2024-03-21

Erik Thau-Knudsen's
curriculum vitae (CV) — extended

Personal data
Experience record — professional
Lectures held
Volunteer work
Education
On-line fora
Various affiliations
Command of languages
Information technology
Radio broadcasted mass media appearances

Personal data

Born: in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Citizenship (by birth, at present), ethnic affiliation, native tongue:: Danish
Currently living in: Nørrevænget 68, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark.

All geographical data (of study, occupation) regard the political (e.g., municipal) affiliation, not the postal district.
When countries have undergone split-ups, the contemporary country name has been chosen for the sake of preciseness.

Experience record — professional

Beginning yyyy-mm-dd	End yyyy-mm-dd	Position	Work-place	Field
1990-01-23 *)	-	freelancer, owner	Slavoglotta Sprogformidling Denmark (for a period also under my own name or using the title Sprogformidlingen, home based one-man enterprise)	Interpretation and translation (since 1990) between native language (Danish) and, among others, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin), Ukrainian, German. Forensic Linguistics: analysis of forged documents (since 2013) Subtitling movies and television for Nordisk Film, TV- & Filmcompagniet (2002), Dokumentarkompagniet (2013), of Russian, Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian), Yakutian, Macedonian (1993, 1994, 1995, 2013) Selected list of clients
2000-02-20	—	international elections observer	UFD (AKA [2012 till 2022]: Peace and Stabilisation Response (FSB — Freds- og Stabiliseringsberedskabet, till 2012 Internationalt Humanitært Beredskab (IHB)) Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Copenhagen Denmark Reference: Inge Schou isc@niras.dk +45 48 10 45 22	Missions: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of North Macedonia 24 April & 8 May 2024 (term: 25 March - 15 May 2024). Long-term observer of ODIHR. Early Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan, 19 March 2023 (term: 15-22 March 2023). Short-term observer of ODIHR, assigned to Janaqorgan (Qyzylorda oblast). Local Elections in North Macedonia, 17 October 2021 (term: 11-20 October 2021). Short-term observer of ODIHR, assigned to Makedonska Kamenica (Štipsko) Presidential Election in Ukraine, 31 March 2019 and 21 April 2019 (term: 11 February-1 May, 2019). Long-term observer of ODIHR, in Odessa. Short Term Observation of Referendum, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 30 September 2018 (term: September 26 - October 3, 2018). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Kočani Early Presidential Election in Azerbaijan, 11 April 2018 (term: April 7-14, 2018). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Lənkaran Observation of Presidential Election in Uzbekistan, 4 December 2016 (term: November 29-December 7, 2016). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Qoshqodarya Observation of Presidential Election in Belarus, 11 October 2015 (term: October 7-13, 2015). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Maladečna district (Minsk oblast) Observation of Early Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan, 26 April 2015 (term: March 29-May 2, 2015). Long-term observer of ODIHR, in West Kazakhstan (Uralsk) Observation of Early Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine, 26 October 2014 (term: October 21-30, 2014). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Zaporizhya Observation of Early Presidential Election in Ukraine, 25 May 2014 (term: May 20-29, 2014). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Uman (Cherkasy) Observation of Parliamentary Elections in Albania, 23 June 2013 (term: June 18-30, 2013). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Elbasan Parliamentary Majlis oli elections in Tajikistan 2010 (February 24 - March 4, 2010). Short-term observer of ODIHR, deployed to Shahrinav (Karotegin province) Presidential elections in Kazakhstan 4 December 2005 (October 21 - December 9, 2005). Long-term observer of ODIHR, in Pavlodar Referendum, 7 November 2004 in Republic of Macedonia (term: November 4-10, 2004). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Berovo Observation of Majilis parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan 19 September 2004 (term: August 13 - September 26, 2004). Long-term observer of ODIHR, in Pavlodar Presidential Election in Russia, 26 March 2000 (term: March 20-29, 2000). Short-term observer of ODIHR, in Usolje (Irkutsk oblast)
2011-01-01	2018-03-31	external examiner	Censorsekretariatet for erhvervskommunikation og sprog Aarhus Universitet Denmark Reference: Henrik Pers, pers@au.dk, +45 2478 3210	Examining students in business communication and languages Start date notes the time of affiliation, end date notes the expiration of affiliation
2014-03-03	2014-06-30	expert	Danmarks Akkrediteringsinstitution Copenhagen, Denmark,	accreditation of the BA and master studies of Russian and Balkanistics at the University of Copenhagen, including defining criteria for accreditation I was representing the employers in the two expert panels
2011-09-01	2012-08-31	musical janitor	VIA University College Læreruddannelsen i Silkeborg Denmark Reference: Steen Lembcke sle@viauc.dk, +45 28 69 38 56	keeping musical instruments and other musical equipment in working order acquisition of supplies registering instruments and supplies
2008-11-04	2008-11-04	substitute teacher	Grauballe Skole Silkeborg Denmark	teaching history, mathematics to children in 4th-5th form (10-11 years)
2008-09-15	2008-11-06	substitute	Fritidsklubben Solsikken Silkeborg Denmark	caring for children aged 10-12 years
2008-03-25	2008-04-24	External language teacher	Langsøskolen Silkeborg Denmark Phone +45 8722 5588	Teaching Bulgarian to 7^th and 8^th grade students Elaborating study materials, including some published on Wikipedia.
2007-06-25	2007-06-25	teacher	Studieskolen Copenhagen K Denmark Phone +45 33 18 79 13	Teaching Macedonian history and language to employee of Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2006-12-07	2007-07-31	nightwatch	Shell Filling Station Silkeborg Denmark Phone +45 86820650	Running the Select shop
2006-01-07	2006-12-31	author	Gyldendalske Leksikon Copenhagen K Denmark Phone +4533755984 Reference: Gyldendal +45 33 75 55 55	updating articles for DVD and the on-line version of the Encyclopedia (Den store danske encyklopædi) writing new articles about languages and linguistics, especially Uralic and Turkic languages
2004-01-09	2005-01-05	consultant	TGK Consult Sølvgade 6B, 5. tv. 1307 Copenhagen K Denmark	writing reports to funding parties (Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IWGIA) setting up and editing home sites (webmaster) accountancy Company closed in 2006. Old web site.
2001-04-01	2002-01-31	post-graduate student	Department of Slavonic Studies University of Aarhus Aarhus Denmark	Researching in future expressions in the Balkan languages (Balkan Slavic, Albanian, Greek, etc.) Supervisor: Henning Mørk
1999-08-08	2001-03-31	author, consultant	Danmarks Nationalleksikon (Danish National Encyclopedia), a part of Gyldendal Copenhagen Denmark	Writing articles on Altaic languages for the Big Danish Encyclopaedia (Den Store Danske Encyclopædi) from volume Ski and ahead Consultancy on Altaic, Balkan and Slavic etymologies and transcriptions.
1996-05-01	1999-08-15	post-graduate fellow	Department of East-European Studies University of Copenhagen Denmark	Lecturing in South Slavic languages to Serbo-Croatists and Indo-European comparativists Researching in future expressions in the Balkan languages (Balkan Slavic, Albanian, Greek, etc.)
1994-04-01	2002-03-31	external examiner	Slavisk Censorkorps University of Aarhus Denmark	Corps of external examiners in Slavistics Monitoring, examining, and evaluating oral exams Dealing mainly with Serbo-Croatian Consideration of complaint
1994-02-23	1994-09-30	assistant lecturer	Department of East-European Studies University of Copenhagen Denmark	Teaching Macedonian language to students of Balkanistics Teaching Bulgarian to beginners Teaching Macedonian language history to students of Balkanistics
1990-05-15	1999-07-21	free-lance teacher	Language School of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Udenrigsministeriets Sprogskole, renamed to Udenrigsministeriets Sprogcenter, since 2008-01-01 a part of UMCK) Copenhagen Denmark	Teaching Bulgarian to employees for the foreign service
1990-02-01	1990-04-30	researcher	Slavisches Seminar Universität Hamburg Germany	Researching South-Slavic dialectoloty

