French

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.

Marc Joss translating an interview with Robert Pires Marc Joss with Morgan Amalfitano after working as a French-English interpreter Marc Joss translating an interview with Eliaquilm Mangala

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.