Who are you? Please introduce yourself
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nI\u2019m Katherine, a freelance translator living in rural North Devon with my husband and our three daughters. I work from French, Spanish and Portuguese into English, and I\u2019ve been freelancing for over 12 years now \u2013 mostly part-time, with a few pauses for maternity leave. I love being able to work from home and having the flexibility to fit my work around family life \u2013 though of course, that comes with its own challenges.<\/p>\n
Do you translate, interpret, or both? What are your areas of specialism?
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nI\u2019m very much a translator \u2013 I honestly can\u2019t imagine my brain working fast enough for interpreting! I specialise in academic texts (especially in the social sciences), market research and retail. I prefer long projects I can really get into, and I love working with clients where I feel that we have a real partnership. This year has been a difficult one, as I feel that the longer translation projects have been tailing off and I\u2019m increasingly being sent shorter texts, which I do find frustrating at times!<\/p>\n
Why did you decide to get into translation or interpreting?
\n<\/strong>Like many translators, I\u2019ve always loved languages and just never stopped studying them. I did French and Spanish at Durham, then joined a graduate scheme at a finance company looking to expand overseas. They promised excitement and travel \u2013 but the furthest I got was Swindon! After a few years, I realised I wasn\u2019t using my languages at all, so I went to work for the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise in London. I used my French every day but still missed using it in a more academic way, so when I was about to get married, I retrained, doing a Master\u2019s in Translation at UCL, graduating just before having my first daughter. For the first time, I felt like I\u2019d found my vocation \u2013 a proper career rather than just a job<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s your favourite type of project?
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nI really enjoy long-form academic work, as I find it satisfying to get stuck into a challenging text and come out the other side having learned something new. My favourite project ever was a series of texts I worked on a few years ago for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, translating interviews with coca farmers in rural Colombia about the way their illicit work impacts their health and access to healthcare. The interview responses were in heavily colloquial Spanish, and I had to work closely with the university researchers who had conducted the interviews to decipher what was being said.<\/p>\n
What do you do outside of translation or interpreting?<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen I\u2019m not working, you\u2019ll usually find me exploring beautiful North Devon with my family. Life is a bit of a juggle \u2013 my husband and I also manage some holiday cottages alongside our work, so there never seem to be quite enough hours in the day. Making time for yourself is something we talk about a lot in the ITI Parent and Carer Network (I\u2019m the Network Co-ordinator). I\u2019m proud to be part of such a brilliant, supportive community that\u2019s helped a lot of people feel less alone in the challenges of balancing work and care. No matter how busy things get, I always carve out Friday mornings for a sea swim with friends. It\u2019s the one thing that keeps me grounded \u2013 and sane \u2013 week in, week out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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