*) The mentioned date marks start of full-time work. Translation for money started in spring 1984. Registration by the Danish Police Force as interpreter was on 1986-09-17. Interrupted in 1996-1999

Occupations before graduation from the University of Copenhagen
Started yyyy-mm-dd	Ended yyyy-mm-dd	Title	Work-place	Field
1988-04-16	1989-04-16	member of presidium	National Union of Danish Students Knabrostræde 3 1210 Copenhagen K Denmark	Special responsibilities: internationalisation of education, study structures, humanities, peace, international relations (Nordic Council, West European Student Information Bureau, International Union of Students, European Community), newsletter (member of the editing Committee of the member magazine and organ Studenterbladet), etc.
1987-autumn	1987-autumn	assistant lecturer	Department of Cultural Sociology (now fused with Dept. of Sociology) University of Copenhagen Denmark	Cooperation with (then) Ass. Prof. Jonathan Schwartz in a research project about Macedonian emigrant culture
1987-11	1988-04-16	member of presidium	Students Council of the University of Copenhagen (Studenterrådet ved Københavns Universitet) Copenhagen Denmark	Special responsibilities: internationalisation, humanities, newsletter (member of the editing Committee of the internal magazine Q), etc.
1985	1985 (3 days)	artist	World Health Organisation Copenhagen Denmark	Painting titles for an exhibition on the 40th anniversary of WHO
1984-09-19	1985-01-18	trainee	International Secretariat Carlsberg United Breweries Hellerup Denmark Supervisor: Niels Eyde Madsen, manager, contact information not available (not working there any longer)	Job training for humanities students. I was setting up a data-base about the rivalling breweries on the world market. In practise, the work consisted in identifying relevant articles from news outlets in Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, and English, write summaries of the retrieved articles in English, and make them available to the board of directors of the company on print and online.

