Jack Farrell
07942816514
jackfarrell91@hotmail.com
Personal Profile
One of my main passions outside of work is music, I have been playing the bass guitar since the age of thirteen and I’ve been in numerous bands and projects since. Over that time, I've also worked on recording/production and other instruments like drums, piano and saxophone. I'm also into Latin styles of music like Mariachi and Mexican hip hop; perhaps due to speaking Spanish, I find a great appreciation for it all.
During 2013-2017, I was actively involved in British professional wrestling, working matches as well as training with colleagues and when I was younger I trained in a variety of martial arts. In wrestling, I always preferred the Japanese style (Puroresu) and the Mexican style (Lucha Libre) over the European/American styles. These interests in my youth and general adult life likely contributed to my confidence, sociability, creativity and discipline.
My other interests revolve around computers  and IT systems. I've built a lot of PCs over the years and customised lots of different software and hardware aspects, as well as repairing problems found along the way.
I love going abroad on holiday, particularly to culture shock myself and learn exciting new things about other countries and how their languages works. I learned Spanish in school and after deciding to stick with it some more outside of school, I eventually thought about learning Japanese and plan to learn even more while travelling the world.
With my interests in languages, music, lyricism, creative writing and the like, I believe I also have a very good foundation in proofreading for spelling or grammar errors in English, when I was young I used to pay a lot of attention to correct use of punctuation and how it conveys its expressions or nuances, as well as making sure to fill in gaps of knowledge regarding homophones (affect/effect, your/you're, etc.) to make sure that my spelling was accurate.
Languages
1.	English (Native British)
2.	Spanish (Since a young age)
3.	Japanese (Above average)
4.	French (Basic)
5.	Korean (Basic)
Translation & Proofreading Experience
I have both proofread and translated a variety of diffferent types of writings from friends and online language learning communities, including a book, song lyrics, CVs and mangas/comics - and even as a voice actor for a video game's community addition.
For the most part professionally speaking, I have done jobs on OneForma and been in touch with clients through ProZ.
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Previous Employment History
AppAVan, Ashford, Kent - European Removals and Sales
Before working on proofreading, editing, voice work and the like, I used to work in the office of a removals company. 
I would speak with people all across Europe, particularly taking care of all of the Spanish customers and queries, selling the service of hiring a "man with van" for moving homes across Europe. It was a great job generally and quite exciting, the nature of sales environments being very up and down, heavily targetted and unpredictable - with potentially very high earnings too. I enjoy helping people through this stress of moving house, taking care of their concerns and delivering a quality service. There are some other adminstrative processes such as booking and coordinating, using computer systems and emails, invoicing and contracting, etc.