Stella Hodkin Paris

Stella Hodkin Paris

Chief Language Services Officer at CLEAR Global

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 6 mos

Leads language services for the humanitarian nonprofit, overseeing operations and a 60,000+ linguist community.

Head of Language Services at Translators without Borders

Sep 2018 to Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Ran remote language-service operations across 20 countries and delivered services to 100+ NGO and UN partners.

Marketing Director at Arancho Doc

Jan 2015 to Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Defined and led global marketing strategy and digital transformation for a top European LSP.

Marketing & Communication at Arancho Doc

Jan 2011 to Feb 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Built the Arancho Doc brand, website, and digital-marketing strategy.

Key Account Manager at Ic.Doc

Jan 2007 to Jan 2011 · 4 yrs

Managed international accounts and complex multilingual translation and localization projects.

Operations Team at Language is Everything Ltd

Jan 2002 to Jan 2003 · 1 yr

Project-managed interpreting and translation assignments and led vendor recruitment.

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

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