Information for Students and Others
- I can be reached via email s.t.kovatcheva@iss.uio.no
Academic Interests
- Norwegian as a second/foreign language
- Translation, interpreting
- Academic writing (English and Norwegian)
- Language for professional communication (law, medicine)
- Public relations
- Law, politics, economics, and public affairs
- Government certified interpreter category B in Nasjonalt tolkeregister in Norway
- Government certified translator in Norway
Extra-academic Interests
- Visual communication, fashion, cinema, art, design
Tasks performed (selected items)
- Norwegian language and culture for international researchers (NORIR)
- Norwegian for Academics (NORA)
- The International Summer School (ISS)
- Lectures at the triennial seminar for university lecturers in Scandinavian languages organised by The International Summer School, University of Oslo, Norway
- Lectures for visiting students and schoolars at The International Summer School, University of Oslo, Norway
- Guest lecturer at the course Norwegian Life & Society, The International Summer School University of Oslo, Norway
- Lectures at the mandatory training courses for physicians at The Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
Courses taught at The International Summer School
Education and Courses (selected items)
- September 2023-May 2024 - Public sector interpreting, 30 credits, HVL and University of Bergen
- January-May 2023 - Employment Law (JFVU1300 Arbeidsrett), 10 credits, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
- August 2018-March 2019 - English for Lawyers (JFSPR1110 Engelsk for jurister, 10 credits), Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
- August 2018 - Member of The Association of State Authorized Translators in Norway
- August 2018 - State Authorized Translator from Bulgarian to Norwegian, The Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, and The Ministry of Education and Research
- 2016 - Certificate of Legal English Language, Cambridge University
- 2015-2016 - leadership courses at the University of Oslo, University of Oslo.
- 2015 - 2020 - University Pedagogy, 210 hours in total. University of Oslo.
- November 2011 - State Authorized Interpreter Norwegian-Bulgarian/ Bulgarian-Norwegian. Approved: English-Norwegian/Norwegian-English
- May 2009 - Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE), Cambridge University
- Spring semester 2007 - Cand.philol. Degree in Scandinavian Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo, Norway
Thesis: "Languages in the EU. The language development in the institutions of the European Union - a case study" (in Norwegian bokm?l)
Guest researcher and trainee at The Directorate-General for Interpretation at the European Commission in Brussels (schoolarship from The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Oslo, May 2005)
Schoolarship from the European Commission for a trainee period of 6 months at The Publications Office of The European Union in Luxembourg (2008)
- Spring semester 1997 - "Norwegian as a second language" (Norsk som andrespr?k, ?rsenhet, 60 studiepoeng, Institutt for lingvistiske og nordiske studier ved Universitetet i Oslo).
- 2000-2002 - Master of Science Degree in Strategy&International Business, The Norwegian School of Management BI, Sandvika
Field of Specialization: Petroleum Economics&Administration
Thesis: "The re-emerging role of Russia as a large energy supplier. A case study of the Russian oil and gas industry" (in English)
- 1996-1997 - exchange student at The University of Oslo (schoolarship from The Research Council of Norway 澳门葡京手机版app下载sr?det under the cultural agreement between Norway and Bulgaria)
- 1993-1996 - Bachelor? s Degree in Scandinavian languages and German, Sofia University "Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
- August 1996 - schoolarship from Goethe Institut and Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst for an intensive summer course in German language
- July-August 1995 - schoolarship from Svenska Institutet in Stockholm for an intensive summer course in Swedish, highest level
Languages
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Bulgarian - native language
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Norwegian, English - fluent in speaking and writing
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Russian, German - very good in speaking and writing
- Italian, French - basic competence
- Working knowledge of other Scandinavian languages (Swedish, Danish), and Slavic languages (Serbian, Macedonian)
Media Outreach (selected items)
- Language consultant for an information video produced by Rosa Project in Norway which provides information about the national telephone for information and assistance to victims of human trafficking, October 2019
- Language consultant for two documentary films for NRK1 Brennpunkt (Norwegian National Broadcasting Corporation Channel 1, November 2016-April 2017)
"Lykkelandet" and "Jenter til salgs"
- Consultant for the documentary film "Ледената арфа" ("The Ice Harp", about Norway and the cultural heritage, politics, values of the Norwegian society), production of Channel 1, Bulgarian National Television, January 2015
https://www.bnt.bg/bg/s/issue/svetat-na-zhivo
- Media contact in Norway for Bulgarian National Television Channel 1 (BNT 1) - political and news commentator about the 22 July Norway Attacks (July 2011-December 2012)
Interviews for National radio channel in Bulgaria and the largest daily Bulgarian newspapers about the events on 22 July 2011