Eldred Willey
Interpreter FR>EN and DE>EN, and translator, FR>EN, DE<>EN, RU>EN, ES>EN
I won an Exhibition to study modern languages at Cambridge University, coming in second in the written German and Russian exams among all the candidates that year.
German
Studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Qualified as a teacher at Cambridge Institute, teaching German at secondary level.
Interpreting German>English at the 2021 National German Congress on Youthwork, covering session on climate change.
German<>English telephone interpreting, in the areas of medicine, product complaints and computer problems, 2021.
Translating DE>EN 20k-word annual reports for the charity Menschen für Menschen about their integrated rural development work in Ethiopia, 2020 and 2021.
Translating EN>DE email for Bayer Pharmaceuticals, 2021; translating FR>DE a certificate of health insurance.
Speaking German with military and business Kurds on humanitarian projects in Iraq, 2014.
Private tutoring in German, 2013-14.
Translation DE>EN for the international London journal, the Tablet, 1992-96. Reporting from the Katholikentagin Dresden, including speech of Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker. Report from Czech Republic of speech in German by Cardinal Miloslav Vlk.
Russian
Studied at St Andrew’s University in Scotland and Cambridge University. Qualified as teacher at Cambridge Institute, teaching Russian at secondary level.
Won contract to translate 2021 annual report for Gift of Life, the largest charity in Russia, which supports children with cancer by arranging operations and procuring drugs.
Speaking Russian while developing relief projects in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, 2020.
Translation RU>EN for the international London journal, the Tablet, 1992-96.
Private tutoring in Russian, 2013-14.
French
Interpreting for Johanna Rolland, the Mayor of Nantes, at the 2020 Eurocities Conference, drawing together mayors from 40 big cities across Europe, with representatives of the EU.
Leading team of 20 Congolese staff and 100 day-labourers on a three-month humanitarian mission in eastern DRC, speaking and writing exclusively French with NGOs, military, merchants, government and Unicef, 2012. Private tutoring in French, 2013-14.
Visit to Guinea relating to media regulation in Francophone context, 2011.
Interpreting for tour of human rights campaigner Rose Anne Auguste from Haiti, 2007.
Reporting from Paray-le-Monial annual conference of the Communauté de L’Emmanuel.
Spanish
Translating ES>EN a 400-page travel journal through 12 African countries, touching on economics, politics and environmental science, 2021.
Translation ES>EN for Breaking Language Barriers from 2015 - 2021. Subjects covered: medical (oncology), disability, property management, tourism, bridal wear retailing.
Spanish course with Christian Aid in 2004 for work visit to development projects in Bolivia.
