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English to French: Pieces from Metamorphosis series 2007 General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Source text - English Ghislaine Howard is best known for her powerful evocations of shared human experience and for her acclaimed series of small paintings – daily meditations on world events. However there is another side to her work, one that is more domestic, intimate and erotic:
‘These works shown at Slick Dessin are playful meditations, day-dreams really on themes associated with Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which ever since its composition has been a never-ending influence on artists and poets. The drawings pay homage to Ovid via Picasso.
I have always loved Picasso: his virtuosity, imagination, creative energy and erotic force. But there is another Picasso: the Picasso of slumber and rest, the watcher and the watched.
These classical figures give me an excuse to play with narrative and the nude; to present a series of meetings and encounters, dramatising my own life in disguised form, partly real, partly fantastical – subverting Picasso’s overtly male perspective to one that is distinctly feminine: Picasso had the Minotaur – I prefer the centauress.
The drawings present an enclosed world, a dreamscape where erotic violence is subsumed into a dream-like atmosphere of change and flux, a single calligraphic line set within a weave of undulating blues – a gentle reference to Picasso’s famous Blue Period, but also a colour associated with the sea and sky, nostalgia, intimacy and tenderness.
I hope that these mythological conceits will delight and entrance. They were created for pleasure and to give pleasure.’
All the works are ink and pastel on paper.
Translation - French Ghislaine Howard est surtout connue pour ses puissantes évocations de l'expérience humaine partagée et pour sa série de petits tableaux méditations quotidiennes sur l'actualité. Son œuvre présente toutefois une autre facette, plus personnelle, intime et érotique.
«Les œuvres exposées à Slick dessin constituent des méditations ludiques, des rêves éveillés sur des thèmes associés aux métamorphoses d'Ovide, qui depuis leur création n'ont jamais cessé d'inspirer artistes et poètes. Ces dessins rendent hommage à Ovide à travers Picasso.
J'ai toujours aimé Picasso, pour sa virtuosité, son imagination, son énergie créatrice et sa puissance érotique. Mais il existe un autre Picasso: celui du sommeil et du repos, qui observe et se sait observé.
Ces personnages classiques me procurent un prétexte pour jouer avec le mythe et la nudité, pour présenter une série d'entrevues et de rencontres, pour mettre en scène ma propre vie sous une forme déguisée, en partie réelle, en partie fantastique, et enfin pour subvertir la perspective ouvertement masculine de Picasso en une autre distinctement féminine. Picasso avait le Minotaure; je préfère la centauresse.
Les dessins figurent un monde clos, un paysage de rêve où la violence érotique se dissout dans le perpétuel changement d'une atmosphère onirique. La ligne calligraphique unique des dessins dans un tissu de bleus ondoyants est une référence subtile à la célèbre période bleue de Picasso. Cette couleur est également associée au ciel et à la mer, à la nostalgie, la tendresse et l'intimité.
Je souhaite de tout cœur que ces métaphores mythologiques vous ravissent et vous charment. elles ont été créées par plaisir et pour donner du plaisir.»
Toutes les œuvres mélangent encre et pastel sur papier aquarelle.
English to French: United nations statement General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Government / Politics
Source text - English The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.
The UN has 4 main purposes
• To keep peace throughout the world;
• To develop friendly relations among nations;
• To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms;
• To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.
Due to its unique international character, and the powers vested in its founding Charter, the Organization can take action on a wide range of issues, and provide a forum for its 193 Member States to express their views, through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies and committees.
The work of the United Nations reaches every corner of the globe. Although best known for peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance, there are many other ways the United Nations and its System (specialized agencies, funds and programmes) affect our lives and make the world a better place. The Organization works on a broad range of fundamental issues, from sustainable development, environment and refugees protection, disaster relief, counter terrorism, disarmament and non-proliferation, to promoting democracy, human rights, gender equality and the advancement of women, governance, economic and social development and international health, clearing landmines, expanding food production, and more, in order to achieve its goals and coordinate efforts for a safer world for this and future generations.
Translation - French L'Organisation internationale des Nations Unies a été fondée en 1945, après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, par 51 pays déterminés à maintenir la paix et la sécurité internationales, à développer des relations amicales entre les nations, à promouvoir le progrès social, à instaurer de meilleures conditions de vie et à accroître le respect des droits de l'homme.
Les Nations Unies ont quatre buts principaux :
• Maintenir la paix dans le monde;
• Développer des relations amicales entre les nations;
• Aider les nations à travailler ensemble pour aider les pauvres à améliorer leur sort, pour vaincre la faim, la maladie et l’analphabétisme et pour encourager chacun à respecter les droits et les libertés d’autrui;
• Coordonner l’action des nations pour les aider à atteindre ces buts.
De par son statut unique à l'échelon international et les pouvoirs que lui confère sa Charte fondatrice, l'Organisation peut prendre des mesures pour résoudre un grand nombre de problèmes. En outre, elle constitue un forum où ses 193 États Membres expriment leur opinion par l'intermédiaire de l'Assemblée générale, du Conseil de sécurité, du Conseil économique et social, des autres organes et comités.
