Recent Freelance Projects

French to English:

- Legal translation (contracts, insurance policies, commercial leases, correspondence)

- Translation for EU institutions (calls for tenders, technical specifications, legislative documents, newsletters)
- Tourism texts

- Journalistic articles on EU affairs, North Africa

- Revision and translation of safety and quality assurance docuentation

English to Irish: Translation of market research materials

English: Editing/proofreading articles written by post-doctoral researchers for publication in international medical and psychology journals in the UK and the US

Traineeship

Aonad na Gaeilge/Irish-language Unit, Directorate General for Translation, European Commission

Translation of texts on international development and human rights, consumer protection, customs and taxation, intellectual property, fisheries, agriculture, transport from English to Irish.

Training and use of Trados and on EU terminology and legal databases

Education and Qualifications

Master of Arts in Translation Studies, French to English, Dublin City University

- General translation (journalistic and academic texts and translation techniques)

- Technical translation (scientific, technical, and medical texts and terminology)

- Economic translation

- Translation technology (Machine Translation, Translation Memory Systems)

- Software localization

- Audio-visual translation

- Translation theory

Bachelor of Laws LL.B Trinity College Dublin

- Constitutional law

- Administrative law

- Contract law

- Criminal law

- European Union law

- Tort

- Land law (real property)

- Company law

- Equity

- International Public Law

Diploma in French Legal Studies/Diplôme Universitaire d’Études Juridiques Françaises Université de Poitiers

- Law of obligations (Contractual and non-contractual obligations)

- Constitutional law

- French legal history

- International economic law

- International public law

- European Human Rights law

Preparatory Course for Irish-Language Lawyer-Linguists King's Inns

- English to Irish, Irish to English general and EU legal translation

- Proofreading legal texts translated into Irish

Memberships

Irish Translators' and Interpreters Association ITIA