Patrick Kendrick

Curriculum Vitae

35 Evenwood Close D.O.B.: 18/06/86

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SW15 2DA Mobile: 07584678449

INTERPRETING EXPERIENCE

UEFA EURO 2012 (through Clark Football Languages)

SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETER (FR>EN; IT>EN), 6 June 2012 – 1 July 2012

  • Simultaneous interpreting for all pre and post-matchpress conferences involving the French and Italian national football teams from the International Broadcast Centre in Warsaw.
  • Interpreted UEFA President Michel Platini and Chief Refereeing Officer PierluigiCollina.

UEFA EURO 2012 (through Clark Football Languages)

ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, TRANSLATION TEAM, 6 June 2012 – 1 July 2012

  • Organising translators, transcribers and proof-readers for 128pre and post-match press conferences.
  • Responsible for quality control, meeting deadlines and overseeing communication via Skype and Googledocs.

CLARK FOOTBALL LANGUAGES LTD.

FREELANCE TRANSLATOR/INTERPRETER, October 2011 – present

  • Interpreting (FR>EN, IT>EN) at UEFA Champions League and Europa League press conferences.
  • Ad-hoc interpreting for professional footballers.
  • Individual English tuition to Premiership footballers.
  • Translation of the English version of Inter Milan’s homepage and asroma.it, AS Roma’s official site.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

PERFORM MEDIA SERVICES

MULTI-LINGUAL SPORTS COMMENTATOR, January 2011 – present

  • Off-tube commentary on live football and tennis matches in English, French and Italian.
  • Events are broadcast globally via the internet for the Watch and Bet service.
  • Football: More than twenty competitions from around the world including UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers, UEFA Europa League, SPL, Npower Championship, Npower League One, Npower League Two, Ligue 1, LigaZonSagres and Eredivisie.
  • Tennis: ATP 250, 500 Series and Masters 1000 Series, Wimbledon, US Open.

BBC RADIO MANCHESTER

FREELANCE FOOTBALL REPORTER, March 2012 – present

  • Team news, match previews, flash reports and post-match interviews.
  • Offline commentary.

QUEENS PARK RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB

MATCH-DAY AUDIO DESCRIBER, September 2011 – present

  • Matchday commentary on all QPR home games from Loftus Road.
  • Commentary is broadcast to blind and partially sighted supporters in the stadium.

INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC DAY, 8 September 2011

  • Live commentary in Trafalgar Square on wheelchair table tennis.
  • International Event organised by LOCOG in partnership with RNIB.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

UNIVERSITY OF BATH, MA in Interpreting and Translating at the University of Bath, Merit

  • Simultaneous interpreting, consecutive interpreting, public service interpreting and translation in both French and Italian.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, BA in French AND Italian, Class 2:1

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

EUROPEAN COMMISSION, January 2011

  • Three day study visit to the European Commission and Parliament.
  • Witnessed firsthand the work of the European institutions.
  • Met professional interpreters and took part in two days of “dummy-boothing”.

WORKING LANGUAGES

  • English
  • French
  • Italian