JESSICA PETERSSON / MPHIL MA LLB MCIPD 2x Olympian
PROFILE:
● German, Danish, Norwegian, into English (Native)
● Specialisms include legal, business, and marketing.
● Translated professionally since 1997. Fully registered
● Degrees in languages, law, politics, and CIPD chartered human resource management.
● Major projects experience, people and project management experience including remote teams
Diverse portfolio included legal, corporate, marketing, tourism, research, and construction.
Ongoing assignments for world-leading market research consultancies and projects for iconic brands. Translated major public contracts from hospital supplier agreements, construction, to railway infrastructure. On-call for urgent projects, recent projects include; providing 55,000-word translations in 7 days for Swiss courts taxation hearing, and urgent US Department of Justice projects. Translated on a 260 Billion Euro financial services legal case. Translated over a million words in the last 24 months.
2. INTERPRETING
Danish/English and German/English- recent assignments have included court hearings, market research, medical research, hospital liaison, HR, business and legal meetings.
Have experience as a Travelling/liaison interpreter for groups.
EDUCATION SUMMARY:
● Law Degree LLB/German Law and Language Double Honours (UK and Germany)
● Political Science (Masters Degree, (USA)
● International Law (MPhil, New Zealand)
● Human Resource Management (CIPD Chartership, UK)
THESIS TOPICS;
● CIPD: Workplace Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. (UK)
● Masters Thesis: International law and Native American Fishing Rights on the Snake River (USA)
● MPhil Thesis: Status and Trends Associated with Indigenous Communities Inland Water and the Development of Relevant International Law (NZ) https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/2512
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY IN ADDITION TO TRANSLATION:
● Legal/HR background in multilingual environments. 10+ years:
● Lectured Law Internationally, subjects included; Contract, Tort, Private and Public International Law. 5+ years
● Human Resource professional in London. 5+ years.
AWARDS:
● Managerial Performance Excellence- National Award from the worlds largest employer.
● Best Individual Contribution to Diversity, Inclusion and Equality, London Olympic Site. Awarded by the Olympic Delivery Authority
● Variety of University Research awards, Sports Person and Scholar Awards.
ASSOCIATIONS
● Member of The European Legal English Teacher's Association.
● A registered Legal English Training Centre TOLES.
● Chartered CIPD, Human Resource professional.
This page is just a summary of a 20-year career.
Please contact me for a CV or regarding specific projects.
