Kate Bell

Experience

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  Various positions in hospitality

  Sept 1998 - May 2003

  General Manager
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  Starbucks Coffee Company, Edinburgh

  Jul 2003 - Nov 2007

  General Manager/HR Generalist

  Recruitment, coaching, team-building, reward and recognitionMonitoring and coaching of marginal and plateued performers to achieve more effective performance.Day-to-day front-of-house operationsAchievement of financial targets based on business KPIs (sales, wage percentage and bottom line profit)Co-ordination of rotas for team of up to 22 with various shift patterns.Faciliation of group induction and training coursesRole-modelling and communication of appropriate responsibilities and practices to ensure consistent delivery of superior customer serviceResults:Recognised at AGM for achieving highest year-on-year growth of turnover and bottom line profitabilityRecognised at AGM for highest customer service score in regional Mystery Shopper quarterly report Show less

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  Clear as a Bell Language Services

  Nov 2007 - now

  2017-present Translation of art critiques/press releases for Madrid-based art gallery (2017-present). Artists include Alejandro Botubol, Ricardo Calero, Françoise Vanneraud, Patricia Camet, Karina Skvirsky and José Castiella among others)2010-present Translation DE-EN/ES-EN for agencies and private clients based in Germany, Austria and the UK (several long-term agency clients have since requested me as their regular translator in fields including marketing, human resources and fashion retail)Previously Arts review translations ES-EN for “Le Cool” leisure magazine, Barcelona (Oct. 2010-Sept. 2012) and DE-EN for MARCO POLO Berliner leisure magazine (Nov. 2012-Dec. 2014) Translation DE-EN of marketing brochures for Kleinwalsertal "nüüs" ski and summer resort (winters 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; summers 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Translation DE-EN of marketing brochure for UND GRETEL organic cosmetics (Sept. 2015) Translation DE-EN of Phorms Campus school brochure and child protection guidelines (Aug./Sept. 2015) Translation ES-EN of PHD funding proposal on hybrid identities (Dec. 2014) Translation DE-EN of text for Camino de Santiago photo book ("Buen Camino") (Feb. 2014) Translation DE-EN of 2 short children's books - Runkitunk the Little Witch Goes to the Zoo; Runkitunk the Little Witch in the Forest (June-July 2013) Translation DE-EN of academic article "It's a particular favourite of mine: Hitler's Rienzi" by Hans Rudolf Vaget (June 2013) Translation DE-EN of the Sustainability Report 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for Marc O´ Polo Group AG (Nov. 2012, Nov. 2013) Website localisation projects EN-ES, ES-EN and DE-EN including Humbucker Ltd. (content generation software), Cink Shaking Business (social commerce), dotfly (online marketing management) (Sept. 2011-present) Show less September 10th-12th 2012 Simultaneous interpreting EN-ES (3 days) for Tech Crunch Disrupt San Francisco 2012 http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-sf-2012/August 17th-18th 2012 Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting EN-ES and ES-EN (2 days) for Matías Néspolo http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/matias-nespolo-chibundu-onuzo and Bernardo Atxaga http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/bernardo-atxaga , Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012July 12th-22nd 2012 Liaison interpreting EN-ES and ES-EN for film crew with "Los Viajes de Doce", a Uruguayan travel showJune 18th-20th 2012 Liaison interpreting EN-ES and ES-EN for the Simón Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Festival22nd March 2012 Simultaneous interpreting ES-EN for Multilingual Debate (public event organized by Heriot Watt University) http://2012.multilingualdebate.org.uk/ 19th January 2012 Simultaneous interpreting ES-EN and EN-ES in the Scottish Parliament. Dummy interpreting session organized by Heriot Watt University http://www.sml.hw.ac.uk/about/interpreting-at-scottish-parliament.htmJan.-Apr. 2012 Approx. 24 hours simultaneous and consecutive interpreting for multilingual “miniconferences” (8 x 3 hours) as part of MSc courseOct. 2011-Apr. 2012 Over 200 hours in the booth ES-EN and EN-ES (consecutive and simultaneous interpreting) as part of MSc course Oct.-Dec. 2011 Approx. 30 hours liaison interpreting (various contexts) as part of MSc course2007-2011 Ad hoc interpreting between English, Spanish and German during my time in Spain and Austria Show less

  • Freelance Translator

    Oct 2010 - now

  • Freelance Translator

    Nov 2007 - now
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  Funky Chicken

  Dec 2008 - Apr 2009

  Restaurant Manager

  Responsible for all front-of-house responsibilities in busy ski resort restaurant. Gained useful experience of working under pressure and working in a variety of languages simultaneously. I also held this position from December 2007 to April 2008.

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  Empower Training

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2011

  Business English teacher

  In-company adult general and Business English classes. Beginner through to advanced level. Creation of original material in order to tailor classes to students´ needs and ensure high levels of motivation.I also worked for this company from July-November 2008, and as a self-employed English teacher from May 2009-September 2010.

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  Self-employed

  Oct 2012 - now

  Freelance translator and interpreter