Rachel Trowell

A driven and goal-orientated language graduate from the University of Nottingham with a First-Class Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Language Studies, specialising in French, German and Russian. I am passionate about finding new ways to implement my languages, intercultural knowledge, and communication skills and am seeking an opportunity in a field which will allow me to utilise my linguistic, translation and organisational abilities in order to support a company to reach its goals and achieve the best results.

Private Language Instructor at CDI Learning (Seoul, South Korea)        May 22 – May 23

• Translating lesson materials and documents from Korean into English or vice versa. 
• Working with students and instructors to provide the highest quality programs, innovate learning processes and develop cognitive language potential. 
• Adapting to living and working in a new country by approaching problems with a resilient and pragmatic attitude. 

Account Manager and Legal Product Expert at Luminance (London)    Sep 21 – April 22

• Held sole responsibility for managing clients in the DACH region and worked with multi-billion-dollar companies in both English and German.
• Translated legal documents into German and French for use within the company.
• Worked with the world’s leading law firms to revolutionise their E-Discovery and legal processes while maintaining strong client relationships.

Owner of Sprinkles and Sugar Vegan Bakery (Stevenage)                      June 20 – Jan 21

• Created vegan products, celebration cakes and other baked goods for events.
• Refined the business’ finances, budgeting, marketing, and client relations.
• Continuously improved efficiency, customer satisfaction and quality of products and services.

Intern in Translation Management at Norbert Zänker & Kollegen (Berlin)   Jul 19 – Jan 20

• Translated documents such as contracts, birth certificates and college degrees from German, French and Russian into English. 
• Developed my computer skills by proof-reading and editing certified translations using relevant software. Also became familiar with industry practices and terminology. 
• Communicated with clients and translators and accompanied interpreters to court and to conferences. Built strong positive relationships through such interactions. 

Other jobs have also included: 

Private English Language Tutor (Grenoble, France) (Jan 20 – March 20), Customer Assistant at Tesco Stores Ltd (Stevenage) (March 20 – June 20), Teaching Assistant at Cambridge Centre for Languages (Cambridge) (July 16 – August 16), Teaching Assistant at Bergedorf Grundschule (Hamburg) (Feb 16), Intern for Stephen McPartland MP (Stevenage) (June 2014). 

Education:

BA Modern Language Studies, University of Nottingham         Sept 2017 – June 2021 

• First Class Honours with distinction in spoken French and German 

Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge                                 Sept 2015 – July 2017   

A Levels: 

Freman College, Buntingford                                                          Sept 2012 - July 2015   

GCSEs: 11 GCSE passes with 8 A*s including English and Mathematics, 2 As and 1 B