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My name is Sarah Bowen and I am based in Surrey, England. I have many years' experience of interpreting British Sign Language/English and now more recently of translating Icelandic and Norwegian to English. I have visited Iceland and Norway for study purposes on many occasions and lived in Reykjavik for a year, from 2007/08. I have a 1st class BA(Hons) in Icelandic from University College London and where I also took Norwegian to degree level.

My passion for languages began in school and this led me to take a degree in Linguistics. After taking a break to bring up my family, I began to fulfil my desire to work with languages and trained as a British Sign Language Interpreter. This career has been rewarding and I have since had the opportunity to further my training and move into translation work. Both require confidentiality and a high degree of discretion. I now bring the same enthusiasm and professionalism to my translation work as I do to my interpreting and will bring the same level of dedication to your work.

• Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, 2009/10
• Full member of the Association of Sign Language Interpreters, 2009/10
• University College London (p/t), 2002-09
  BA (Hons) Icelandic Studies with Norwegian, 1st class with distinction in oral Icelandic
• UCLAN & Sign Languages international, 1998-2000
  post-grad Diploma in Interpreting English/BSL
• Open University, 1993-94
  Issues in Deafness (distinction)
• University of Newcastle, 1976-79
  BA (Hons) Linguistics