• Edits in English
• Translates from German to English

Area(s) of expertise

• Fiction -- I have translated opera librettos and novel extracts for my research and studies, and poetry for the Stephen Spender Poetry Translation competition.

Qualifications

• DAAD Stipendium | DAAD | 2009
• Deutsch Intensivsprachkurs | Universität Mannheim | 2008
• MPhil (Research) Music | University of Birmingham | 2005
• BMus Bachelor of Music | University College Cork | 2002
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) Music and English | University College Cork | 2000

Experience

• (Fiction) Translation course | Queen Mary, University of London | 2007-Present -- I translated the novel Das Versprechen and extracts from other Swiss novels.
• (Classic) MPhil Research Student | University of Birmingham (England) | 2003-2004 -- I translated opera librettos and personal letters and took a taught module 'Italian for Musicologists', which dealt with translation technique.