Lectures held

Date yyyy-mm-dd	Venue	Title
2019-10-03	School of Communication and Culture Aarhus University Denmark	The beaten track to the translator's profession? (Danish original title: Den slagne vej til translatørfaget?), held by Translatørforeningen (Danish Association of Certified Translators and Interpreters) to graduate students of International Business Communication (cand. ling. merc.) in English, German, French.
2015-10-20	Frivilligcenter Aarhus Denmark	The art and pitfalls of interpretation (Danish original title: Tolkningens kunst og faldgrube), held by Kulturforeningen Danmark-Bulgarien, Aarhus, Denmark
2015-02-26	Studenterhuset Aarhus Universitet Denmark	How to market your product (Danish original title: Hvordan man markedsfører sit produkt). Context: Workshop for students, held by Dansk Magisterforening (Danish association of MAs), Section of Free-Lancers and Self-Employed
2010-03-10	Buskelundskolen Silkeborg Denmark	When power is taken from a people ; An elections missionary reports from Tajikistan (Danish original title: Når magt tages fra et folk; en valgmissionærs beretning fra Tadsjikistan)

Volunteer work

Below are included volunteer work and jobs with a payment so symbolic that the term occupation is inappropriate. See also Various affiliations

Started yyyy-mm-dd	Ended yyyy-mm-dd	Title	Work-place	Field
2019-05-25	2019-06-05	Election controller	Silkeborg Municipality Denmark	administering Precinct Election Commission, including counting, during elections for European Parliament and Danish Parliament Reference: Lotte Moll Niemann, valgtilforordnede@silkeborg.dk, +45 2124 4663
2014-04-01	2014-04-30	Content provider	Planeto AB Malmö Sweden	Creating quiz problems for the game app Quiz Battle 2+ on the iOS and Android platforms. Reference: Planeto, +46 70 537 19 10
2008-11-12	2010-01-01	Expert	Den store danske	Editing expertise at the on-line encyclopedia of Gyldendal, a major Danish publishing house.
2008-07-18	2008-07-22	Camera man and journalist	Bjonko & Copenhagen Chalgija	Covering a Danish orchestra on tour in Republic of Macedonia in summer 2008.
2007-01-21	2007-05-22	Beta Tester	home / Adobe.com	Testing Pre-Release versions (Hanzo) of Dreamweaver Creative Suite 3 from build from Build 3419 and later.
1995-easter	1995-easter	private teacher	Skagen Denmark	Teaching Mongolian (Khalkha dialect) to Morten Axel Pedersen and Lars Højer (now at University of Cambridge) while preparing for their expedition to Mongolia. Brief expedition report here.
1995-01	1995-01-25	exhibition organiser	Prehistorical Museum Moesgaard/ Aarhus Denmark	Organising the special exhibition Travelling in Siberia (På rejse i Sibirien), texting, selecting exponats, etc.
1992-09-01	1992-11-30	teacher	Dep. of Oriental Philology University of Copenhagen Denmark	Teaching a basic course in Yakutian to Rane Willerslev, Eske Willerslev, and others (as preparation for Ekspedition Yakutia 1993)
1991-04	1991-06	private teacher	Rane Willerslev, Eske Willerslev Hellerup Denmark	Teaching a basic course in Yakutian
1989-06-23	1989-07-10	interpreter, performer	Welder (an artists' commune) Frederiksberg Denmark	Interpreting and translating for the Danish artist group Welder and their Russian counterpart the October Group (Moscow) during preparations and carrying out their shows at the Roskilde Festival 1989 (Roskilde, Denmark), mainly in performance art.
1989-02-04	1989-02-10	researcher	Nestram, Greece (South Macedonia)	Linguistic expedition in a mixed German-Danish-Yugoslav team
1987-03	1987-03	interpreter	Dep. of Cultural Sociology University of Copenhagen Denmark	Participation in a team of students of cultural sociology from Dep. of Cultural Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in the districts of Bitola, Resen, and Ohrid, Yugoslavia (since 2019: North Macedonia), with the theme Changes in lifestyle among Yugoslav farmers as a consequence of the agricultural reforms since 1970. The final title of the project Så jeg gemmer min 20 tønder land (≈ So I'll hide my 20 acres of land) was examined by professor Jonathan Schwartz, University of Copenhagen, in May-June 2017

