My name is Aileen and I currently work at SCILT, Scotland's National Centre for Languages. My role involves coordinating a range of projects and&n...

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My name is Simran Kaur and I work in the Equality & Diversity Office at the University of Strathclyde. I have also worked as a translator and cont...

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My name is Estefanía Macchi and I am an Architect from Argentina. I am currently working as an Architectural Assistant at Groves-Raines Architects ...

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My name is Fraser Fulton. I’m a musician, tour manager and backline technician for touring musical artists. What languages have you learned? ...

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I’m Gregor Anderson and I’m a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Leonardo UK. We design and build lasers. What languages have you learned? ...

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My name is Niall Rachman. I am 24 from Glasgow. I am a graduate from the University of Strathclyde having studied International Business with ...

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My name is Leah and I am currently a fourth year at the University of Edinburgh studying MA Chinese. I also have experience working as a Chinese Sa...

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My name is Ruaridh and I’m a recent graduate in Arabic and International Relations from the University of St Andrews. What languages have you...

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My name is Roddy McDonald and I’m a tour operator working 90% with British school groups in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Poland and Austria. ...

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My name is Cassandra Scott and I run my own translation business. I translate written documents from German to English and from French to English.&...

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My name is Ruth Sillars-Mathouillot and I am a Relationship Manager in a Bank in Luxembourg. What languages have you learned? I’m now flue...

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My name is a Marion Geoffray, I'm a theatre maker, drama teacher and the artistic director of Theatre Sans Accents, an innovative bilingual theatr...

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My name is Mark and I’m a researcher in international law based at a university in Beijing, China. I work on the editing and production of an...

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Who are you and what do you do? My name is Stephanie Mitchell. I’m now a civil servant working on international trade policy. Before I joi...

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My name is David Cant and I am originally from Glasgow, though I have been fortunate enough to live in various places over the years, including s...

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My name is Erin Duffy and I am a student, teacher, intern, and lover of languages. I am studying Spanish and Linguistics at the University of Glasg...

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My name is Lorne and I am an award-winning journalist working with an independent publishing house based in Glasgow. Here at DC Publishing we work on ...

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My name is Ian Ross, I am an international trade and investment specialist working with Scottish Development International. I have a geography respons...

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My name is Michael and I work as a Languages tutor teaching adults and children French, Spanish and ESL in London and online. Which languages do yo...

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My name is Ross Yuill. In addition to pursuing a degree in education, I am also a Front Desk Associate for the Marriott Hotel in Aberdeen. Which la...

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My name is Willie Cameron and I was one of the founding Directors of The Cobbs Group of Companies. We have hotels, coffee shops, retail units and a ba...

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I'm Claire Pembleton, MA Interpreting and Translating.  I am a Consultancy Associate (Science and Engineering) at Edinburgh Innovations. W...

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My name is Clare O’Toole. I was a CISS Scholar from 2015-2016 and I am now a Law with Spanish student at the University of Glasgow. I study Mand...

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My name is Emma Gallacher, I’m originally from Scotland but now live in Spain. My journey with languages has taken me to the Costa Blanca where ...

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My name is Charlie Foot and I'm the founder of Bili, a free online student language exchange, which enables sustained and structured peer-to-peer ...

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My name is David Rodger and I am a 25 year old Area Manager at Amazon Germany. Although I started working for Amazon UK in London in 2015, I transferr...

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My name is Jane Robb and I am currently a PhD student at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich. My research is looking at the drive...

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My name is Lynn Sheppard and I am currently studying for a Masters in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University. I am also a freelanc...

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My name is Kirsten Matthews and I work for Diageo as a tour guide in their distillery. I also have a role as public service interpreter. What spark...

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My name is Sandie Robb and I am a Senior Education Officer for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). RZSS is a worldwide conservation or...

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My name is Emma Therer and I'm a MA (HONS) German and Linguistics – 4th year undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh. What s...

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My name is Katie Targett-Adams. I am self-employed with 3 businesses and am now based in Hong Kong: Professional Singer and Harpist Founder of Cer...

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My name is Josh Martin and I'm a student at Dundee University studying MSc in Psychology and German. I'm also a keen racing driver in my ...

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My name is Olivia and I was born in Cambridge, where I spent most of my childhood. I always knew that I wanted to travel and see the world so it seeme...

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My name is John Barry and I worked for 31 years for Shell, initially as a Petroleum Engineer and subsequently in economics and management roles. I ret...

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My name is Dawn Hartley and I am Head of Creative Learning for Scottish Dance Theatre, part of Dundee Rep Theatre. What languages have you learned?...

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My name is Claire Murphy and I am originally from Aberdeen. I work as a translator at the European Commission. What languages do you speak/have you...

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My name is Amy-Jo Fairbairn. I'm a second year HND Travel & Tourism student at City of Glasgow College. Which languages do you speak? I ...

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My name is Gail Leslie and I initially completed HND Travel & Tourism at  the City of Glasgow College. I am now about to start a degree in...

