Sophie Edgley MA MCIL                                                                                                                                          Download CV here                         
I am a freelance translator with an MA in Interpreting and Translating (University of Bath, 2002). My professional experience includes legal translation as well as media, political, human rights, business and commercial translation. I am a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (since Oct 2005) and Associate Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (since Dec 2006).

E m p l o y m e n t

Sept 2009-present
Freeelance Translator: source languages French/Russian; target language: English

Sept 2007-Sept 2009
In-house Translator: Gherson, 1 Great Cumberland Place, London. Russian to English legal translation, including court documents and media articles
 
Sept 2004-Sept 2007  
Freelance Translator: European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, Intermational Labour Organization (ILO), International Civil Defence Organisation, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva; translation agencies, UK
 
July 2005-Feb 2006
Administrator (part-time): Modus Operandi Art Consultants, London. Preparing presentations and applications for projects (PowerPoint, Indesign, Word, Excel)
 
Sept 2003-Aug 2004
Translator and Research and Campaigns Assistant: South Caucasus and Central Asia team, International Secretariat of Amnesty International, London
 
Sept 2002-Apr 2003
Translator and Journalist (in Moscow): Harper's Bazaar, The Moscow Times, The Moscow Times Business Review; Pulse, Residential Property News (St. Petersburg). Translating business, commercial and property news; writing features, listings and reviews

Mar-Apr 2002
Translator (stagiaire): WMO, Geneva

T r a i n i n g  &  E d u c a t i o n

MA in Interpreting and Translating, University of Bath 2001-2002
MA (Hons) in Russian: 2:1, University of Glasgow 1995-2000
 
Referees available on request