EurIng. B. J. Burford
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Curriculum Vitae for EurIng B J Burford (Language Services)

Name:      Eur Ing BRIAN JASPER BURFORD, BSc(Civ.Eng.), CEng, MICE, MIHT
Address:   2 Pilcox Hall Lane, Tendring, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO16 0DL, England
Telephone: 01255 830825
Fax:       01255 830825
Mobile:    07949 250403
E-mail:    burford@jaspell.co.uk
Homepage:  http://www.jaspell.co.uk
Post
Sought:    Language Expert;
           Bengali Translator or Teacher;
           Multilingual Public Presentation;
           Multilingual Information Technology
Terms
Desired:        Preferably Part-Time or Consultancy
Nationality:    British
Year of Birth:  1946
Academic and
Professional
Qualifications:
    Bachelor of Science Degree Honours (BSc Hons), (City University)
    Chartered Engineer
    Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE)
    Member of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (MCIHT)
    European Engineer (Eur Ing.)
    School, College: 3 A Level GCEs, 12 O Level GCEs
Linguistic
Abilities:
    I give public talks in:        English, Bengali, French, Hindi and Urdu.
    GCE passes include A-level:    French, German.
    I can read and speak some:     Nepali, Spanish, Italian, (Chinese Mandarin Pinyin)
    I can read slowly in:          Arabic, Gujarati, Punjabi.
    Operating as a small business, JASPELL, I design and market multilingual word processing software for the above languages plus Japanese. The range now also covers Latin 1, 2, 3 and 4, meaning from Greenlandic to Turkish, from Lappish to Afrikaans. Vietnamese and  Chinese (Mandarin Pinyin) are included too. I also offer a translation service for some of these languages.

Key Experience:
    My professional life has related mainly to 28 years in civil engineering up to project management design and control requiring high-level contact with Government departments and the public in UK and Bangladesh. I often provided civil engineering instruction or training in Bengali. Major projects included the Jamuna Bridge approach road and bridge end complex infrastructure design; Merthyr-Tydfil A470 Pentrebach to Cefn Coed design and project management; East-West Interconnector, Jamuna, Bangladesh construction; and the Thames Barrier construction.
    On a charitable basis I have enjoyed 37 years helping people of many languages and backgrounds, meeting them publicly and on home visits.
    I have been able to teach many non-Bengali people to speak, read and write high quality Bengali. Several aids created for this purpose include a far-reaching Bengali manual, dictionary, and supplementary aids like recorded tapes and a phrasebook. These are suitable for taught or self-teach methods. I have also taught small groups preliminary Chinese Mandarin using the Pinyin Romanized script system for which I have developed comprehensive instruction and self-teach materials for beginners.
    Prior to becoming a civil engineer I served from 1965 to 1972 in the Diplomatic Service including 3 years in Calcutta, where I used Hindi and Urdu.

E-mail:        burford@jaspell.co.uk
Web Page:      http://www.jaspell.co.uk
Address:       2 Pilcox Hall Lane, Tendring, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO16 0DL
Phone, Fax:    01255 830825
Mobile:        07949 250403

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Date of last edit: 01 December 2010