CCTRANSLATIONS

My name is Claire Cox and I've been translating professionally for over 35 years, running my own translations business since 1989. I translate from French and German into English, my native language. I've lived in the UK all my life apart from spells abroad during my degree course, but I'm happy to communicate with clients in English, German or French... I graduated from the University of Salford in 1983 with a BA (Hons) in French and German. During my degree course, I spent a year abroad, split between France, where I taught English in a large chemical company near Lyon, and Germany, where I was a proof-reader in a translations agency in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart. Armed with that experience, I was convinced at that early stage that a career in translations was for me... After dipping my toe briefly into the world of banking when I joined the NatWest Bank graduate management scheme straight after leaving university, and discovering that it definitely wasn't my scene, I was lucky..

Primary location: United Kingdom