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Find-a-Linguist - Miss Carla DAVIDSON

Name: Miss Carla DAVIDSON MA MSc MCIL CL
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Native language(s): ENGLISH
Language(s) of qualification: SPANISH, GERMAN, PORTUGUESE (EUROPEAN)
CIOL number: 26694
Membership number (pre-Autumn 2016): 024651
Membership grade: Member
Membership status: Current
Chartered?: Yes
Chartered Linguist section(s): CL (Translator), CL (Interpreter)
Telephone number: +44(0)7708 542 955
carlabdavidson@gmail.com
Conference interpreting: Consecutive interpreting, Simultaneous interpreting
Business interpreting: Ad-hoc/Liaison interpreting, Consecutive interpreting, Whispered (simultaneous) interpreting
Public Service Interpreting: Local government interpreting
Advertising and Marketing: Cinema, Guide Books, Handbooks & Newsletters, Radio, Television
Agriculture and Horticulture: Agriculture, Agrochemicals and Pesticides, Animal Husbandry, Farm Machinery, Fisheries, Forestry, Wine Production
Architecture and Building: Property, Commercial, Residential
Art: Crafts, Photography, Theatre, Visual Arts
Business: Contracts, General Business Documentation, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Training
Education: Assessment, Educational Management, E-Learning, Materials Production, Teacher Training
Environment: Biodiversity, Conservation and Protection, Pollution Control, Town Planning, Waste Management, Water Treatment
Fashion: Catalogues, Clothing, Fashion Shows
EU Matters: General and Political, Agriculture and Fisheries, Energy, Environment, Human Rights, Trade and Competition
Food and Drink: Drink, Food
Humanities: Education and Training, Psychology, Sociology
Information Technology: Internet Technologies, Localisation
Law: Certificates, Commercial, Contracts, Property
Leisure and Sport: Hotels and Accommodation, Restaurants, Sport, Tourism, Travel
Manufacturing: Consumer Goods, Industrial Equipment
Media: Film, Journalism, Multi-Media, Printing and Publishing, Radio, TV, Video
Telecommunications: Internet, Mobile
Textiles: Fabrics
Statement: Specialist areas: Climate change, environment, human rights, social justice, international organisations, agriculture. Some career highlights: • Interpreting at COP25 in Madrid and COP26 in Glasgow • Interpreting for the former Vice-President of Spain, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba • Remote simultaneous interpreting for the COP26 Coalition • Ongoing translation work for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations • Selected as one of the 25 successful candidates (out of 1,700 applicants) added to the pool of Portuguese and Spanish to English translators of the European Commission