Apart from being concerned with translation and the many
other topics related to it, the people who work at Comms
are the ones who make the company what it is.
At its head is Sue Orchard
- the founder of the company. Her professional life has
been spent in International Sales and Marketing, something
she is passionate about. For many years, she worked as the
International Sales Director for a worldwide publishing
company, but then decided that she needed a new challenge,
hence the creation of Comms Multilingual. Sue is a languages
graduate with a top degree in German and Russian, a good
knowledge of French, and a working understanding of most
of the European languages. Sue won the "Modern Languages
Prize" for being the top language student in her final
year at University. Sue is a member of the following professional
organisations :
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.
- Member of the International Test Commission (representing Psychometric Test Publishers).
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Sales and Marketing Management.
- Member of the Institute of Directors.
Our administration is handled by Manda Patel, a native Gujarati speaker. Her team is responsible for dealing with all our payments to suppliers and for handling our linguist database. Manda brings with her a wealth of experience in administration.
Graham Morris is our Technical
Director. He is in charge of our IT strategy, systems and
our web sites. Graham also provides assistance with translation
projects that involve more complex formats.
Our three main project managers are as follows:
Sonia Sala is a Spanish national, who has a Degree in Translation and Interpreting from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain in English, Italian and Danish. She also has some knowledge of Portuguese, and German. She has also undertaken year-long courses in Translation and Interpreting at Copenhagen Business School, in French Language and Culture at Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg in France and a Teacher Training course at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. Sonia has lived and worked in Spain, Italy, Ireland, England, France, Denmark and Portugal and offers a variety of experience, including Project Management and Translation for a translation agency in Barcelona. She has also worked in a variety of roles in the Tourism and Leisure sector, including as an International Conference organiser and as a Conference Interpreter. Sonia has specialised at Comms in handling the translation of psychometric tests.
Audrey Wang hails from the People's Republic of China from Henan in the centre of China. She has done all her higher-level studying in England, starting with a Foundation year in Sociology at the University of Essex, followed by a BA (Hons) in Media Studies at the University of Westminster. This was then followed by an MSc in Scientific, Medical and Technical Translation with Translation Technology from Imperial College in London. Audrey has carried out a lot of translation projects into Chinese (Simplified) prior to joining Comms and she offers great experience in the use of Translation software tools. Audrey is responsible, amongst other things, for the many projects in Chinese that we have.
Emilie Boisseau is a French national from Les Sables d'Olonne in the West of France, who joined Comms in May 2006. She has a Degree in Applied Foreign Languages from the Université de Nantes in France in English and Italian. This was then followed by a Master's degree in Technical, Economic and Legal Translation and Project Management from the Université de Rennes 2 in France, also in English and Italian. Emilie is experienced in Project Management and she is also experienced in handling Psychometric test translation projects.