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Name: Gandu Sabastien
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 19/05/1976
Place of Birth: Balikumbat
Marital Status: Married
Email: sgandu2000@yahoo.com
Date: 14/04/2014.
Profession: CONFERENCE INTERPRETER (French >English) and ASSISTANT LECTURER
AT THE ADVANCED SCHOOL OF TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS (ASTI) OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF BUEA-CAMEROON.
Nationality: CAMEROONIAN
ACADEMIC AND TRAINING BACKGROUND
Date Institution Attended Certificate Obtained
25/10/2012. Advanced School of Translators
and Interpreters, Seminar on
Curriculum Design.
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22-23/10/2012 University of Buea, Academic
Planning Session.
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20-22/04/2012 Training of Trainers Workshop in
Interpretation organized by EU-
OECD, facilitated by Dr Clare
Donovan.
Certificate of participation.
October 2010 – present
University of Buea PhD. Student in Applied
Linguistics/Translation and
Interpretation.
October 2008 – June 2010 Advanced School of Translators
and Interpreter (ASTI),
University of Buea
Masters of Arts (M.A) in
Interpretation
October 1997 – June 2000 University of Buea Bachelors Degree in Law
(LLB)
September May 1997 Government Bilingual High General Certificate of

1995 School Bafoussam Education; Advanced Level
(GCE A/L)
September
1991
May 1995 Government Bilingual Secondary
School Bafoussam
General Certificate of
Education; Ordinary Level
(GCE O/L)
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Date Employer Job Description
14-16/04/2014 F.A.O Interpreter at the conference on
South-South cooperation on national
Systems of Satellite Forestry
Monitoring via the use of
‘teledetection’ (remote sensing) and
geographic information systems in the
Congo Basin.
21/02/2014 Cameroon Business
Forum (CBF)
Interpreter at the Cameroon business
Forum 4th
edition organized by the
Prime Minister’s office in Douala
Cameroon.
16-20/10/2013 African Travel
Association
Interpreter at the World Congress of
African travel Association; Buea
Cameroon.
05/10/2013 Catholic church Interpreter at the Closing the year of
faith in Cameroon organized by the
Catholic Church in Cameroon at
Bishop Rogan College Buea
29-31/05/2013 CIMEC (Cameroon
International Mining
Conference and
Exhibition).
Interpreter at the Cameroon
International mining Exibition;
Yaounde
18/02/2013- 01/03/2013 US Army Africa; Translator/Interpreter at the Central
Accord 13, joint military training
program for African aero medical
evacuation squad in Douala,
Cameroon
25-26/02/2013 SONARA; Seminar on
risk evaluation in
petroleum depots and
refineries in Douala-
Interpreter at the Seminar on risk
evaluation in petroleum depots and
refineries organized by the National
Refinery Corporation (SONARA) in

Cameroon. Douala-Cameroon.
Forum on the theme
“Economic governance
and Entrepreneurship”
Interpreter at the Cameroon Business
Forum on the theme “Economic
governance and Entrepreneurship at
hotel Sawa, Douala- Cameroon
17/11/2012 SAAR INSURANCE. Translator/Interpreter during the
Conference on the use of stem cells in
the treatment of ca cancer and anti
ageing medicine, organized by SAAR
INSURANCE in Douala Cameroon
20-22/09/2012 FAO/ EAF-NANSEN: Translator/Interpreter. At the Third
meeting of the EAF-NANSEN and
NEPAD programme for the
development of industrial shrimp
fishery management plans for Gabon,
Cameroon and Nigeria.
12-14/09/2012 AFRICAN UNION
(AUIBAR)
Interpreter/Translator.
At the Pan African Regional
Workshop for the Review of the Draft
International Standards for
Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM).
Douala-Cameroon.
22-25/08/2012 Pan-African Farmers
Forum: General
Assembly. Mount Febe
Hotel Yaounde-
Cameroon
Interpreter/ Translator. At the
PAFO General Assembly. Mount
Febe Hotel Yaounde-Cameroon.
06-09/08/2011 ARSO/ANOR Interpretation/ Translation at the
Comite de Surveillance Strategique de
L’ARSO. (African Regional Standard
Setting Organization). Djeuga Palace
Hotel Yaounde Cameroon.
02-04/07/2012 AFRICAN UNION Interpreter at the AU and REC/RM
consultative meeting on the
harmonization of the Continental
Logistics Base (CLB) and Regional
Logistics Depots (RLD) concepts.
06-07/06/2012 MINISTRY OF
FORESTRY AND
WILDLIFE
CAMEROON /
INTERNATIONAL
TIMBER TRADE
Interpreter at the 3rd
Pan African
meeting of national CODEX contact
points on coordinated positions of codex
standards. Regional workshop on the
conservation status of the Bubinga
(Guibourtia sp) and Wenge (Millettia

