I am a native UK English speaker, fluent in German and French, and have been based in Zurich, Switzerland since 2009. I graduated with a BA (Hons) in French Studies and German Studies from the University of Manchester and hold a postgraduate diploma in Translation and Conference Interpreting from Heriot-Watt University. I also have a first class BSc (Hons) in Health Sciences from the Open University. I am a qualified member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting for both French and German into English translation, and a member of LS2 Life Sciences Switzerland. 

I offer translation, post-editing and revision from French and German into English, as well as proofreading of English texts. Before freelancing, I worked as an in-house translator at a major language services provider for 13 years, and I have extensive experience working with a wide range of clients in finance and life science, among other areas.

The fields I cover include:

• Investment banking: investment studies, market reports, corporate finance

• Private banking: performance reporting, investment funds, asset management

• Retail banking: securities/account management, bank-specific IT applications, retail products

• Life science: human medicine, clinical trials, biotech, medtech, pharma, logistics, labelling and packaging, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, SmPCs, PILs, SOPs, technical chemicals, diagnostics, research & development, specialist scientific texts

• Corporate communications: investor relations, corporate governance, commercial management, company organisation, directives, human resources, internal communications, controlling, compliance, risk management

• Annual reports

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