Imogen Clare Louise Hancock
Translator of French and Italian into English
Old School House, 2 Park Road, Wroxham, NR12 8SB, United Kingdom
Email: Skype: imogenhancock1982
Home: 01603 782014 Mobile: 07748662750
An experienced translator of French and Italian, specialising in legal documents, with additional experience in a wide range of translation fields. Having earned a distinction in my MA in Applied Translation, I have consistently demonstrated high-level linguistic and cultural understanding throughout my working life. I am a qualified member of the Institute of Translators and Interpreters (MITI) and regularly attend translation courses, webinars and networking events as part of my continuing professional development.
TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE TRANSLATOR, Wroxham, Norfolk, UK June 2011-Present
Freelance translation, editing and proofreading for carefully selected translation agencies and direct clients.
· Experience of legal, financial, marketing, general, business, academic and technical translation.
· Able to translate 3000 words per day, as well as revise and edit at a rate of at least 1200 words per hour.
· Regular user of SDL Trados Studio 2011.
TEMPLE TRANSLATIONS LTD, London, UK Oct. 2007- June 2011
In-House Staff Translator
Specialising in translating French and Italian legal and financial documents into English.
· Independently produced high-quality, accurate translations, often from low-resolution source texts, to tight deadlines, while simultaneously contributing to wider projects within the business.
· Completed technical translations for Temple Translations’ sister company, Metalexis.
· Used Trados 2007 and WordFast CAT tools to enhance throughput and harmonise terminology.
· Mentored trainee translators, which involved recruitment and selection, proofreading all work, providing feedback, helping them to meet targets as well as being the point of contact between the trainee and HR.
· Implemented and supervised a graduate placement scheme to provide translation students with industry experience, which involved liaising with the company director, universities, and translation bodies and supervising placement students.
· Created a translators’ style guide providing practical guidance for in-house and freelance translators in order to raise quality standards.
· Gained experience and training as an operations co-ordinator, which involved performing various project management tasks.
· Before being promoted to staff translator completed a 2 year traineeship during which time work was revised and feedback was received from more experienced translators.
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, Norwich, UK and SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, London, UK 2010-2011
Guest Lecturer
· Invited to deliver occasional guest lectures in a workshop format to MA in Applied Translation students at UEA and BA language students at SOAS on aspects of legal and financial translation, life as an in-house translator and starting a career in translation.
LANGUAGE ABILITY
ENGLISH
Excellent command of British and American forms of the English language.
ITALIAN
Fluent command of spoken and written language and comprehensive cultural understanding.
FRENCH
Fluent command of spoken and written language and comprehensive cultural understanding.
OTHER TRANSLATION SKILLS
· IT: proficient user of Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010, with strong formatting skills.
· CAT Tools: Regular user of SDL Trados 2011, 2009 and 2007; experience of WordFast and MemoQ.
· OCR software: completed a project to research and source improved OCR software; experience of using OmniPage and ABBYY FineReader to convert PDFs and generate word counts.
· MT: experience of pre-editing and post-editing texts for machine translation.
· Proofreading: well-developed proofreading skills for own and other translators’ work.
OTHER LANGUAGE WORK EXPERIENCE
THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE, Norwich (UK) and Northern Italy 2000-2007 Course Coordinator, English Teacher and Activity Leader
· Promoted from the position of activity leader, to teacher, to camp coordinator of English camps in Italy, as well as teaching and organising activities at the main school in Norwich.
NORFOLK ADULT EDUCATION, Norwich, UK 2007
Italian Tutor
· Responsible for syllabus creation for a variety of Italian language courses based on the varying needs of adult students and supported students through a complex assessment process.
LE CLUB FRANCAIS, Norwich and Leeds, UK 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2007 French Teacher
· Provided after-school and in-school French instruction for primary school pupils.
JIAYING UNIVERSITY, Meizhou, Guangdong, China 2005-2006
Foreign Expert
· Designed and taught English lessons for over 400 students in cooperation with Chinese staff.
QUALIFICATIONS
INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING, UK August 2014
· Passed the ITI’s Qualified Translator Exam in French after several years as an Associate.
EDUCATION
CITY UNIVERISTY LONDON, London, UK 2008-2009
CPD Modules from MA in Legal Translation
· Attended Law of Contract, Translation for Litigation and Commercial and Corporate Law continuous professional development courses for translators at City University.
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, London, UK 2008- 2009
German Level 4 Certificate Course
· Successfully passed writing, grammar, reading, listening and speaking assessments.
· Studied a syllabus which covered politics, current affairs, finance and culture.
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, Norwich, UK 2006-2007
M.A. Applied Translation (French and Italian into English), with Distinction.
· Exposed to a wide-range of debates concerning translation theory, translated a variety of text types and developed a proficiency in using technological tools.
· Demonstrated ability as a class leader and commended for help provided to staff and students.
· Work experience producing a translation for public use at the Musée Alsacien (museum), Strasbourg.
· Served on a team of editors for the translation publication The Norwich Papers.
· Completed a dissertation entitled ‘Equal Authenticity in the EU? A case study of the Berlin Declaration’, with discussion of French, Italian, German and English versions of the same text.
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, Leeds, UK 2001-2005
B.A. French and Italian with First-Class Honours.
· Awarded distinctions in Spoken French and Spoken Italian.
· Completed a year’s teaching in Nice, France and a semester of language study in Florence, Italy.
· Modules studied included Italian to English liaison interpreting and translation from French and Italian into English and vice versa.
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL and CITY COLLEGE, Norwich, UK 1998-2000
· A Levels in French, German and History all at Grade A and AS Level in Italian at Grade B.
· Extra GCSEs in Russian and French for Business at Grade A and Italian at Grade A*.
· Awards: Norfolk County Scholar, Conway Cup for Esprit de Corps, Award for German.
BROADLAND HIGH SCHOOL, Hoveton, UK 1993-1998
· Eleven GCSEs at Grades A-C, including A*s in English, French and German.