Jordan Lancaster
Dr. Lancaster is the founder, owner and principal of Square Mile Languages and has over 10 years experience as
a professional translator and interpreter. She is a member of both the Institute of
Linguists and the Institute of Translating and Interpreting, for whom she has coordinated the Law, Insurance
and Finance translation network.
A British citizen born in Canada, Jordan Lancaster began her career as an academic specialising in Italian intellectual history. She studied at the universities of Bologna and Perugia before obtaining her doctor of philosophy degree in Italian Studies from the University of Toronto. After teaching at the State University of New York as a visiting Lecturer in Italian, where she taught courses in Italian language, literature and history, she was awarded the prestigious Frederic Chabod fellowship to continue post-doctoral research at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici in Naples. Here she prepared scholarly publications regarding Neapolitan intellectual history, specifically the works of philosophers Giambattista Vico, Pietro Giannone and Benedetto Croce.
A life long love affair with Naples and its history and culture has culminated in the publication of In the Shadows of Vesuvius: A Cultural History of Naples (IB Tauris: London, 2005) (Look out for her forthcoming volume entitled The Italian Motor: A History of Turin).
Upon returning to the UK in 1995, Jordan Lancaster began to work as a professional linguist, gaining experience through a series of in-house banking placements in the City of London which allowed her to expand her academic language skills by working on in-house translations from French & Italian into UK & US English, providing assistance with corporate finance transactions in Italy and France, preparing technical documents; liaising with clients and branches overseas and interpreting for business meetings.
Jordan Lancaster is currently an active member of the World Traders Livery Company in the City of London and is a member of the executive committe of the British-Italian Society. She is studying at the University of Cambridge towards additional qualification as a Notary.
Educational Qualifications
| Cambridge University | Diploma in Notarial Practice (student notary) |
| Institute of Linguists, London | Diploma in Translation (French) 2004 |
| Institute of Linguists, London | Diploma in PS Interpreting (French) 2004 |
| Institut Français, London | Certificat de Français Juridique 2002 |
| Institut Français, London | Diplôme Avancé de Langue Française 2001 |
| Institute of Linguists, London | Diploma in Translation (Italian) 1998 |
| Institute of Linguists, London | Diploma in PS Interpreting (Italian) 1998 |
| Paris Chamber of Commerce | Diplôme de Français des Affaires 1996 |
| University of Toronto, Canada | Ph.D. in Italian and French 1992 |
| University of British Columbia | M.A. in Italian Literature 1987 |
| University of British Columbia | BA. (Hons.) in Romance Languages 1986 |
| Collège St. Boniface, Canada | High School Diploma 1983 |