Svetla Tzviatkova Kovatcheva

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

• NORA0110 Elementary Norwegian level I

• NORA0120 Intermediate Norwegian level II

• NORA0130 Mellomkurs i norsk trinn 3

• NORA0140 Norsk for viderekomne, trinn 4

• ISSN0120 Intensive Intermediate Norwegian, Level 2

• ISSN0140 Intensivt kurs i norsk for viderekomne, trinn 4

• ISSN0500 Norwegian Life & Society

• Norwegian for International Researhers - advanced level one 

• ISSN1110 Norsk grammatikk i et fremmedspr?ksperspektiv 

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

• Bulgarian - native language

• Norwegian, English - fluent in speaking and writing

• 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 "§­§Ö§Õ§Ö§ß§Ñ§ä§Ñ §Ñ§â§æ§Ñ" ("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