Roger Bennett, MA, MRes, PGCE, PGCert(Humanities)
Location: CREWE
Membership Grade: Advanced Professional Member
Contact Info
General Experience
Retired senior official in the Translation Service of the European Commission with long experience of indexing and tabling publications in all areas of law, especially European and international. Also particularly experienced in various areas of history, archaeology, Asian affairs and computing. Accredited since 2005.
Subjects
Regular indexer of archaeology texts and reports, including the major two volume report on Star Carr. Holder of Postgraduate Certificate in Classical Studies with distinction, heavily oriented towards archaeology. Master by Research in Archaeology with merit, University of Chester. Dissertation on Roman roads using GIS.
Formerly specialist in legal translation and terminology at the European Commission.
Formerly specialist in legal translation and terminology at the European Commission.
Regular producer of tables of cases and legislation.
Formerly specialist in legal translation and terminology at the European Commission.
Former senior official of the European Commission.
Holder of Postgraduate Certificate in Classical Studies with Distinction. Master by Research in Archaeology with merit, University of Chester. Dissertation on Roman roads using GIS.
Regular indexer of historical works.
Former Principal Translator at the European Commission, with French as a main language.
Former Principal Translator at the European Commission, with German as a main language.
Former senior official.
Holder of Postgraduate Certificate in Classical Studies with Distinction. Master by Research in Archaeology with merit, University of Chester. Dissertation on Roman roads using GIS.
Practising Buddhist (Theravada tradition) and regular indexer of books for a major Buddhist publisher
Regular indexer of works on the law, politics and history of Asia, especially South-East Asia and China.
Regular indexer of works on the law, politics and history of China.
Thai speaker and student of Thai culture for 20+ years.
Graduate in Modern Languages and indexer of several large volumes on descriptive and comparative linguistics.
Former author of client/server metasearch and other specialised applications for the European Commission’s Translation Service. Main tools PHP and SQL.
Cybersecurity Professional Certificate, Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy.
Related qualifications
Postgraduate Certificate in Education with Distinction in the Theory and Practice of Education
Postgraduate Certificate in Humanities (Classical Studies) with Distinction
Master by Research in Archaeology with Merit
Other skills
Embedded Indexing
Extensive and ongoing experience of embedded indexing in Word for major publishers.
Consultancy
Indexing consultant for New Hart's Rules: The Oxford Style Guide, 2014 edition.
Recent indexes include
Bant, E. et al, Punishment and Private Law, Bloomsbury (Hart), 2021
Jimenez, P., The Mesoamerican World System, 200–1200 CE, Cambridge University Press, 2020
Collett, A., I Hear Her Words: An Introduction to Women in Buddhism, Windhorse Publishing, 2021
Bianchi, A.& Hirsch, M., International Law’s Invisible Frames, Oxford University Press, 2021
Clients Include
Bloomsbury (Hart), Cambridge University Press, Triratna Foundation (Windhorse Publishing), Oxford University Press
Special Publication Type
University and school textbook indexes for law, archaeology and history (CUP, OUP and Bloomsbury in particular).
Compiled/contributed to a range of specialised bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries whilst with the European Commission.
Tools
CUSTOM INDEXING SOFTWARE
TExtract
