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Having obtained a PhD in Translation Studies from University College London (with time at Harvard in 2019, and Yale in 2021), I have put translation as an object of analysis in my teaching and research. In Shanghai, I was often paid to polish, examine and correct English written as a second-language, to the point that it became like a reflex. As a translator of German, Russian and Brazilian myself, I would be more than happy to extend those capacities and skill-set toward this role.…Having obtained a PhD in Translation Studies from University College London (with time at Harvard in 2019, and Yale in 2021), I have put translation as an object of analysis in my teaching and research. In Shanghai, I was often paid to polish, examine and correct English written as a second-language, to the point that it became like a reflex. As a translator of German, Russian and Brazilian myself, I would be more than happy to extend those capacities and skill-set toward this role.

Byron Byrne-Taylor

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Having obtained a PhD in Translation Studies from University College London (with time at Harvard in 2019, and Yale in 2021), I have put translation as an object of analysis in my teaching and research. In Shanghai, I was often paid to polish, examine and correct English written as a second-language, to the point that it became like a reflex. As a translator of German, Russian and Brazilian myself, I would be more than happy to extend those capacities and skill-set toward this role.…Having obtained a PhD in Translation Studies from University College London (with time at Harvard in 2019, and Yale in 2021), I have put translation as an object of analysis in my teaching and research. In Shanghai, I was often paid to polish, examine and correct English written as a second-language, to the point that it became like a reflex. As a translator of German, Russian and Brazilian myself, I would be more than happy to extend those capacities and skill-set toward this role.

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Having obtained a PhD in Translation Studies from University College London (with time at Harvard in 2019, and Yale in 2021), I have put translation as an object of analysis in my teaching and research. In Shanghai, I was often paid to polish, examine and correct English written as a second-language, to the point that it became like a reflex. As a translator of German, Russian and Brazilian myself, I would be more than happy to extend those capacities and skill-set toward this role.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

German

Advanced

Russian

Advanced

Portuguese

Advanced

French

Intermediate

Work Experience

Lecturer of English Literature & Translation at Shanghai International Studies University

February 1, 2024 - November 21, 2025

Teach Academic Writing in the Humanities (Honours College, full autonomy); Advanced Translation (co-taught with Prof. Sophie Xiao); Academic Argumentative English; Oral English; Survey of 19th-Century English Classics.

Junior Visiting Fellow at Ernst Bloch Centre

December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023

Fellow focusing on translation studies and modernism; engaged in seminars and research collaborations with international scholars.

Voice Actor at Shanghai University Press

January 1, 2024 - November 21, 2025

Recorded audiobooks of Dickens and Austen.

Fundraising Campaigner at University of Cambridge, St Edmund's College

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017

Fundraising campaigns for scholarships and development; telephoning prospective donors.

Co-Chair at University of London – Institute of Modern Languages Research

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020

Managed annual conference budget and travel reimbursements.

PhD Scholarship Recipient at Goodenough College

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020

PhD scholarship for tuition and living expenses.

CEU Excellence Initiative Scholar at Central European University

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018

CEU Excellence Initiative Scholarship; part-time work at the Open Society Archives.

China English First Summer Scholarship – English Teaching at Sun Yat-sen University / University of Sussex

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011

Taught English in Guangzhou.

Lecturer of English Literature & Translation at Shanghai International Studies University

February 1, 2024 - November 26, 2025

Lectured and taught courses in English literature and translation; taught Academic Writing in the Humanities, Advanced Translation, Academic Argumentative English, Oral English, and Survey of 19th-Century English Classics; supervised student work and contributed to writing support and course development.

Junior Visiting Fellow at Ernst Bloch Centre, London

December 31, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Engaged in translation studies and world literature research; participated in seminars and collaborative projects.

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant at University College London

December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Teaching Assistant for Translation Theory (MSt); Words and the World (MA); Genetic Criticism (MA); Theories of Consent (MA); supported seminars, marking, and student guidance.

Co-Chair at Institute of Modern Languages Research (University of London)

December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Co-Chaired, managed annual conference budget, and coordinated travel reimbursements.

Fundraising Campaigner at St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge

December 31, 2017 - December 31, 2017

Telephone fundraising campaigns for scholarships and development.

Co-Chair at Sussex Spoken Word Society, University of Sussex

December 31, 2013 - December 31, 2013

Organized performances and workshops to promote spoken word and literature.

Voice Actor at Shanghai University Press

December 31, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Recorded audiobooks of Dickens and Austen.