Sorcha Diskin

I am looking for a new challenge that will require a range of skills and expertise.

I am a native French speaker who has been carrying out French to English translations on a part time basis for over a decade.

I am also a geologist with a second Open University qualification that includes health and sports sciences together with culture and heritage.

May 2014 to Present Part-time Freelance Translator

Part-time freelance translator from French to English of mainly technical texts in the field of Earth and associated sciences. This included translations of documents relating to oil and gas, as well as ground investigations and building works; recent work has been primarily in translating research papers into English for researchers to submit to academic journals. Through agencies, I have also carried out several translations of more than 20,000 words for French governmental organisations.

Previously worked as a part-time freelance translator from 2004 to 2010

Sept. 2011 to present: University of South Wales- Lecturer now Head of Chemical & Environmental Science

Chemical and Environmental Sciences

Teaching undergraduate classes on a range of subjects within the Earth, Environmental and Forensic Sciences.

Feb. 2007 to July 2011: University of Botswana Geochemist - mineralogist

Dept. Geology and Okavango Research Institute

Research scientist – Scientific manager in charge of running the XRPD facility and more recently the environmental laboratories at the University of Botswana.

July 2006 to December2006: Scaled Solutions Ltd.

Project Leader in oil industry related chemical testing.

April 2005 to July2006: Norwest Holst Soil Engineering Ltd.

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – project manager

August 2004 to January 2005: French speaking Contract drill site manager for Eastgate Geothermal Borehole

Managed drilling of borehole to 1 km, with £450,000 budget. Project manager

January 2001 to August 2004: Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre.

PhD (2003): Oxford Brookes University Geochemical and Isotopic Aids to Provenance Studies in the Westphalian of the British Isles.

 

MSc (by research) 1996: Trinity College Dublin Low Grade Metamorphism of the Upper Ordovician Rocks of Southeast Waterford.

 

BA (Mod) Geology 1994: Trinity College Dublin 

Independent mapping project (1994): The Morlaix Bay Granite and its Contacts

Independent laboratory project (1993): Geothermometry of the Ox Mountains, Co. Mayo, Ireland.

BSc Hons, Open 2022: Open University

Courses completed include archaeology, art history and health and fitness sciences, together with language, culture and translation studies.