Emily Potter

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  • Timeline

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

    Volunteer English Language Teacher, India

    Project Trust
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2017

    Sales Assistant

    Waterstones
    Apr 2017 - Sept 2017

    Administrative Assistant

    Your Voice Counts
    Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

    English Language Assistant

    British Council
    Current Company
    Jun 2018 - Nov 2020

    Translator (FR/DE>EN)

    AMPLEXOR International
  • About me

    Translator (FR/DE>EN)

  • Education

    • Newcastle university

      2015 - 2016
      Ma professional translation of european languages language translation merit

      Activities and Societies: Part of Mountaineering Society, Orchestra Member for Gilbert and Sullivan Society Degree programme centred on translation from French and German into English. The course included study of a broad variety of text types, from advertising and journalism to legal and technical. Modules in Machine Translation, CAT Tools and SDL Trados, Literary Translation and Translation for EU Institutions were also included. Masters Project examined the role of the translator and focussed on their impact on the final text when translating themes of race, feminism and post-colonialism in… Show more Degree programme centred on translation from French and German into English. The course included study of a broad variety of text types, from advertising and journalism to legal and technical. Modules in Machine Translation, CAT Tools and SDL Trados, Literary Translation and Translation for EU Institutions were also included. Masters Project examined the role of the translator and focussed on their impact on the final text when translating themes of race, feminism and post-colonialism in literature. Show less

    • Institut d'études politiques de rennes

      2013 -
      Attestation d'études politiques political science, sociology, german achieved

      Activities and Societies: Erasmus Semester Completion of Erasmus semester and the Attestation d'Études Politiques at Sciences Po Rennes.

    • University of aberdeen

      2011 - 2015
      Ma european studies social sciences, history, foreign languages 2:1

      Activities and Societies: Dance Society 2011-2012 ABDN Snow sports society 2012-2015 1st violin, University of Aberdeen Symphony Orchestra 2012-2013 2nd violin, University of Aberdeen Student Sinfonia 2014-2015 2nd violin, University of Aberdeen Gilbert and Sullivan Society Orchestra 2015 2nd violin Universities of Scotland Symphony Orchestra 2015 Courses included History and Music modules in the first year, leading on to a stronger focus on Sociology, Politics and International Relations in years two through to four. French and German were studied alongside these throughout the degree programme and made up the core of the third year, with Erasmus semesters in France and Germany. Dissertation focussed on the cultivation of a European Identity and whether the memory of the Holocaust unites or divides this notion.

    • Universität trier

      2014 - 2014
      History, political science, french

      Activities and Societies: Erasmus Semester Completion of Erasmus semester at Trier University

  • Experience

    • Project trust

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
      Volunteer english language teacher, india
    • Waterstones

      Apr 2016 - Jul 2017
      Sales assistant
    • Your voice counts

      Apr 2017 - Sept 2017
      Administrative assistant

      Role as an administrative assistant at a local advocacy charity, which supports vulnerable people with disabilities and mental illnesses.

    • British council

      Sept 2017 - Jun 2018
      English language assistant

      British Council language placement in a business and industrial technical college. My job included assisting with English lessons by supporting the class teachers with various tasks and teaching small groups to help the students through their various exams.

    • Amplexor international

      Jun 2018 - Nov 2020
      Translator (fr/de>en)

      Public sector translator from French and German into English. Other fields included marketing and technical translation. Role also included proofreading and revising legal and financial translations into English.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Sdl trados studio 2014 for translators- intermediate

      Sdl plc
      Jun 2016
    • Sdl trados studio 2014 for translators- getting started

      Sdl plc
    • Post editing certificate

      Sdl plc
  • Volunteer Experience

    • English Language Teacher

      Issued by Project Trust, RASS on Aug 2010
      Project Trust, RASSAssociated with Emily Potter