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A few things about me

Professional & Academic Background

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Today – September 2017

TRANSLATOR-ADAPTER – AUTHOR

Adaptation of documentaries and films for the television, cinema, and the luxury industry.

Today – October 2024

LECTURER

Teaching in the Bachelor’s Degree in History and at Sciences Po,
ICES. Course title: Writing Dissent in Ukraine & Russia.

September 2017 – Sept 2016

MASTER’S IN AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION (Nice)

Training in audiovisual translation.
(Subtitling, dubbing, voice-over)

2016 - 2011

WEB WRITER
(Nice/Montréal)

Copywriting for online advertising.
Translation for various organisations.

2011 - 2007

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Brussels & London)

Creation and management of a foundation supporting education in Ukraine.
Humanitarian work & fundraising.

2007 - 2004 

PROJECT OFFICER
(Lviv - Ukraine)

Assistant to the Director of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies at the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv), Prof. Antoine Arjakovsky (now Research Director at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris).

Welcoming diplomatic and academic delegations. Organising international conferences. Teaching.

2004 

TEACHING
(Cannes)

Teaching English in a private secondary school & private tutoring.

2002

Ph.D. –Doctorate
(Keele/Oxford Univ.)

Dissertation on The Self in Relation to the Law in A. Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago and V. Shalamov’s Kolyma Tales,

under the supervision of Prof. Michael Nicholson (Oxford University) and Prof. Valentina Polukhina (Keele University).

Interviews with dissidents:
Vladimir Bukovsky, Natalia Gorbanevskaya, Irina Ratushinskaya, Olga Sedakova.

Dissertation held at the British Library (London).

References

  • LinkedIn

Brussels, Oxford,
Paris, Kyiv, Lviv

Prof. Antoine Arjakovsky (Paris) – Research Director
Prof. Michael Nicholson (Oxford) – Head of Department
H.E. Vsevolod Chentsov (Brussels) – Ukrainian Ambassador
H.E. Michel Czetwertynski (Brussels) – Ambassador

Working Software

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EZ 7 - NINA DUBBING

SDL TRADOS 2022

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Member

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Ongoing education

NinaDubbing (2026)
SDL Trados (online) (2025)
Institute of Art & Olfaction (Los Angeles) (2024)
Osmothèque (Versailles, Paris region) (2024)
ISIPCA (Paris/Grasse) (2024)
5e Sens (Paris/Grasse) (2024)
Parfums Nicolas de Barry (Candes-Saint-Martin) (2024)

TRANSLATOR - ADAPTER – AUTHOR

Specialised in subtitling, voice-over/dubbing,
and script translation.

Fine fragrance & visual arts.

© Marie-Aude Tardivo, Ph.D - 2026

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