Sandra Young
Contact details
07787433993
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1RD
United Kingdom
East Sussex
BN1 1RD
United Kingdom
Professional profile
Activities
Editing
Interpreting
Proofreading
Research
Translating
Interpreting
Proofreading
Research
Translating
Language pairs
Portuguese > English
Spanish > English
Spanish > English
Areas of expertise
Agriculture and Fisheries
Environment
Medicine and Health
Environment
Medicine and Health
Qualifications and experience
Services: Translator, interpreter, editor
Native language: English
Working languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Main fields of work: Human rights, environment, international law, migration, mental health, political and social issues
Other areas of expertise: Corpus linguistics, terminology extraction and organisation
Education:
PhD in Computational Linguistics, University of Brighton 2021
MA in Translation and Interpreting (distinction), University of Westminster 2011
BA Hons (2:1, dist. in spoken Portuguese) Hispanic Studies, University of Birmingham 2009
Continuing professional development
METMs
Workshops
- Seeing bright light at the end of the tunnel: successful, efficient proofreading
- Lifehacks for language professionals: ergonomics and managing stress
- Incorporating gender-inclusive language into our work
- Writing effective proposals for METMs and MET workshops: abstracts, peer review and the MET(M) audience
- Masterclass on AntConc: advanced desktop concordancing and more
- Editing non-native English
- Abstracts and introductions: genre analysis for editors and translators of research articles
- Corpus guidance: a tool for understanding professional language usage, change, and variety
- Readability: 10 strategies for improving flow in translated or non-English speakers’ texts
- Training researchers to write academic articles: another string to your bow
- Calm down, warm up, check your voice, say your piece – and have fun doing it!