Education

Degrees
Started yyyy-mm-dd	Ended yyyy-mm-dd	Study	Specialisation	Place of study	Average mark
2009-08-10	2014-11-15	Teacher's Certificate	Danish; Music; German Extras: Music Piloting (event maker), Java programming for Android Platform, Game development Reference: Lars Christensen Ustrup, LU@viauc.dk, +45 87 55 31 00	VIA University College Læreruddannelsen i Silkeborg Nattergalevej 1 8600 Silkeborg Denmark	9.0 (7 Scheme), 126 ECTS points
1993-03-31	1996-04-12	Certified translator & interpreter, cand. ling. merc.	Bulgarian	Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3 2000 Frederiksberg Denmark	8.1 (13 Scheme); 6.2 (7 Scheme)
1985-08-01	1989-10-04	Balkanistics	Linguistics Major language: Macedonian Minor languages: Modern Greek, Albanian (also studies of Arumunian)	University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 80 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark	10.3 (13 Scheme); 10.7 (7 Scheme)
1981-08-01	1985-08-26	Bulgarian	Part 1 Bulgarian philology. Along with Bulgarian philogy (including history), I also took classes in European ethnography, Turkish, Romanian, Sanskrit, Albanian, Italian grammar. The study included 8 months of study at the Sofia University Kliment Ohridsky, where I also studied Turkish, Polish, English, and German	University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 80 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark	9.4 (13 Scheme); 9.0 (7 Scheme)
1980-08-01	1983-07-01	Russian	Part 1 (Russian philology (with history). This study included 8 months of studies at the Moscow State University / Pushkin Institute of Russian Language and Literature)	Department of Slavic studies University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 80 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark	8.6 (13 Scheme); 7.3 (7 Scheme)
1979-10-01	1980-05-31	Student	Folk music, folklore Adult pedagogics	Skælskør Folkehøjskole Skælskør Denmark	[no marks given]
1976-08-01	1979-06-22	General Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate - Advanced Level The Gymnasium	Natural sciences (physics, mathematics). 3rd foreign language: Russian. Extra classes in: Astronomy, black holes	Nørre Gymnasium Mørkhøjvej 78 2700 Brønshøj Denmark	10.3 (13 Scheme); 10.7 (7 Scheme)
1967-08-01	1976-06-23	Primary school	Computer science, 1975-1976 (de facto BASIC programming)	Enghavegård Skole Gladsaxe Denmark	13 (13 Scheme); 12.0 (7 Scheme)

