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Nick Lingris
The word is my oyster

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Translation - Lexicography

Full name: Nick Lingris
Born on the island of Crete many decades ago.
Website: Lexilogia

Studies:
Studied English Literature at the University of Athens (incomplete)
Pursued International Affairs at the University of London (near completion)

Previous employment:
1966–75: Teacher of English in Athens (including 7 years running my own private school). Transitioned to new challenges after years in education.
1975–76: Translator-interpreter at the Australian Embassy in Athens
1976–80: Programme Assistant, Greek Section, BBC External Services, London – very exciting, but then my wife got sick of the English weather
1980–90: Compendium Bookshop, Athens (private venture)
1987–90: Compendium Computers, Athens (private adventure)
1990–present: Freelancing (translation, editing work, dictionaries, EFL books, trivia for general knowledge board games)
2000–2001, 2003–2004: Head quizmaster for Greek version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ plus a couple of other TV quiz shows

Publications:
1975: General Editorial Supervision, Penguin-Hellenews English-Greek dictionary (a classic which is sadly out of print, but GWord’s English-Greek section is based on it)
1980: Children’s English-Greek Dictionary (Galaios Publications)
1981–95: EFL Course books and students’ companion books (Z & G Zacharopoulos)
1989: Omega English Learner’s Dictionary (Omega ELT Publications)
1996: English-Greek Learner’s Dictionary The First (Fytrakis)
1998: Children’s English-Greek Dictionary JUNIOR (Fytrakis)
1998: English-Greek section of WizCom Technologies’ Translation Dictionary (what came up in answers.com)
2000: English-Greek Dictionary for Advanced Learners SYNCHRONO (Fytrakis)
2001: Book ‘Ποιος θέλει να γίνει σοφότερος (αν όχι εκατομμυριούχος);’
2005, 2010: Edited the last two editions of English-Greek Greek-English Dictionary of Financial Terms by J. Chryssovitsiotis and J. Stavrakopoulos
2015–20: Work on a new Greek dictionary
2021–present: Translation and/or editing of books for Alexandria Publications (including some of the latest bestsellers by Peter Frankopan and Niall Ferguson)

Translation work: 
Extensive experience in translation and editing across various sectors, including books, dictionaries, general knowledge board games, and more.

Personal interests:
– Using computers and the Internet to access knowledge and connect with people
– Cinema, music, books (mostly non-fiction now), history, political economy, politics, and the occasional foray into the world of science (at the Bill Bryson / Richard Dawkins level).
– Rationalism and the debunking of myths
– Artificial Intelligence as an exhilarating new toy

Joined ProZ.com: End of April 2005


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Profile last updated
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