I speak:
Dutch, English, French, Spanish
I teach:
English, French
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Netherlands
Native speaker from:
France
Lessons in:
Amsterdam
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Develop your English proficiency by creating your screenplay or simply work on the basics. Courses for all levels.
I have been an English and French language trainer for 22 years, in the private sector, for the Royal Netherlands Army and for staff members of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At the turn of the millennium, I invented and implemented a special method for advanced learners: developing language proficiency through screenwriting workshops (The Paramaribo Technique, ©André Dryansky, 1999). The core idea is using imagination and dialog as the learning base.
The students create a screenplay together - or together with the instructor in the case of a one-on-one program - and are asked to describe in a detailed manner the images, visualized action, plot lines and interactions between their characters that are forming in their minds. They are then required to write up their ideas and to defend these, as in a traditional Hollywood script conference.
I taught my method, mostly to IT engineers and to banking staff, with such clients as the BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE or ESI Software in France.
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Education:
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA
Master of Fine Arts
MFA in Film Directing. Reel Effects Award for thesis film, REDS GET BLUE: a political fiction short about a young man who volunteers to fight in a war which is only a deadly radio creation.
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA
Bachelor or Arts
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with additional studies in Spanish-American History and Literature
Lycée International de St-Germain-en-Laye
St-Germain-en-Laye, France
International Baccalaureate
Higher Level/Option forte: English, French and History
Highest honors on final memoir: a French to English translation, with exegesis, of excerpts of the surrealist tales of the Comte de Lautréamont, The Songs of Maldoror
Work experience:
Freelance translator (English<>French, Dutch > English or French)
Self
February 2018 - current
Amsterdam, Netherlands
On roster of freelance translators (English <> French) at NATO NSPA, Capellen, Luxembourg
Main current clients:
• INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DES PAYS-BAS, The Hague, Netherlands
• INTERNATIONAAL TOLK AGENTSCHAP, Beverwijk, Netherlands
• TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Medford, MA, USA
Freelance interpreter (English<>French (beginning with Dutch>French))
Self
February 2018 - current
Amsterdam, Netherlands
On roster of freelance interpreters at:
• UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON, Leidschendam (French<>English)
• UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE TO THE KHMER ROUGE TRIALS, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (French>English)
Main current clients:
• AAPEHA, Breda, Netherlands
• FRENCH BUSINESS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• INTERNATIONAAL TOLK AGENTSCHAP, Beverwijk, Netherlands
• LINGUISTLINK, Middelburg, Netherlands
• PRESENCE Translate & Interact, Doncols, Luxembourg
• LIVEWORDS, Amstelveen, Netherlands
• UNIVERSITY of AMSTERDAM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
French language instructor
ELYCIO TALEN
March 2018 - August 2019
Rijswijk and Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
Beginner, Threshold and Intermediate weekly group sessions for junior Dutch government staff, namely at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
English booth staff interpreter
UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE TO THE KHMER ROUGE TRIALS
February 2009 - December 2017
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Interpretation of courtroom proceedings, with regular French > English translations of legal and evidentiary documents together with revision, in English and in French, of courtroom transcripts. English>French as back-up in the French booth.
English and French language instructor
ELYCIO TALEN
August 2005 - February 2009
Arnhem and Papendredcht, Netherlands
English, individual, Arnhem and Papendrecht training centers:
- ELSEVIER PUBLICATIONS, sales manager
- AKZO-NOBEL, logistics manager
- VISSER AND SMIT, site manager
- SIEMENS, sales manager
French, group, Ede military base:
- ROYAL NETHERLANDS ARMY, officer language training in view of cooperation with UN peacekeeping missions in Chad, the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi
English and French, group, in company:
- ARCADIS, secretarial staff (English), Amersfoort
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY EUROPE, workshop staff (English), Amsterdam
- SHINETSU, secretarial staff (French), Hilversum
- HOMBURG REAL ESTATE, secretarial staff (English), Laren
VISSER AND SMIT, project manager team (English), Papendrecht
English language instructor
HORIZON INTERLINGUA
April 2006 - February 2009
Amsterdam and Bunnik, Netherlands
English, individual, Amsterdam and Bunnik training centers:
- PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS, junior auditor
- ING CAR LEASE, leasing consultant
English, in company:
- RESOURCES GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS, secretarial staff, Maarssen
- AHOLD (individual), financial analyst, Amsterdam
English and French language instructor
POLYTAAL
January 2006 - February 2008
Amsterlveen, Netherlands
Intensive English language course for IT staff at ABN-AMRO bank;
Intensive French training course (beginner level) for truck drivers servicing France
In-house English language instructor
ALTRAN TECHNOLOGIES
September 1998 - July 2004
Paris, France
One-on-one English language training for senior executives at French headquarters of this multinational group, the world leader in engineering and R&D services
English language instructor implementing original method
Self - The Paramaribo Technique
November 2000 - July 2004
Paris, Créteil and Rungis, France
Weekly sessions based on a teaching method I invented (The Paramaribo Technique - ©André Dryansky, September 1999) consisting in developing English language proficiency amongst advanced students by way of creative screenwriting workshops