Kasia Beresford

​I was brought up in a Polish family and community in London and learned my first English words from another 3-year-old living on our road.
​I have always been bilingual and bicultural, but obviously skills only develop if you build on them, and I have done. I read Modern Languages at Cambridge: French, Russian from scratch and Polish. I spent a year in Kraków at the Jagiellonian University as well as a brief spell in Leningrad (as it was then).
​Later in life I studied for the Diploma in Public Service Interpreting which involved learning interpreting techniques and expanding my language in wholly different directions — legal, medical, slang, four-letter words…
​I continue to develop my language and skills in many ways including trips to Poland and continuing professional development events, but most importantly by being a reflective practitioner. I not only have extensive interpreting experience but I take the time to reflect on jobs, learn from them and research any terminology gaps they reveal.