ORGANIZATION Laurentii) species in Africa.
29-31/05/2012 AFRICAN UNION Interpreter. Ensuring language
mediation from French into English
during the3rd Pan-African meeting of
national CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
contact points on coordinated
positions on CODEX standards.
Douala-Cameroon.
14- 15/05/2012 FIFPRO: (International
Federation of
Professional
Footballers).
Interpreter. Ensuring language
at the FIFPRO Congress in Douala
26-27/04/2012 AFRICAN UNION Interpreter. Ensuring language
mediation from French into English at
the Central Africa Sub-Regional
Workshop on Basic Risk Concepts for
Capacity Building of National
Experts. Douala-Cameroon.
23-25/04/2012 THE AFRICAN
UNION, AFRICAN
ENERGY
COMISSION (AU-
AFREC)
the 1ST
Regional Session on Training
and Capacity Building in Data
Collection and Energy Balances –
Douala, Cameroon
16-19/04/2012 AUSTRIAN
BUSINESS MISSION
TO CAMEROON.
Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Escort Interpreter and program
coordinator. Ensuring language
and vice versa and coordinating the
interpretation service for this program.
04/04/2012 - present Instructor at The
Advanced School of
Translators and
Interpreters (ASTI) of
the University of Buea-
Cameroon.
Member of staff at ASTI, teaching
core courses in Conference
Interpretation.
14-16/03/2012. RIMI4AC (Research
and Innovation Central
Africa ).
during the institution’s acamemic
research seminar held in Limbe
Cameroon.
Forum (CBF)
the CBF conference on the theme

“Invest in a Simplified Business
Environment”
07-08/ 02/ 2012 Trust Africa. Interpreter. Ensuring language
during the Proposal Writing
Workshop- Douala, Cameroon.
20/12/2011 GICAM Douala-
Cameroon
during the Press Conference of
Marylyn Johnson, Vice President of
IBM.
29/11- 1/12/2011 UNREC/AU Interpreter. Ensuring language
the Security Sector Reform in Africa,
A Normative Framework. Douala,
Cameroon
14-16/11/2011 GICAM, Douala-
Cameroon
during the meeting on Cooperate
Social Responsibility in Africa
07- 11/11/2011 AU-ALIVE/AU-IBAR. Interpreter. Ensuring language
the conference on Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Standard-Setting in
Africa, organized by the African
Union Interafrican Bureau for
Animal Resources (AU-
IBAR).Douala, Cameroon.
24/10/2011 - Present Part-Time Lecturer at
The Advanced School of
Translators and
Interpreters (ASTI)
University of Buea,
Cameroon.
Teaching theory and methodology of
interpretation as well as community
interpretation.
12- 14 January 2011 All Africa Ministerial
Conference on
Development
(AMCOD).
during the All Africa Ministerial
Conference on Development
(AMCOD) Douala Cameroon.
July 2010- Present Certified Conference
Interpreter Interpreter
Interpretation (English A, French B)
16 – 18 November 2010 RIMI4AC: Central Interpreter. Ensuring language

Africa Conference on
Research. Buea,
Cameroon.
during the Central Africa Conference
on Research. Buea, Cameroon.
16-18 July 2010 General Assembly of
Cambin (Cameroon
Bioethics Initiative)
Buea- Cameroon
2001- Present Youth Syndicate
Common Initiative
Group (CIG). Buea
Delegate General; Supervisor of the
group’s activities nationwide.
Encourage youths to embark on
income generating activities as a
means of self employment.
Rentals of Interpretation equipment and conference accessories.
REFEREES.
- Professor Cornelius Mbifung Lambi, Former Vice Chancellor,
University of Buea.
Tel :( 237) 77 73 83 17
- Mrs Monjowa Cambel; Conference Interpreter, Consultant and
Lecturer ASTI.
Tel: 77680475.
Gandu
Sabastien

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