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My name is Euan and I’m an aero-mechanical engineering student about to enter my honours year at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Wh...

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I am a tour guide who guides mainly German speaking tourists in Scotland and Ireland. A member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association, I have been...

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I served for 37 years in the Army and retired in 2012 as a Lieutenant Colonel. For four years, from 2005 to 2009, I was the staff officer responsible ...

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My name is Ross Noble and my current role is as a Conference Interpreter working for the European Commission.  The qualifications I hold are a...

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My name is Amanda, I graduated last year with a degree in BSc Geology and have since been travelling between Finland and Scotland as part of my job as...

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My name is Adam Williams. I am a Spacecraft Operations Engineer working for the European Space Agency on the ExoMars mission, whose goal is to send a ...

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My name is Susan Brown and I am a self-employed Blue Badge qualified Scottish Tourist Guide. I run tours of Scotland in French and English, split fair...

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My name is Andrew and I work in London as a Character Animator on a children's TV series. I grew up in the Scottish Borders and studied for 4 year...

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I come from very un-exotic roots, having been brought up by Scottish parents in the Scottish Borders. I am now a PhD researcher at the University of E...

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My name is Sylvain Peyo Diez. I’m French born in Bayonne and used to live in Castres in the south of France. I moved to Scotland in 2010. I have...

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I'm Dylan Kelly and I feel very lucky to market one of the leading resorts on the planet. My role promotes award winning golf, spa, food and drink...

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I am Sharz Din, Senior Creative Director of Vidal Sassoon in Glasgow. My role involves training and upholding the Sassoon standards. I also represent ...

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My name is Ken Lindsay, and I am the International Brand Ambassador for Chivas Brothers Ltd, the premium scotch whisky and gin company of Pernod Ricar...

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My name is Stuart Broomfield and I'm the Hotel Manager at the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh. I have been employed in the hospitality in...

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My name is Caroline McManus.  I currently live in Barcelona teaching English, but have previously worked as airline cabin crew, travelling the...

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I'm Sophie Williams, a lecturer in Conservation Science at Bangor University and Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden Course Director for Pl...

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My name is Peter Cawston and I'm a medical doctor who works in a housing estate with a lot of social and economic problems. My work as a GP inv...

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Where did you grow up and what languages did you come across at school? I grew up in a small town called Erbach, about an hour south of Frankfurt a...

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  Which languages did you come across in school? Was that your first taste of other languages? At High School in Edinburgh I studied French...

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My name is Heloise Allan and I'm Head of Education on the Isle of Coll in the Hebrides. How did you become involved with Project Trust? I fi...

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Can you give a brief outline of who you are and the job that you do? I am Chris Cusack. I have a number of roles around my current job as Venue Man...

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My name is Susan Young, and this is my office! I am incredibly fortunate that I have managed to make my passion in life into my job. I am based in Sti...

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What is your name and for whom do you work? My name is Paul Belmonte and I work as a BSL/English interpreter for Deaf Action in Edinburgh. Why d...

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Where has your journey in languages taken you? Having grown up in Aberystwyth with Scottish and French parents, I left Penglais school for Trinity ...

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My name is Arnaud Desbiez and I am a conservation biologist. I work for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland as their regional conservation a...

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What languages did you study at school or university, if any? I studied French up to Higher level and used to groan about it, but I haven’t f...

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My name is Joshua Abbott and I am currently an intern at a strategy consulting firm in Brisbane, Australia whilst concurrently finishing my studies at...

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Bellcom Worldwide is an award-winning multilingual outsourcing provider for some of the world’s biggest brands, including Samsung, Dell, Xerox, ...

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My name is Ian Fyfe. I work as Human Resources Director for INEOS Group – INEOS is the world’s third largest chemical manufacturing compan...

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I'm Sean Sproull. I spent my gap year teaching in the south of Vietnam, an experience that had a big effect on me. It ignited an interest in East ...

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I am a Product Marketing Manager in the marine services division of Rolls-Royce plc. My focus is business development and marketing of product upgrade...

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Can you give a brief outline of who you are and the job that you do? I am the Head of Business Development for a company specialising in business p...

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James Brodie is Manager & CBA Scotland of China-Britain Business Council. We asked him to share with us why he decided to study Chinese, how he ha...

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I am currently the Director of Giant Panda Project and Strategic Innovations at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Between the ages of 9 and 12...

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I’m Julianna Dunn and I am a Licensing Executive with Harper Collins the book publishers. I am in charge of our print business – I negotia...

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In January this year I took up post as the First Secretary for Scottish Affairs in Beijing.  The post and the office are fully funded by the Scot...

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My name is Scott Morrison and I am married with three kids.  I work for a technology analyst company.  My company makes predictions about te...

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I work for the Scottish Football association as Director of Football Development, a position I have held for the last six years.  In brief, my jo...

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My name is Campbell Price and I’m the curator for Egypt and Sudan at the Manchester Museum. I became interested in languages other than English ...

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My name is Anne Morrison, I’m in my early forties and I currently live with my husband and three young children in Argyll and Bute. I studied Ph...

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