{"id":73,"date":"2021-05-02T17:07:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T16:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itifrenchnetwork.liamwhiteside.co.uk\/?p=73"},"modified":"2024-10-18T17:19:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:19:36","slug":"dean-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"Dean Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Who are you? Please introduce yourself<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I\u2019m Dean Evans and I\u2019ve been a translator for around 7 1\/2 years. I grew up on the Wirral, near Liverpool, but moved down to Tunbridge Wells in Kent for an in-house translation job after my MA and have lived here ever since. I\u2019ve been a freelancer since December 2017.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Do you translate, interpret, or both? What are your areas of specialism?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I translate. I did give interpreting a go at university \u2013 in both my BA and MA \u2013 but it just wasn\u2019t for me! I work from French, German and Spanish, mainly in patents and intellectual property. I focus particularly on mechanical and electrical engineering, so I tend to translate and revise a lot of patents about machinery, motors and automation. I also regularly edit legal IP texts written in English by non-native speakers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Why did you decide to get into translation or interpreting?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I enjoyed lots of subjects at school, but languages always seemed to come the most easily to me so I went on to study them at Newcastle. We did a lot of translation in our final year and those were always my favourite classes. After a couple of years out (including one working as a language assistant in Spain which showed me I wasn\u2019t cut out to be a teacher!) I joined the Applied Translation Studies MA at Leeds and the rest is history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What\u2019s your favourite type of project?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Patents can be really interesting \u2013 I once translated one for an aeroplane in which all the internal walls were video touchscreens! \u2013 but I really love the legal side, so patent opposition proceedings, appeals, etc. A few times a year I get to translate European Patent Office case law summaries from French and German, and these are definitely my favourite projects. They require lots of research and a really good understanding of the main principles of patent law, not to mention the patience to decipher the long-winded sentences and piece them back together!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What do you do outside of translation or interpreting?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

My main interest outside of work is gardening. My boyfriend and I have an allotment where we spent most of our time during Lockdown 1.0. \u2013 annoyingly there\u2019s not that much to do down there at the moment, plus it\u2019s pretty chilly! And about two years ago we started beginners\u2019 ballroom dancing classes at a local dance school. We\u2019re the youngest couple in our group by a good 30 years but the classes are great. Hopefully, the school can re-open soon and we can get back into it!.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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