Qualifications
Chief Language Services Officer at CLEAR Global / Translators without Borders
20+ years in language services, from freelance translation to executive leadership
Qualified translator: MA (Hons), MCIL, DipTrans (IoLET)
Expertise
Language services leadership
Humanitarian & crisis translation
Localization operations
Linguist community management
Language-industry marketing
Translation quality
Stella Hodkin Paris is a versatile language service industry expert with a passion for languages and a belief in the power of global communication as a driver for change. With over 20 years of experience in language services, she is currently a member of the leadership team at CLEAR Global / Translators without Borders (TWB).
Experience
Chief Language Services Officer at CLEAR Global / Translators without Borders
Jan 2021 — Present · 5 yrs 9 mos
Head of Language Services at Translators without Borders
Sep 2018 to Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos
Marketing Director at Arancho Doc
Jan 2015 to Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos
Marketing & Communication at Arancho Doc
Jan 2011 to Feb 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo
Key Account Manager at Ic.Doc
Jan 2007 to Jan 2011 · 4 yrs
Operations Team at Language is Everything Ltd
Jan 2002 to Jan 2003 · 1 yr
Chief Language Services Officer at CLEAR Global / Translators without Borders
20+ years in language services, from freelance translation to executive leadership
Qualified translator: MA (Hons), MCIL, DipTrans (IoLET)
Language services leadership
Humanitarian & crisis translation
Localization operations
Linguist community management
Language-industry marketing
Translation quality
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