I started studying French at my secondary school when I was 11 and decided to spend an academic year (2012/13) teaching English just outside Paris after university to further my language skills. Below are the most important jobs that I have performed using French in the football world:

• I translated a 100-minute interview with Robert Pirès from French into English in May 2014 which was used in PL Legends: Pires. The show was first aired in July 2014 on Sky Sports.
• I also translated interviews with players such as Eden Hazard, Yohan Cabaye and Franck Ribéry into English in 2014.
• During World Cup 2014, I translated a press conference with Belgium manager Marc Wilmots and captain Vincent Kompany into English.
• I have translated various pieces with France manager Didier Deschamps into English including a press conference at World Cup 2014 and an interview in September 2014.
• I interviewed Arsenal's new signing Mathieu Debuchy in French in July 2014 and translated his answers into English, which can be heard and read on the Arsenal website.
• I translated an interview with Fabien Barthez into English in which he picked his all-time 1-11 for Sky Sports programme The Fantasy Football Club which aired on Friday 22 August 2014.
• I translated a 17-minute interview with former Manchester United player David Bellion into English in October 2014.
• I translated a 27-minute interview with Nabil Guedioura into English in October 2014.
• I translated a 23-minute interview with Monaco's Geoffrey Kondogbia into English in November 2014.
• I translated a 11-minute interview with Anthony Vanden Borre into English in December 2014.
• I translated a 13-minute interview with Roma coach Rudi García into English in December 2014.
• I translated a 22-minute interview with Manchester City's Eliaquim Mangala into English in February 2015.
• I translated a 17-minute interview with West Ham's Diafra Sakho into English in February 2015.
• I translated a 17-minute interview with West Ham's Cheikh Kouyaté into English in February 2015.
• I translated Laurent Blanc's post-match press conference after the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between PSG and Barcelona in April 2015.
• I translated Laurent Blanc's post-match press conference after the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Barcelona and PSG in April 2015.
• I translated a 7-minute interview with Eric Abidal into English in April 2015.
• I translated a 13-minute interview with Louis Saha into English in April 2015.
• I translated a 6-minute interview with Sonny Anderson into English in June 2015.
• I translated a 7-minute interview with Grégory Coupet into English in June 2015.
• I translated a 29-minute interview with blind footballer Yvan Wouandji into English in June 2015.
• I translated a 28-minute interview with EURO 2016 ambassador Mat Bastard into English in June 2015.
• I translated a 16-minute interview with Aymeric Laporte into English in September 2015.
• I translated a 13-minute interview with Didier Deschamps into English in November 2015.
• I translated a 26-minute interview with Jaroslav Plasil into English in November 2015.
• I translated a 42-minute interview with Robert Pirès from French into English in November 2015.
• I translated a 12-minute interview with David Trezeguet from French into English in March 2016.
• I translated a 13-minute interview with Anthony Martial from French into English in March 2016.
• I translated an extended interview that Thierry Henry did with Dimitri Payet from French into English for Sky Sports in April 2016.

I also use my French for jobs outside the footballing world. Here are the most notable ones:

• I translated a 70-minute documentary from English into French entitled 'The Last Tribe' in September and October 2014. See my Testimonials page to read the director's opinion of my job.
• I spent ten hours translating Red Carpet interviews at the 2015 Oscars from English into French through the night at Input Media in February 2015.