SOPHIE EDGLEY MA MCIL - Translator from French and Russian into English

Address: 44 Belfast Road, London N16 6UH, U.K.
DoB: 2 Oct 1976
Nationality: British
Email: sophie@edgleytranslation.co.uk
Website: www.edgleytranslation.co.uk
Mobile: +44 (0)7879 000770

I am a freelance translator (French, Russian into English) with an MA in Interpreting and Translating (University of Bath, 2002). My professional experience includes political, legal, human rights, business and commercial translation.

EMPLOYMENT

Sept 04-	Freelance Translator, Editor, Proofreader European Investment Bank, Luxembourg; International Labour Organization (ILO), International Civil Defence Organisation, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva; Applied Language Solutions, BBi, Bilinguagroup, FBC Media, IMS Media, Lingo24, Linklaters, SBC, Soni & Co, Temple Translations, The Big Word, Today Translations, Translate Media, 1st Transnational, U.K. legal, political, business and commercial translation, editing, subtitling, transcription and proofreading, including in-house translation at ILO in July 06; translation of a legal judgements archive for Oxford University Press (ongoing from May 06); 64,000 words of translation for IPU and WMO since Jan 05; editing of 16 texts (2000-5500 words each) for IPU in May 05
July 05- Feb 06	Administrator (part-time) Modus Operandi Art Consultants, London preparing presentations and applications for projects (PowerPoint, Indesign, Word, Excel)
Sept 03-Aug 04	Translator and Research and Campaigns Assistant Amnesty International - International Secretariat, London human rights and legal translation (during and outside office hours); interpreting (AI, FCO)
Sept 02-Sept 03	Translator and Journalist (in Moscow) The Moscow Times, The Moscow Times Business Review, Harper's Bazaar, Residential Property News, Pulse (St. Petersburg) translating commercial and property news writing features, listings and reviews Completing MA (Moscow, London) translation from Russian into English of Sergei Dovlatov's Zapovednik + commentary
Mar-Apr 02	Translator (stagiaire) World Meteorological Organization, Geneva legal and technical translation

EDUCATION

MA in Interpreting and Translating, University of Bath, 2002

• French and Russian into English
• Conference, liaison and consecutive interpreting
• Political, economic, technical and legal translation
• Additional courses in Approaches to Professional Work, Law, International Law, Economics, Institutions of the European Union, Précis-Writing

MA (Hons) in Russian: 2:1, University of Glasgow, 2000

Referees available on request

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