Viara Timtcheva

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

- 2002-2010:
Translator of Slavic languages at the Court of Justice in Bordeaux, certified translator since January, 2007.

- 2004-2005:
Correspondent for Radio France International, Sofia, Bulgaria. Elaboration and direct reporting of news and interviews.

- 2001:
Training period of two months at Fleurus Presse, Paris, where I was in charge of the lay-out of the review Mille et une histories, as well as of writing, translating and publicating articles.

Training period of two months at the Office de tourisme, Bordeaux. Tourist guide.


PUBLICATIONS

As an author:

- Le merveilleux et la mort dans Le Seigneur des Anneaux de J.R.R. Tolikien, Peter Pan de J.M. Barrie, et Histoire sans Fin de Michael Ende, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2006
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navi...

- Le mythe du Père Noël : origines et évolution, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2006
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navi...

- India and Little Tibet (in bulgarian), Sofia: Damyan Yakov, 2008
http://books.balkanatolia.com/c/sl-b/p-l/aid-11...


As a translator (from French to Bulgarian):

- Histoires magiques, Christian Godefroy, Sofia: Kibea, 2006
http://www.pe-bg.com/?cid=9&pid=17973

- Découvrir et réaliser sa raison d’être, Alain Houel, Sofia: Kibea, 2007
http://www.pe-bg.com/?cid=9&pid=22894


AWARDS

- The Comtesse de Ségur Prize for the best written fairy tale, National literary competition in Montargis, 1999

- Second Prize and (Honorable Mention) for the best written fairy tale, National literary competition in Saintonge and Aunis, 1999


EDUCATION

PhD in Comparative Literature, Bordeaux III
Thesis title: The Figure of the Magician in Mediterranean and Slavic Fairy Tales

MASTERS in Communications, Bordeaux III.

MASTERS in Comparative Literature, Nantes University.


LANGUAGES

French, Bulgarian: certified translator
English: good
German, Russian: intermediate
Spanish, Serbian: good reading and oral comprehension


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Travel (Europe, Lebanon, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Canada, French Guyana, Egypt...)
Photography, cinema, music, reading