About
Meet the face behind 1WORLD!
Carolina Cannard, PhD
Carolina is a French-Greek translator and interpreter, currently based in New Zealand.
Carolina was raised fully bilingual - she was born in France and grew up in Greece. The first novel she ever read in English was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and she recalls feeling frustrated as a young teen in Athens, stopping after every few sentences to look up words in her *paper* dictionary (no Google translate back then!). Maybe this is where her love of languages began?
Many books later, Carolina found herself in Paris and Montpellier, studying at university and majoring in what she always enjoyed exploring – foreign languages (and eating fresh pains au chocolat)!
Although she specialises in French & Greek, she also collaborates with trusted colleagues for projects in many other languages, such as Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian and more! When she is not translating or interpreting, she is conducting research for her PhD thesis, which explores the experiences of refugee women who use interpreters in New Zealand.
In 2022 she decided it was time to step up her freelance game. That’s when 1World Translation & Interpreting was born! She is very happy to welcome you to her website!
Credentials & Professional Affiliations
CERTIFICATIONS
NAATI Certified Interpreter ID No. CPN8YD35A
CI - Certified Interpreter: French and English
CPI - Certified Provisional Interpreter: French and English
CPI - Certified Provisional Interpreter: Greek and EnglishNZTA Approved (New Zealand driver licences)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral research on the experiences of refugee women with interpreters in New Zealand.
Thesis available online - "She was my voice": Lived Experiences of Refugee Women of Reproductive Age With Interpreters During Resettlement in New Zealand.
Auckland University of Technology, 2020-24Master 2 - Translation - specialisation in French and Greek, University Paul Valéry Montpellier III, France, 2014-15
Bachelor in Applied Foreign Languages: Spanish and English, University Paul Valéry Montpellier III, France, 2011-14
Bachelor in Applied Foreign Languages: Greek and English, University Paul Valéry Montpellier III, France, 2010-13
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
SINZ (Simultaneous Interpreters of New Zealand), founding member
AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) member
NZSTI (New Zealand Society of Translators & Intepreters), full member - Translator: English into French and Greek
FNZCCI (French New Zealand Chamber of Commerce), member
BUSINESS REGISTRATION
NZBN registered: 9429050397112