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Meet the team
Rebecca Rubio - Managing DirectorRebecca oversees a team of dedicated staff at Intonation. She joined the company in 1994 having worked in diverse roles in a language school, a city PR firm, as a debt collector and even treading the boards in a West End musical! Three years later she was appointed to the Board of Directors and is also Managing Director of sister company InterRegs, a technical publisher of regulatory information for the automotive industry. Holding a BA degree in Modern Languages (French and Russian) and a Diploma in Translation from the Institute of Linguists, Rebecca has a fearsome reputation for correct grammar and punctuation! She's also passionate about education and is a governor at two schools. 
Dawn Wall - Translation ManagerDawn joined Intonation in 1995 from a position as International Translator and Editor for the Financial Times. She has seen the company through the acquisition and relocation of both City Legal Translations and Arabic language specialists ATA Translations to the company's Fareham offices and in 2001 expanded her role to include management duties for sister company InterRecruit. A BA Joint Honours Graduate in French and German, Dawn is a stickler for following procedure and ensuring the rest of the team do too. She may have her work cut out at Intonation, but she still finds time to enjoy a spot of tap dancing in her spare time and is Treasurer of her local community association. 
Dan Peachey - Assistant Translation ManagerHaving joined Intonation in October 2000, Dan was made Assistant Translation Manager just two years after joining the firm and loves the diverse nature of the work. A graduate in Modern Languages and European Studies at the University of the West of England in Bristol, Dan has since completed studies in French translation at the University of Southampton, specialising in business. A keen music lover, Dan counts European cinema, swimming and athletics (sadly watching rather than participating!) amongst his interests. 
Hesione Waugh - Head of TelemarketingHesione comes to Intonation following a career break, during which she spent five years seeing the world, including a stint teaching English language and culture in Tokyo. Appointed to strengthen Intonation's business development prospects, Hesione became a member of the team in 2003. Her diverse career has included employment with several leading city companies such as Standard Chartered Bank and Lancôme Cosmetics. She loves nature and the great outdoors, and is also a qualified yoga teacher. 
Rachael Cox - Translation Co-OrdinatorThanks to Intonation's strong links with the University of Portsmouth, Rachael began working with us during a student placement. Her fluent Spanish language skills, honed from working for an IT company in Madrid, made her an ideal member of the team and she was invited to join on a permanent basis. As a graduate in European Business and Spanish, Rachael has completed an a MA in Corporate Governance and Business Law and still finds time to put everyone to shame with her gym routine. 
Vasiliki Dimitrakaki - Translation Co-OrdinatorAs if obtaining an MA in Translation Studies wasn't enough hard work, Vasiliki, or Vana to her friends, is currently studying for an MSc in Business and Management to go with it! Our newest member of the team comes to us having gained work experience in such diverse roles as teaching Beginner's Greek and working at the 2004 Olympics in her hometown of Athens, though amazingly she has no current plans to return, despite the weather... |
Meet the translators
Andrea - Translator English/GermanDuring her career, Andrea has translated more than 20 books in various fields for clients all over the world. A native German speaker with considerable business experience and a degree in translation, Andrea loves to travel, read English crime fiction, and network with friends from the English-speaking Women's Career Network in Vienna. She has studied and worked in the US and UK, and having worked in-house as the Manager of the Documentation and Translation Dept of an international software company and for agencies, now runs her own business as a freelance translator. 
Carolina - Translator and Interpreter English/ItalianCarolina began working with Intonation in 1997 with a Doctorate in Foreign Languages and a specialisation in Law and Economics. She has spent the last 20 years working in the financial and legal sectors. She currently lives in Stratford-upon-Avon, where she's enjoyed brushing up on her knowledge of Shakespeare, being an avid fan of the Bard's work, although she wishes to assure that her translations are never a "Comedy of Errors"! 
Cinzia - Translator and Interpreter English/ItalianCinzia is a keen globetrotter and loves to learn new languages. Having studied in Italy, she moved to the UK and became a freelance translator in 1993. She received a Master's Degree in Translation Studies from the University of Portsmouth, and as a member of the American Translators' Association she runs accreditation examinations as a proctor in the UK. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and running. 
Leslie - Translator English/Portuguese/Italian/SpanishA freelance writer and translator with more than 20 years experience, Leslie divides his time between Cambridge and Buenos Aires. A member of the Institute of Linguists and the Society of Authors, his work as a translator has included diverse tasks. He has translated notes on Argentinean music and undertaken subtitling for an Argentinean documentary shown during the 2000 Latin American Film Festival in London. He has produced a number of books about the socio-political situation in Argentina concerning land rights and indigenous issues. 
Gala - Translator and Interpreter English/RussianGala has a passion for Argentine tango and, thanks to her interpreting assignments, has danced all over the world! She is a Russian conference interpreter and translator with considerable experience of medical, legal and technical interpreting. A graduate in modern languages from a Russian university, Gala has worked as a translator and interpreter for an oil company and European business consulting company based in Russia. 
James - Translator English/ArabicJames's love of foreign languages began at the age of five (in 1949) and has been growing ever since. His main subjects at school were French and Spanish, and he 'took in' Italian and Russian in his spare time for fun, as well as beginning his life-long affair with Chinese. A degree in Arabic and Persian at Cambridge then led to practising at the Bar for six years and in 1980 he transferred to being a solicitor. In 1985 he took up a posting as an Arabic speaking maritime lawyer in Dubai, where he stayed for 16 years. His published translations of numerous maritime and commercial laws of the Arabian Gulf countries are widely used as authoritative versions in legal and commercial circles all around the Gulf. He attempted to retire in 2001 to live a studious and contemplative life in the countryside of South Devon, and to finish reading Confucius and his contemporaries in the original, a task he began at the age of 15 and is determined to accomplish before he dies. But we found out where he was hiding and decided we still had work for him to do... |
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