Additional training, courses and exams
Started yyyy-mm-dd	Ended yyyy-mm-dd	Course	Specialisation	Place of study	Grade Mark (when given)
2021-02-01	2021-02-03	Hostile Environment Assessment Training (HEAT)	Hostile Environment Assessment Training (HEAT)	Gilleleje, Denmark	Successfully completed
2017-02-22	2017-02-24	Hostile Environment Assessment Training (HEAT) Refresher course	Hostile Environment Assessment Training (HEAT) Refresher course	Danish Emergency Management Agency, Staff College, Snekkersten, Denmark	Successfully completed
2017-02-22	2017-02-22	Conduct after Capture (CAC)	Conduct after Capture (CAC)	Danish Emergency Management Agency, Staff College, Snekkersten, Denmark
2014-11-10	2014-11-14	Training for Long-Term Observers in EU Election Observation Missions	Training for Long-Term Observers in EU Election Observation Missions	Election Observation and Democratic Support project (EODS), NIRAS A/S, and Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Copenhagen Denmark	Successfully participated
2014-05-12	2014-05-15	Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)	HEAT	Danish Emergency Management Agency, Staff College, Snekkersten, Denmark	no mark
2014-05-11	2014-05-11	First Aid Course	First Aid Course	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters, Denmark	no mark
2013-08-27	2013-09-10	Hostile Environment Security Training	eHEST Advanced Level	Home — internet / EEAS European Council, Luxemburg	83%
2013-05-27	2013-05-28	OSCE/ODIHR e-learning course	for Short-Term Observers	home - internet / OSCE/ODIHR Warsaw Poland	no mark
2008-02-05	2008-02-08	Pakistan Parliamentary Elections 2008: Pre-Mission Training for Short-Term Observers of the EU EOM	Training for Short-Term Observers of the EU EOM to Pakistan for the elections in February 2008. The training included election system, general political and cultural landscape, as well as Hostile Environment Assessment Training (HEAT), Conduct After Capture (CAC) (executed by Italian Carabinieri), First Aid.	European Union External Action Service [EEAS], with Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento, Masters And Training Programmes Division Pisa Italy	no mark
2008-01-30	2008-02-01	Security in the Field	Advanced Security in the Field	United Nations Department of Safety and Security, organised by International Organization for Migration	test passed on-line
2008-01-28	2008-01-30	Security in the Field	Basic Security in the Field — Staff Safety, Health, and Welfare	United Nations Department of Safety and Security, organised by International Organization for Migration	test passed on-line
2006-10-26	2006-10-30	Internationalt Humanitært Beredskab	IHB thematic course: Personal security	Danida's Centre for Competence Development Beredskabsstyrelsens Højskole Snekkersten Denmark	mark
2006-02-02	2006-02-05	Internationalt Humanitært Beredskab	IHB thematic course: International Humanitarian Law	Danida's Centre for Competence Development Beredskabsstyrelsens Højskole Snekkersten Denmark	mark
2003-08-08	2003-12-18	Open university	Web journalism	Danish School of Journalism Aarhus Denmark	7 (13 Scheme); 3.9 (7 Scheme)
2003-01-21	2003-06-12	Open university	Journalism — on the way to an information job	Danish School of Journalism Aarhus Denmark	7 (13 Scheme); 3.9 (7 Scheme)
2000-05-26	2000-05-28	Internationalt Humanitært Beredskab	IHB thematic course: Democratisation	Danida's Centre for Competence Development, Hornbækhus Hornbæk Denmark	none
2000-04-28	2000-04-30	Internationalt Humanitært Beredskab	Basic course	Danida's Centre for Competence Development Hornbækhus Hornbæk Denmark	none
1998-07-05	1998-07-26	Summer School of Rumanian Language and Literature	Language course (intermediate level)	Ion Cuza University Iasi Rumania	none
1996-08-01	1996-09-01	Summer School of Albanian Language and Literature	Language course.	University of Tirana Tirana Albania	i shkelzyeshëm
1995-06-06	1995-06-06	Serbo-Croatian interpretation for military interpreters	General (i.e., non-military) language test	Institut for Sprog Svanemøllens Kaserne Ryvangs Alle 1 Postboks 2521 2100 Copenhagen	passed
1994-08-01	1994-08-25	Summer School of Bulgarian	Language course (my level: top level, linguistics)	Bankya (organised by University of Sofia Bulgaria)	awarded as best student of the course (appr. 80 participants)
1992-06-25	1992-07-18	Seminar of Slovenian Language, Literature and Culture	Language course (intermediate level)	Philosophic Faculty Ljubljana University Ljubljana Slovenia	none
1991-09-01	1994-01-31	Portuguese General linguistics	Basic course of Portuguese (admissive) Culture Communication Specialised area Portuguese literature; Linguistic typology	University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark	average: 10.x (13 Scheme); 10.2-11.2 (7 Scheme)
1990-07-05	1990-08-04	XIX Summer Seminar of Croatian Culture and Language	Croatian (top level, linguistics) Slovenian	Zagreb Linguist School Dubrovnik and Zagreb Croatia	none
1989-07-16	1989-08-06	XVII Summer Seminar of Croatian Culture and Language	Croatian (intermediate level) Slovenian	Zagreb Linguist School Dubrovnik and Zagreb Croatia	none
1988-08-05	1988-08-25	Summer Seminar of Macedonian Language and Culture	Macedonian (top level, linguistics)	Ohrid and Skopje R Macedonia	none
1986-10-16	1987-06-22	Studies of the Macedonian language	History of the Macedonian language (Level 3 [oral] and 4 [oral, written]) Comparative Slavonic grammar	Department of Slavistics Ss. Cyril & Methodius University Skopje R Macedonia	10.0 (out of 10, where 10 is best)
1985-02-01	1985-06-15	various courses - no certificate taken	European ethnography, Turkish, Italian, Sanskrit	Faculty of the Humanities University of Copenhagen Denmark	none
1984-07-05	1984-07-29	Latin	Level 1 (lille latinprøve), self-study	Studieskolen Copenhagen Denmark	8 (13 Scheme); 6.0 (7 Scheme)
1983-08-01	1983-08-31	Summer Seminar of Bulgarian Language, Literature and Culture	Language & culture course (folk-lore, contemporary linguistics)	St. Climent Ohridsky University Sofia Bulgaria	none
1982-08-01	1982-08-31	Summer Seminar of Bulgarian Language and Literature for Foreign Bulgarists and Slavists	Bulgarian (intermediate level)	Kiril i Metodij University Veliko Trnovo Bulgaria	none
1981-08-01	1981-08-31	Summer Seminar of Bulgarian Language and Literature for Foreign Bulgarists and Slavists	Bulgarian (intermediate level)	Kiril i Metodij University Veliko Trnovo Bulgaria	none
1980-spring	1980-May	Driver's license	Class B - vehicles below 3.5 metric tonnes	Skælskør Denmark	none
1974-autumn	1975-June	Electronic data processing (evening classes)	BASIC programming	Gladsaxe Youth School Gladsaxe Denmark	none

