I am an efficient and flexible writer, proofreader, and translator, with strong time-management and organisational skills. I am currently in the final stages of my doctorate in German Studies at the University of Manchester, where I also worked as a graduate teaching assistant within the History Department, and as a result I have experience with academic writing. I enjoy reading and usually read around&nbsp;one hundred books a year for pleasure, in addition to keeping up to date with the academic scholarship within my particular field of research.&nbsp;I am also a&nbsp;keen linguist, with a bachelor's degree in German and Japanese, an A Level in French, and a GCSE in Russian. I am also currently teaching myself Spanish and Norwegian. I love working with&nbsp;language and particularly&nbsp;enjoy the&nbsp;challenge of finding the best words to express meaning and communicate with a broad and varied audience.