All Queen’s students are invited to attend this informal discussion session with EU conference interpreter and Queen’s Old Member Matthew Perret (Modern Languages, 1989). Matthew will offer insights into his work and career since graduating from Queen’s, and will be able to answer your questions about the opportunities available to linguists within the European Parliament.
About the Speaker
Matthew Perret is a conference interpreter at the European Parliament, working from French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Galician into English, and from English into Spanish. He is a pedagogical advisor for the EP Interpreting Academies and has been a Lecturer in Interpreting at several UK and EU universities. Matthew holds a BA in Modern Languages from The Queen’s College, Oxford (1989) and studied as a Heath Harrison Senior Travelling Scholar at the University of Granada, where he engaged in literary research and translation. Matthew is also a writer and performer, with previous appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe.
