Terri White

Contact details
Professional profile
Activities
Translating
Language pairs
French > English
German > English
Areas of expertise
Architecture
Law and Patents
Qualifications and experience

A freelance translator with over 30 years' experience, I work from French and German into British English in two main subject areas: architecture and the arts and the law.

I provide a bespoke service based on a close client relationship designed to ensure that you get the translation you need, whether that means unravelling the complexities of a foreign-language text or helping to convey your message to an international audience.

Formal qualifications

I hold an MA in Legal Translation (French) from City University, London (2008-10)

Memberships

Chartered Linguist (Trans.) and MCIL, CIoLChartered Institute of Linguists

MITI (Qualified Member, ITI, Institute of Translation and Interpreting)

Member, MET (Mediterranean Editors and Translators)

International Associate, RIBA 

Other activities

Between  2014 and 2019 I delivered an annual short course of seminars on professional practice and legal translation on the European Masters in Translation (M1/M2) delivered by the CeTIM at the University of Toulouse, France.

Continuing professional development
METMs
Workshops
Other

Recent conferences and workshops

October 2024 METM, Carcassonne - speaker

November 2023 Translating Europe Forum, Brussels - panel member

January 2023  Words to Deeds, London - attendee

June 2019  Langues et langages juridiques : Traduction et traductologie - Didactique et pédagogie, Université de Bordeaux - attendee

Nov 2018  Drafting Clearer Contracts, Ken Adams, UCL Faculty of Laws, London - attendee