KENNEDY PAVER MA (Oxon), PgDip (Kent), MCIL, MITISolihull, West Midlands, UKTel.: +44 (0)121 706 0131 Mobile: +44 (0)7764 939145email: kenpaver@blueyonder.co.ukweb: www.paverlanguages.comA highly specialized provider of translation, interpreting, language support and consultancy services to customers in the nuclear, utilities and technology sectors, with extensive on-site experience.CAREER SUMMARY:1991 – present: Freelance Linguist/Trainer- Translation of technical documentation for major European nuclear industry players (EDF, AREVA, Electrabel,etc.).- Translation project manager for detailed design phase of European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) project,based at AREVA (formerly Framatome), Paris-La Défense (2000-2001).- On-site translation, interpreting and language support services for international nuclear safety reviews by IAEA/WANOat nuclear power plants in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, China and the UK.- Training of power plant personnel in international safety review processes.- Mentoring and training of translators and interpreters working at facilities operated by AREVA, EDF and other customers.- Translation of technical and commercial documentation for leading companies in the engineering, utilities andtechnology sectors (including Bouygues, Thales and Siemens).1988 – 1991: Staff Translator, promoted to Senior Translator (Head of Section), British Nuclear Fuels plc, Warrington, Cheshire, UK- Management of company translation and interpreting requirements in the fields of reprocessing, reactoroperation, uranium enrichment, fuel manufacture, waste management, etc.EDUCATION:1987 – 1988: University of Kent at Canterbury: Postgraduate Diploma in Technical Translation and Interpreting (French, German and Dutch).1983 – 1987: University of Oxford: MA, Modern Languages (French and German)INVOLVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES:- Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL)- Qualified Member (Translator and Interpreter) of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI)- Member of ITI Admissions Committee 2004-2006- Member of ITI Council (governing body of ITI) 2005-2006.- Vice-Chairman of ITI 2006- Currently (September 2017) chair of Editorial Board of The Linguist magazine (journal of the Chartered Institute of Linguists)LECTURING:Lecturing on BSc and MA translation programmes at Aston University. Lectures/presentations to translation students at Leeds, Exeter and Birmingham universities.PUBLISHED ARTICLES:Articles published in The Linguist, the Bulletin of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, and the Journal of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators.TECHNICAL TRAINING RECEIVED:- One-week technical induction at Sellafield plant, Cumbria, as part of BNFL management training programme.
- Technical inductions at Capenhurst uranium enrichment plant and Springfields fuel manufacturing plant.
- Safety and radiation protection training (level PR1) to obtain qualified radiation worker status for EDF plants in France (latest refresher training received in February 2017).
- Contractor radiation protection, nuclear safety and industrial safety training at nuclear plants in various countries (training received on each plant visit - usually several times each year, since 1996).
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