Stays abroad above 3 uninterrupted months
Start yyyy-mm-dd	Ended yyyy-mm-dd	Locations	General purpose	My tasks
1993-06-06	1993-10-10	Nelemnoye, Yakutsk, Korkodon River, Mala Kuropatocha River, Zyryanka, Zelionyi Mys, Moscow, St Petersburg, Russia	Expedition Yakutia 1993	Sociolinguistic research Interpretation Translation Filming
1990-02-01	1990-04-30	Slavisches Seminar, Universität Hamburg (now Institut für Slavistik, Universität Hamburg), Hamburg Germany	Research scholarship	Researching under Prof. Peter Hill Study of Lithuanian
1986-10-16	1987-06-22	Department of Slavistics Ss. Cyril & Methodius University Skopje R Macedonia	Studies of Macedonian	Student of Macedonian (visited classes of 2nd, 3rd & 4th year)
1983-08-01	1984-05-31	St. Climent Ohridsky University Sofia Bulgaria	Studies of Bulgarian	Studies of Bulgarian folk-lore, language history, grammar, dialectology, literature; Bulgarian for foreigners; Turkish, Polish, English
1982-09-01	1983-04-30	Alexander Pushkin Institute of Russian language & literature Moscow Russia	Studies of Russian	Russian for foreigners: Crash course, grammar, geography, literature, phonetics, general language classes

On-line fora

Communities and memberships
Start yyyy-mm-dd	Ended yyyy-mm-dd	Post	Community	Field
2020-01-03 2008-02-29	ongoing	unpatrolled editor and content contributor author	Wikipedia.org	on-line encyclopedia. Entries created about botany, languages, history, geographic entities in Europe and Asia
1994-04-15 1998-01-01	1999-08-31 1999-08-31	member moderator	home / Politiken Copenhagen Denmark	Debatten (former Netværket, former Politiken On Line; WebX and First Class based conferences associated with the daily newspaper Politiken). Position and membership ceased when it was merged with the newspaper into a non-moderated forum ( Debatten i Politiken)

Various affiliations

Organisations and memberships
Start yyyy-mm-dd	Ended yyyy-mm-dd	Post	Organisation
2021-09-14	—	auditor	The Danish Association for Peace and Stabilisation Response (official name: FSB-foreningen), 4000 Copenhagen, Denmark
2021-06-05	—	auditor	Silkeborg Karateklub, Silkeborg, Denmark
2018-05-23	2022-05-19	member of board	Danish Association of Certified Translators and Interpreters (DACTI) (official name: Translatørforeningen), DK-1127 København K, Denmark
2017-04-18	2019-04-17	deputy member of board	Silkeborg Karateklub, Silkeborg, Denmark
2018-02-01	-	member	Danish Association of Certified Translators and Interpreters (DACTI) (official name: Translatørforeningen), DK-1127 København K, Denmark
2016-02-27	2021-09-14	deputy auditor	The Danish Association for Peace and Stabilisation Response (official name: FSB-foreningen), 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
2015-09-30	2016-03-09	parent representative	Th. Langs Skole 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
2014-02-01	2015-08-10	board member	1. Silkeborg Group The Danish Guide and Scout Association, 8600 Silkeborg
2011-09-30	2018-01-01	external examiner	Association of external examiners in business communication and language c/o Aarhus Universitet - Business and Social Sciences Fuglesangs alle 4, S 442 8210 Aarhus V
2006-03-29	2010-07-31	deputy chairman	School board Langsøskolen Silkeborg Denmark
2005-09-01	2006-08-31	parent representative	Class board 0th form Langsøskolen Silkeborg Denmark
2002-09-	2003-10-	vice-chairman	Committee of parents The kindergarten Akacien Silkeborg Denmark
2003-10-	2006-09-14	chairman
1998-11-05	2006-12-31	lay member	MacBruger Copenhagen Denmark
1998-06-01	2006-12-31	member	Kulturforeningen Danmark-Bulgarien Aarhus Denmark
2003-02-26	2006-04-19	deputy-member of board
2003-10-01	2009-02-28	web master
2004-02-26	—	vice-accountant
1997-08-31	—	member	National Association of Danish Slavists Copenhagen Denmark
1998-01-31	2004-08-31	treasurer	National Association of Danish Slavists Copenhagen Denmark
1993-10	1998-05-01	member	Tolkeforeningen 1993 [Interpreters' Association of 1993] Copenhagen Denmark
1994-05-25	1996-05-01	secretary
1978-09-18	1979-01-31	chairman	Copenhagen Folk Music House Copenhagen Denmark
1979-02-01	1979-09-31	Committee member
1979-10-01	1982-09-01	member
1993-11-15	1996-05-15	accountant
1996-05-16	2005-01-01	lay member

Command of languages

Legend

The below table of language command was made in 2013 through self-assessment. The system used is the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), by the Council of Europe, or a dot system as explained below. The command of a language numbered 8 and higher on this list can be upgraded once I get exposed to it, as when being in a country where it is a national language.

