MA qualified, native English speaking professional translator, specialising in commerce, tender documentation, politics, history and education. With extensive experience in translation, proofreading, research, creative writing and use of the major CAT tools.

SPECIALISATIONS

Commercial
- Tenders and bid documentation, proposals, correspondence.

Project Finance / Infrastructure
- PFI/PPP projects, construction, architecture, facilities management and healthcare provision.

Political
- Research papers, parliamentary questions (UK and EU) and parliamentary correspondence (constituency and inter-departmental).

Historical
- Second World War, Special Operations Executive and the French resistance.

Education
- Extensive knowledge of educational and pedagogical terminology through spending four years working at a French language school.

Revision, editing, proofreading and business writing
- Stylistic and grammatical improvement of all types of text, thorough cross-checking of the translation against the original.

SKILLS
- SDL Trados Studio 2009 and 2011 advanced level certification.
- Training in further SDL Trados packages, MultiTerm, Winalign, Wordfast, Déjà Vu X, MemoQ.
- ITI membership (student level).
- Editing/proofreading tender documentation for large PFI/PPP companies.
- Additional training in Project Management and Business Writing.

QUALIFICATIONS

MA Translation Theory and Practice (Merit), University College London, 2010 – 2012, including:
- Advanced French translation
- Translation Technologies module at Imperial College London
- Specialised module on localization
- 9,000 word translation (unpublished dissertation) of Le Silence de la mer, by Vercors (Paris : Editions de Minuit, 1942)

BA (Hons) Modern European Languages, University of Durham 2000 – 2004, including:
- Year abroad studying in France and Spain
- Translation modules French/English and Spanish/English