I am a native English speaker, currently working as a translator for Amazon EU Sarl, Luxembourg.


INTERPRETING EXPERIENCE (FR/DE>EN):

• Faith and Light International, Trosly-Breuil, France:
Five days' simultaneous (bidule and chuchotage) and liaison interpreting for the Board of Directors and the International Coordinating Team.

• Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort, Geneva, Switzerland:
Three days' simultaneous interpreting for plenary sessions, round tables and workshops at the 4th World Congress against the Death Penalty.

• National Health Service, Swindon, UK:
Liaison interpreting for patient hospital appointments.

• Faith and Light International, Paris, France:
Three days' simultaneous (bidule) interpreting for a meeting of the International Coordinating Team; and one day's chuchotage for a meeting of one of the nine French provincial assemblies.

• Lux'09 - IVth International Forum on Globalisation of Solidarity, Esch-sur-Alzette & Schifflange, Luxembourg:
One week's simultaneous interpreting for plenary sessions, workshops and board meetings on promoting a social solidarity economy, including solidarity finance, sustainable development, recycling and environmental concerns.

• International Council of the World Social Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark:
Simultaneous interpreting for three-day conference working on preparations for the 2009 World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil.

• European Social Forum, Malmo, Sweden:
Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting at five-day series of seminars on a wide range of subjects, including tax evasion, privatisation and public services, the role of the EU and women's rights.

• Initiatives of Change, Caux, Switzerland:
One week's simultaneous interpreting for 'Addressing the Root Causes of Human Insecurity' conference.

• Health and Safety Commission, London, UK:
Consecutive and chuchotage interpretation plus sight translation.

• The European Commission, European Council and European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium:
Simultaneous interpretation in a dummy booth for meetings on communication, youth volunteer programmes, and land transport.

• Initiatives of Change, Caux, Switzerland:
One week's simultaneous and chuchotage interpretation as sole interpreter in the English booth for 'Peace-Building Initiatives - Creating A Space For Peace' conference.

• United Nations Office at Vienna, Austria:
Two-week simultaneous interpreting internship in a dummy booth in meetings held by the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) and the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).


SELECTION OF PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS:

• " 'Digital Kremlin': Power and the Internet in Russia" by Julien Nocetti, Russie.Nei.Visions, no.59, IFRI (2011).

• "From Moscow to Mecca: Russia's Saudi Arabian Diplomacy" by Julien Nocetti, Russie.Nei.Visions, no.52, IFRI (2010).

• "Europe in Russian Foreign Policy: Important but No Longer Pivotal" by Thomas Gomart, Russie.Nei.Visions, no.50, IFRI (2010).

• Mozart. An Illustrated Life, edited by Harald Salfellner, Vitalis (2010).

• "Russia and the 'Eastern Partnership' after the war in Georgia" by Jean-Philippe Tardieu, Russie.Nei.Visions, no.43, IFRI (2009).

• "Obama and Russia: Facing the Heritage of the Bush Years" by Thomas Gomart, Russie.Nei.Visions, no.39, IFRI (2009).

• "Russian Civil-Military Relations: Putin's Legacy" by Thomas Gomart, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2008).

• "The Impact of 'New Public Management' on Russian Higher Education" by Carole Sigman, Russie.Nei.Visions, no.30, IFRI (2008).

• "Paris and the EU-Russia Dialogue: A New Impulse With Nicolas Sarkozy?" by Thomas Gomart, Russie.Nei.Visions, no.23, IFRI (2007).

• "Russia and the WTO: On the Finishing Stretch" by Julien Vercueil and "Russia and the Council of Europe: Ten Years Wasted?" by Jean-Pierre Massais in Russie.Nei.Visions 2007: Understanding Russia and the New Independent States, IFRI (2007).

• "Verlag der Weltreligionen - Greater Education Potential", Goethe Institut Online-Redaktion (2007).

• "Krambambuli" by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Vitalis (2006).

• "Launching the European Project in 23 Pages" by Tzvetan Todorov, Cafe Babel (2006).


BACKGROUND:

• Translation stagiaire in the Directorate-General for Translation at the European Parliament, Luxembourg - translations from French and German to English. Originally a three-month traineeship, I was awarded an extension to six months.
• Translator at the 'Financial Times' - providing summary translations in English of French and German financial and business newspaper articles.
• Translator at 'The Language Technology Centre' - translations from French and German into English for world-leading telecommunications and logistics companies, publishing groups, and institutions of the European Union.
• British Council English language teaching assistant at a technical college in Germany specialising in hotel and restaurant management.


QUALIFICATIONS:

• MA in Interpreting and Translating, University of Bath.
• BA (Hons) in Modern Languages, University of Oxford (specialisations: Molière, Rabelais, Kafka, E.T.A Hoffmann, 18th-, 19th- and 20th- century novella, Realism, Expressionism, French fantastic).


Rates and full CV available on request.
I am an Associate of the Institute of Translation & Interpreting.
Please note: I translate into British English unless requested otherwise.