Andrea Davies
Newlyn, Haw Lane, Olveston, South Glos, BS35 4EQ

Tel: 07866 609875 [email protected]

• English mother-tongue, fluent in and educated through Welsh
• Fluent in German, French and Spanish
• MA in Translation, University of Surrey
• MBA, University of Bath
• Extensive translation and writing experience in IT, Business, Finance, Education, HR, Economics, Law, Marketing, Genealogy, Automotive Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering, Politics, Retail and Cookery.
• Written extensively for marketing, business, academic and creative purposes
• 15 years senior management in multilingual business environments
• Website creation, software implementation and localization in Welsh, Spanish, French, German and English

Clients include....
Google, Dell, Waitrose, France Telecom, Motorola, Renault, TAG Heuer, Montblanc, Maurice Lacroix, sanofi-aventis, CMG, South Africa Telkom, Dassault Systèmes, DeBeers Group, Société Générale, IBM, Vodafone, Fujitsu, Siemens, Mercedes Benz, Nortel, Cable & Wireless, Orange, Sun, EDS, Ford, Yo Sushi!, National Trust for Scotland, the European Commission.

Business Experience
October 2003 – to-date Business Consultant Difference Corporation, Implementation of telecommunications software and international client management. Business and process analysis.

April 2001 – Sept 2003 Business Manager Adecco SA
Management of a multilingual recruitment software company, personally specialising in the design and implementation of software in French, English (US and UK) and German. Provision of training, sales presentations and conference lectures in the three languages as well as supervision and collaboration in translation of company marketing, training manuals, etc.

Oct 1994 – April 2001 Director Yahoo Inc
Management and implementation of web-based and client-side artificial intelligence software in the US, Africa, Australia and Europe. Development and localization of this software for multilingual users - EN UK > DE, > FR, > ES, EN US > UK.


Oct 1990 – Oct 1994 Senior Researcher University of Surrey
AI and language research in multilingual contexts. Design and development of multilingual terminology tools in collaboration with other academic and business establishments (e.g. University of Heidelberg, Mercedes Benz, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft). Published extensively.

Translation Experience
Various fixed-term contracts including:
April 2007 Dassault Systèmes - La Familia Sagrada 1,000 words, ES > EN

April 2007 Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie - Financial magazine article 1,000 words FR > EN

April 2007 Montblanc- Sales Training 3,000 words, DE > EN

March 2007 France Telecom - Job Profiles 1,000 words, FR > EN

March 2007 Maurice Lacroix - Marketing Literature 1,000 words FR & DE > EN

March 2007 Dassault Systèmes - 3D Pyramid Construction, 7,000 words, FR > EN

Oct 06- Feb 2007 Google - Google Maps 5,000 words, EN > CY

Oct 06 - Jan 2007 Google - Google Earth 4,000 words, EN > CY

Jan 2007 Canadian Embassy - WWI and WWII Exhibition, 14,000 words,
FR > EN

Nov 2006 Société Générale - HR 10,000 words, FR > EN

July 2006 Welsh Exam Board - GCSE Exam Papers 40,000 words, CY > EN

May 2006 Welsh LEA - Teacher Application Packs 25,000 words, CY > EN

July 2005 120 page FR > EN > FR recipe book for L’Ecole Française de Bristol

Jan 2005 Waitrose Ltd - Translation and review of new Welsh retail signage

Dec 2004 140 page CY > EN > CY recipe book for Ysgol y Ffin

Oct 2004 Creation of Welsh website for Ysgol y Ffin

Sept 2004 Waitrose Ltd - Review of Welsh retail signage

Sept 2003 Welsh LEA EN > CY translation of job vacancies

Sept 2001 Google - Google's website 60,000 words, FR > EN

Education
Sept 2003 MBA University of Bath

Sept 1990 MA in Translation University of Surrey

July 1988 BA Hons 2(i), German and Spanish University of Wales,
with Portuguese (subsid.) Aberystwyth

July 1984 A Levels in English (A), French (A) Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari
and German (C)

Miscellaneous
Hardware/Software: PC, Mac, Sun, Unix, Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), MS Publisher, Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Professional, Corel Paint Shop Pro

Governor of a Welsh primary school – Ysgol y Ffin – since 2001

Active member of Monmouthshire LEA committees for Health and Safety, Training and School Governors

Trustee of Trust PA (www.trustpa.com), a charity funding spinal injuries research and clinical trials

Fundraiser for the RSPCA’s Bristol Dogs and Cats Home