K. RENATO LINGS

Translator/Interpreter, PhD

 

2008 Translator, interpreter, teacher, lecturer & writer based in Copenhagen, Denmark

GENERAL DATA

 Place of Birth                   Haunstrup, County of Ringkøbing, Denmark

 Nationality                        Danish

 Religious Affiliation         Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

STUDIES

 1965–66        Literature and Christianity. Haslev Extended People’s College, Denmark.

 1966–67        Philosophy, Greek and Hebrew.University of Århus, Denmark.

 1967–68        Social Sciences (Interdisciplinary). University of Copenhagen.

 1968–70        CandArt degree in Spanish.University of Copenhagen.

 1970–73        CandPhil degree in Spanish.University of Copenhagen.

 1971–72        Literary studies at two universities in Spain (Salamanca and Universidad Complutense, Madrid).     

 1973–74        Middle American Anthropology (Aztec and Mayan cultures). University of Copenhagen.

 1974–76        Translation and Interpreting (Spanish and Danish). Copenhagen School of Business Studies. Diploma 1976.

 1988               Quaker Studies.Pendle Hill, Pennsylvania, USA.

 1990               Piano by Ear. Method developed by the Revd David Lawrence, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

 2002–06        Postgraduate studies in theology. College of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, affiliated to the University of Exeter (UK). PhD 2006.

EMPLOYMENT 1974–2002 (Selection)

• Free-lance translator/interpreter (Danish, Spanish, English) in Denmark.
• Teacher of Spanish at adult education centres in Copenhagen.
• Teacher of Translation (Spanish/Danish), University of Copenhagen.
• Translator at Interlingua Translations, West Sussex, UK.
• Teacher of Simultaneous Interpreting (Spanish/Danish, Danish/Spanish), CopenhagenSchool of Business Studies.
• Research project on bilingual education in Latin America carried out in Mexico. Sponsored by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
• Translator Spanish/English with Granma Weekly Review, Havana, Cuba.
• Translator/interpreter at the International Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture, Copenhagen.
• Volunteering in the USA for charities working with Central American refugees and the homeless.
• Translator Spanish/English in San José, Costa Rica with
  (a) Project Counselling Service for Latin American Refugees,
  (b) the Latin American Biblical University.
• Visiting teacher at the International People’s College, Elsinore, Denmark.
• Interpreter at the European Parliament (Brussels & Strasbourg).