CEFR: C1, C2 = Proficient; B1, B2 = Independent User; A1, A2 = Basic User
Dot system: ••••• = Native ; •••• = Fluent ; ••• = Good ; •• = Working knowledge ; • = Basic knowledge (can get along with a dictionary)

		Understanding		Speaking		Writing	Interpreting
No	Language	Listening	Reading	Spoken Interaction	Spoken Production	Writing	Interpreting
1	Danish	C2 (native)	C2 (native)	C2 (native)	C2 (native)	C2 (native)	•••••
2	English	C2	C2	C2	C2	C2	••••
3	Russian	C1	C1	C1	C2	C1	••••
4	German	C1	C1	C1	C1	C1	•••
5	Bulgarian	C1	C1	C1	C2	C1	••••
6	Macedonian	C1	C1	C1	C2	C1	••••
7	Serbo-Croatian	C1	C1	C1	C1	B2	•••
8	Ukrainian	A1	B2	A1	A1	A1	not tried
9	Portuguese	B2	B2	B2	B2	B1	not tried
10	French	B1	B1	B1	B1	B1	not tried
11	Albanian	A1	A2	A1	A1	A1	not tried
12	Rumanian	A1	A2	A1	A1	A1	not tried
13	Swedish	C1	C1	B2	B1	A2	not tried
14	Norwegian	B2	C2	A2	A2	A1	not tried
15	Modern Greek	A1	A1	A1	A1	null	not tried
16	Italian	A2	B1	A1	A2	A1	•
17	Castilian (Spanish)	A2	B1	A1	A1	A1	not tried
18	Turkish	A1	A1	null	null	null	not tried
19	Polish	A1	A1	A1	A1	A1	not tried
20	Netherlandic	A1	A2	null	null	A1	not tried
21	Faeroese	A1	A2	null	null	null	not tried
22	Yakut	A1	A1	null	null	null	not tried
23	Mongolian (Khalkha dialect)	A1	A1	null	null	null	not tried
24	Finnish	A1	A1	null	null	null	not tried
25	Latin	A1	A1	A1	null	A1	not tried
26	Lithuanian	A1	A1	null	null	null	not tried
27	Kazakh	A1	A1	null	null	null	not tried

