Curriculum Vitae

                              

Personal Details

 

Name                         Dr Katalin Gaal

 

Address                     613 Robinson Rd

                                     Aspley 4034

                                     Brisbane, QLD                                                      

 

Mobile                      0422 802 568

                                   

E-mail                        katalin.gaal@uqconnect.edu.au

 

     

Professional Experience

 

Currently                                            www.katalingaaltutoringtranslationservices.com

                                                             1300 Home Tutors

 Top of the Class Professional Tuition

                                                           

English/Academic Tutor

Primary to Tertiary Levels

Teaching English including reading, writing, comprehension, research and study skills to students from primary to tertiary levels.      

                                                            Editor/Proofreader: all academic levels

 

Office bearer/website administrator for

The Australian Dostoevsky Society

 

NAATI Accredited Hungarian – English Professional Translator

                                                           

                                                            Transperfect Translations

Straker Translators

The Migration Translators

Australian Multi Lingual Services

 

Translating in Literature, Education, Social Sciences etc. as well as medical and legal documents and certificates.

 

  2008- 2011                                            English Language and Comprehension Teacher Echelon Mining and Global LT (literacy, verbal and written communication, reading, comprehension)

                                                            Information Literacy/Computer Tutor

Shafston College Adult Learner Information literacy, Computer skills Critical Literacy

 

 

Qualifications

 

 

2013               Doctor of Philosophy Literary Studies, University of Queensland

                       

 

2011                 NAATI Professional Translator Accreditation

                        Hungarian-English

 

 

2005                 Graduate Diploma of Science - Information

                           Services (Information Science stream) 

                           Edith Cowan University (Perth, WA)

                        External Online Study

 

 

2000               Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training

                        Yeronga Institute of TAFE, Brisbane Queensland

 

 

1997               Bachelor of Education (Honours)

                        Griffith University, Brisbane Queensland

                        Teaching areas: English and Social Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Memberships

 

Member of Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators

 

Member of the Australian Association for Literary Translation

 

Member of the Australian Association for Literature

 

Member of the International Dostoevsky Society

 

Eligibility for membership of the Australian Library and Information Association

 

Eligibility for Teacher Registration with the Queensland College of Teachers

 

 

Publications

 

Gaal, Katalin. “Iconic Representations in Dostoevsky’s post-Siberian Works.”

PhD Thesis. University of Queensland. 2013.

http://search.proquest.com//docview/1372292032

 

Gaal, Katalin. “Iconic Transformations in Dostoevsky’s post-Siberian Works.”  Kaleidoscope 5.1 (2013) 81-90.

http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/ias/kaleidoscope/51Edition.pdf.

 

Gaal, Katalin Iconic transformations in Dostoevsky’s post-Siberian works. Conference Presentation. In Rhizomes V Diaspora: Language and Place, 4-5

February 2010, Brisbane, Australia. Available for viewing at: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:205802

 

Gaal, Katalin. “The Role of Iconic Beauty in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment.” Transcultural Studies: A Series in Interdisciplinary Research Vols. 6-7 2010-2011 [2012], 225-236.

 

Gaal, Katalin The Loneliness of the Bush: An Aesthetic Textual Study of Selected Short Stories by Henry Lawson.  Germany: VDM Verlag, 2010. Available on Amazon.com:- http://www.amazon.com/Loneliness-Bush-Aesthetic-Textual-Selected/dp/3639243285/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275640950&sr=1-1

 

Conference Presentations

 

2010 – Presenter of Iconic Transformations in Dostoevsky’s Post-Siberian Works at Rhizomes: A Conference for Postgraduate and Early –Career Researchers at the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Queensland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Referees

                                   

Sam Berner                Senior Practitioner - AUSIT
                                        Former National President, Australian Institute of                                            Interpreters and Translators
                                     NAATI Lvl 3 (Arabic/English) Translator 

                                     Website: www.arabic.com.au

                                     E-mail: sberner@arabic.com.au

 

 

Aniko Dami-Knight    Straker Translations Project Manager

                                    E-mail:  aniko@strakertranslations.com

 

 

 

Dr John McNair            PhD Thesis Supervisor

                                          University of Queensland

                                          School of Languages and Comparative

                                        Cultural Studies

                                          Ph: (07) 3365 3090

                                     E-mail: w.mcnair@uq.edu.au