1985
to 1986
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Teacher
of Music and Drama.
Kingsthorpe Community School.
Northampton.
Where he worked within
project teams to create drama and music awareness among "Generation
X" Children.
In addition, he
worked as a semi-professional folk singer as a solo artist and as a member
of "The Magic Ox Band", which starred all rounder Steafan Hannigan.
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1980
to 1985
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Community
Artist and Performer. He worked with Community Arts projects in
Liverpool, as well as being a freelance member of Engineers of the
Imagination (W.S.I.) and founding father of
"The Magic Ox" a loose group of artists and performers, lovers
and dreamers who together created some of the cheapest and most bizarre,
theatre to be seen at any festival.
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He is
a keen amateur musician and songwriter, whose songs have been recorded by
luminaries of the folk world. His musical obsessions include a varied
collection of musical instruments. He is an avid fan of good movies and
visits arts cinemas in Barcelona whenever his young daughter will allow
him. He also enjoys home cooking. He would like to find time to be a more
active mountain biker and is a long standing armchair tennis fan. He
plays front-on tennis in Summer and was once known to risk the occasional
squash game. He wishes Badmington were popular in
Catalonia where he lives.
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