Translation Qualifications

I graduated from Aston University, Birmingham in 1995 with 2(i) BSc in Modern Languages (Joint Honours French & German, including study units in translation), and was awarded the John Stagg Memorial Prize for excellent achievement in the final Written German Paper.

I gained the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s  Advanced Certificate in Marketing  in 1998.

Career

As part of my degree course I spent 12 months in 1993-94 working at the Hernstein International Management Institute in Vienna, Austria, an organisation providing management training to businesses.

After graduation, I joined the commercial department of Lewis Tankers Ltd, a Yorkshire-based road transport company providing services to a number of multi-national chemical companies.  I had particular responsibility for day to day dealings with the company’s international client base, in which capacity my language skills were a great asset.  Latterly I was employed as Contract Manager dealing with a large Hamburg-based world-wide tank container operator.

Since the end of 2004 I have been working as a freelance translator and language services provider and am also involved in a project to broaden access to foreign language learning in the European haulage industry. [TruckspeakTM]

I’m married to Miles, a farmer who has a degree in mechanical engineering, and is a ready source of information on all subjects mechanical and agricultural!  We’re currently working on a project to produce biodiesel for use on the farm.