Information technology

Selected software

Version numbers are divided by semicolons

Type/Title/	Version	Mac	Windows
Operating systems
MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)	6.22	(x)	x
Apple Macintosh Operating System	6.x ; 7.0 ; 7.1 ; 7.5.3 ; 7.6.1 ; 8.0 ; 8.1 ; 8.5.x ; 8.6 ; 9.0.4 ; 9.1 ; 9.2.x ; X.1.; X.2. (Jaguar); X.3. (Panther); X.4. (Tiger) ; X.5. (Leopard) ; X.6. (Snow Leopard) ; X.7. (Lion) ; X.8. (Mountain Lion) ; X.9 (Maverick); X.10 (Yosemite); X.11.6 (El Capitan); macOS X.13 (Sierra)	x
Symbian OS™	on SE T610, SE K700i, SE K750i, SE K800i ; SE K850, SE W995	(x)
iOS	3.; 4.; 5.; 6.; 7.; 8.; 9.; 10.; 11.*
Google Android	(since 2013)	(x)
Linux	Yellow Dog Linux; Ubuntu 12+	x
Microsoft Windows	3.11 ; 95 ; 95 Second Edition ; 98 ; 98 Second Edition ; 2000 / NT 5.0 Professional ; XP ; Vista Home Edition ; Windows 7; Windows 10	(x)	x
Text processing
Apple Works / Claris Works	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6	x
BBEdit Lite	6.1	x	—
Libre Office	3.6+	x	x
Microsoft Word	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5.x ; 6 ; 7; 98 ; 2000 ; X ; 2004 ; 2010 ; 2011	x	x
NeoOffice / Open Office / Libre Office	2.x ; 3.x ; 4.x	x	x
Nisus Writer	9	x	—
TexEdit Plus	2.x	x	—
Data bases
Apple Works / Claris Works	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5	x
EndNote Plus	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 6 ; 7 ; 8 ; 9 ; X5 ; X7	x
FileMaker	1 ; 3 ; 7 ; 11 Pro	x
MySQL	3+	x
Microsoft Access	2000	—	x
NeoOffice / Open Office / Libre Office	2.x ; 3.x ; 4.x	x	x
Spreadsheets
Apple Works / Claris Works	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6	x
Microsoft Excel	98 ; 2000 ; X ; 2004 ; 2011	x	x
NeoOffice / Open Office	2.x ; 3.x ; 4.x	x	x
Presentation & Desktop Publishing
Adobe Acrobat	4	x
Apple Works / Claris Works	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6	x
Keynote	2+	x	—
Libre Office	3.6+	x	x
Microsoft PowerPoint	98 ; 2000 ; X ; 2004; 2011	x	x
NeoOffice / Open Office	2+	x	x
Image processing
Adobe ImageReady	2.0	x
Adobe Photoshop	3 ; 5.5 ; 7 ; CS3	x	x
Apple Works / Claris Works	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6	x
Graphic Converter	3.6.1 ; 4.2 ; 5.8+	x
GIMP	1 ; 2	x	x
Macromedia Fireworks	4 ; MX Studio	x	x
PhotoSuite	1.5	x
Painting and drawing
Adobe Illustrator	9 ; CS3	x
Apple Works / Claris Works	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6	x
GIMP	1 ; 2.x	x	x
Icon Slate	4+	x
Inkscape	0.46; 0.48	x	x
Microsoft Word	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5.x ; 6 ; 7; 98 ; 2000 ; X ; 2004; 2011	x	x
NeoOffice / Open Office / LibreOffice	2.x ; 3.x ; 4.x	x	x
HTML and XML editing
Adobe GoLive	6	x
Amaya	8.4-9.x	x	x
AppleWorks	5	x
BBEdit Lite	6.1	x	—
Apple iWeb	2.x	x	—
Adobe/Macromedia Dreamweaver	3 ; MX Studio ; MX 2004 ; CS3 ; CS5	x	x
Microsoft FrontPage	4 ; 5	x	x
Microsoft Word	5 ; 6; 97; 98 ; 2000 ; X; 2011	x	x
Mozilla	0.9 ; 1.2.1 ; 1.5 ; 1.6 ; 1.7	x	x
Nvu; Kompozer	0.9 Beta ; 1.0	x	x
NeoOffice / Open Office	2.x ; 3.x ; 4.x	x	x
Netscape	4.x ; 7.x	x	x
SeaMonkey	1.x ; 2.x	x	x
TextWrangler	2.1.x	x	—
Tidy!	1999-07-01 ; Balthisar 2003-03-03	x
Translation tools
iLocalize	4.1	x	—
Conferencing
First Class	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5; 7	x	x
Lotus Quickplace		x	x
Networking
AppleTalk		x
AppleShare		x
Personal Web Finder		x
Vicomsoft	7.x	x
TCP/IP		x	x
FTP
Cyberduck	2.x	x	—
Interarchy / Anarchie	4 ; 6.2 ; 6.3 ; 7.0	x
Kompozer	0.x	x	x
Mac OS X Finder	X.4 (Tiger) ; X.5 (Leopard) ; X.10 (Yosemite); X.11.6 (El Capitan); X.11 (Sierra)	x	—
Macromedia Dreamweaver	MX Studio ; MX 2004 ; CS3 ; CS5	x	x
Mozilla	1.7	x	x
Nvu	1.0	x	x
Windows Explorer	5 ; 6 (in Windows 2000 / NT 5.0 Professional)	—	x
Statistics
Apple Works / Claris Works	2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5	x
FileMaker Pro	3 ; 7; 11	x	x
Microsoft Excel	98 ; X ; 2011	x
Open Office	4.x

Platform independent technologies

Level of command
***** = I ought to write a book about it ; **** = I can teach it, too: I use it & I read books about it ; *** = I use it with ease without going into depth with the technology about it ; ** = Still struggling with it.
Abbreviation	Full name	Versions	Level
HTML	HyperText Markup Language	3.0-4.01 Transitional; 5.0	*****
XHTML	Extensible HyperText Markup Language	1.0 Frames; 1.0 Transitional; 1.0 Strict; 1.1 Modular ; Basic ; 2.0 ; 5.0	*****
CSS	Cascading Style Sheets	1.0 ; 2.0 ; 2.1 ; 3.0	****
JavaScript	JavaScript	1.4-1.5	****
FTP	Free Transfer Protocol		***
PhP	HyperText Preprocessor	4 ; 5	***
MySQL	My Structured Query Language	5+
XML	Extensible Markup Language	1.0-1.1	***
XSL	Extensible Stylesheet Language	1.0	***
SSI	Server Side Includes	1.0	***
.htaccess	HyperText Access File		***

Radio broadcasted mass media appearances

Media
Day and time	Text	Program	Outlet
2013-01-14 14:03-15:00	Oplysningstidens filosoffer og regeringens udspil til en folkeskolereform	Eksistens på P1 [Existence on Channel 1]	Danmarks Radio [Radio Denmark]

Appearances in printed mass media

Media
Day and time	Text	Author	Outlet
2015-05-14	В Уральск прибыли международные наблюдатели ОБСЕ за выборами	Uralsk Week	Uralsk Week, Uralsk, West Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, p. 1

Erik Thau-Knudsen's curriculum vitae (CV) — extended