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Introduction
I came to translation quite late in life, and was 67 when I started the MA. I spent the first part of my career as an English Language teacher (in Italy, Nepal and the UK) and the second part as an IT Manager (in Belgium and the US). My first degree was in Italian & French, and I also have an MA in Linguistics & English Language Teaching (from the University of Leeds) and an MSc in Knowledge-Based Systems from Heriot-Watt University.
Back in February I managed to escape to London for the day to attend an 
I graduated from the University of Exeter with an MA in Translation in 2011. After submitting my dissertation, I remember feeling daunted at the prospect of starting my career as a freelance translator – how on Earth was I going to snap up my first client? It wasn’t until I started working at Amazon with colleagues who had completed MA Translation programmes at other universities that I realised how my degree gave me an advantage.
Today’s guest post is by Lucy Williams and was originally published on her own blog. As it is currently not available on her site, Lucy has kindly given me permission to reproduce two of her posts on the DipTrans on My Words for a Change since they contain valuable information for anyone thinking of taking the exam.
Today’s guest post is by Lucy Williams and was originally published on her own blog. As it is currently not available on her site, Lucy has kindly given me permission to reproduce two of her posts on the DipTrans on My Words for a Change since they contain valuable information for anyone thinking of taking the exam.
Agradezco de corazón a Nikki que me haya propuesto participar en su blog como firma invitada con una reseña del máster en traducción médico-sanitaria que cursé durante el año lectivo 2012-2013. Mucho ha llovido desde que obtuve el título e imagino que algunos aspectos habrán cambiado en los últimos años. Aun así, me gustaría compartir aquí esa vivencia con todo aquel que esté interesado en cursarlo. Puesto que ya existen otras reseñas en la blogosfera que tratan las asignaturas y el funcionamiento en detalle, me centraré en otros aspectos.
Towards the end of my undergraduate degree in German and Spanish, I started looking for a masters course in translation. I’ve always been a fan of literature, but I was concerned about narrowing my prospects by choosing a Masters in Literary Translation specifically, so I was looking for a more general course with lots of opportunities to get stuck into literature. The 
Mon diplôme de traducteur en poche, et une première expérience de traducteur indépendant, j’ai ressenti le besoin de trouver des outils pour développer mon activité. 
An award-winning, qualified personal performance coach and experienced English-to-French translator, Christelle Maignan is passionate about coaching fellow freelance translators, whether they are new to the profession or have decades of experience under their linguistic belt. With a keen interest in personal development, and over 15 years of experience in the translation industry, coaching seemed like the next logical step in Christelle’s career.
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