L'activité des Nations Unies couvre toutes les parties du globe. Si les opérations de maintien et de consolidation de la paix, de prévention des conflits et d'assistance humanitaire sont bien connues, l'influence des Nations Unies et de son système (institutions spécialisées, fonds et programmes) se manifeste également de multiples façons dans notre quotidien et contribue à créer un monde meilleur. L'Organisation se consacre à un grand nombre de questions fondamentales, comme le développement durable, la protection de l'environnement et des réfugiés, les secours en cas de catastrophe, la lutte contre le terrorisme, le désarmement et la non-prolifération, la promotion de la démocratie, les droits de l'homme, l'égalité des sexes et la promotion de la femme, la gouvernance, le développement économique et social, la santé publique, le déminage et l'augmentation de la production alimentaire et bien plus encore.
English to French: Testing democracy: NAPLAN produces culture of compliance General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Education / Pedagogy
Source text - English There has been widespread and well-justified critique of the NAPLAN tests in Australian schools. Concerns have focused on the ways the testing severely narrows the school curriculum, compounds disadvantage and creates undue anxieties for young students. Current panic about this year’s writing test is telling of the broader social and political consequences of a back-to-basics curriculum underpinned by a high-stakes standardised testing system.
The poorly worded question set for the writing test, “which law or rule would you make better in your view?”, has been criticised for being too difficult for students. Teachers felt they had been ambushed by the complexity of the question when they had been preparing students on the technical aspects of writing a narrative or persuasive text. The outcome was that some students did not attempt the question and received zero marks for writing.
One particular response to this year’s writing question compels reflection about the purpose and future of our schooling system. To ask such a question has been seen as “inappropriate” and “ludicrous”, especially for “children being brought up in law-abiding families, where they are told that rules are important”.
Arguably, it should be the driving purpose of education to ask such questions, albeit not within the constraints of a standardised test. As the Melbourne Declaration sets out, a key goal for Australian schooling is to produce “active and informed citizens”. Denying the possibility of critical thinking – for example, examining issues of justice in rules and laws – threatens these broader goals of active citizenship and engaged democratic participation.
The end of critical thinking?
The content of the NAPLAN writing tests has always been secondary to the technical aspects of writing that students are expected to bring to the task. This is a function of the fact that the same question is posed to all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. This year, however, the question demanded both control over the genre as well as critical thinking.
Debates about “which law or rule would you make better in your view?” – and the critical engagement it requires – would be sadly unfamiliar to many Australian students who were being prepared for a test of their technical writing.
When schooling is focused so heavily on preparing for high-stakes tests, it is not surprising that teachers have to resort to “defensive pedagogies” – teaching strategies that ensure good examination results. This is made worse by relentless preoccupations with “teacher effectiveness”, where performance is measured by student outcomes. Teachers do more than teach to the test, but the scope for this is diminished under high-stakes scrutiny.
Many students, especially from minority groups and disadvantaged communities, would be ready and motivated to discuss this year’s writing question. After all, it is a question that invites reflection on matters of fairness. However, this important opportunity is lost when it is framed within a high-pressure test that forces defensive pedagogies.
Translation - French Le test de compétence NAPLAN dans les écoles australiennes a été le sujet d’une critique généralisée et amplement justifiée. Les inquiétudes portent sur la manière dont le test simplifie drastiquement le programme scolaire, combine les désavantages et génère un stress inutile pour les jeunes élèves. La panique actuelle liée aux résultats du test d’alphabétisation est révélatrice des conséquences sociales et politiques élargies d’un programme de retour aux sources étayé par un système d’examen standardisé à enjeu élevé.
La question mal formulée choisie pour le test d’écriture, « quelle règle ou loi pourriez-vous, à votre opinion, améliorer ? »a été critiquée comme étant trop difficile pour les élèves. Les professeurs se sont sentis piégés par la complexité de la question alors qu’ils avaient préparé leurs élèves aux aspects techniques de la rédaction d’un texte argumentatif ou narratif. En conséquence, certains élèves n’ont pas essaye de répondre a la question et n’ont reçu aucun point pour l’écriture.
Une réponse en particulier à la question d’écriture force la réflexion quand au but et à l’avenir de notre système d’éducation. Poser une telle question a été perçu comme « inapproprié » et « ridicule », principalement pour « des enfants élevés dans des familles respectueuses de la loi, a qui on a inculque que les règles étaient importantes.
Sans doute, la force motrice derrière une éducation est de poser de telles questions, bien que ceci devrait être fait hors des contraintes d’un test standardise. Comme le précise la déclaration de Melbourne, l’un des buts du système éducatif australien est de produire « des citoyens actifs et informés ». Le refus de la possibilité d’une pensée critique (en examinant, par exemple, des questions de justice au cour des lois et des règles) menace ces buts plus larges de citoyenneté active et de participation engagée dans le processus démocratique.
Vers une fin de la pensée critique?
Le contenu des tests d’écriture NAPLAN a toujours été secondaire aux aspects techniques de l’écriture que les élèves sont tenus de fournir dans leur travail. Ceci est lié au fait que la même question est posée aux élèves en années 3, 5, 7 et 9. Cette année, cependant, la question requerrait à la fois une maitrise technique et une pensée critique.
Les débats entourant « quelle règle ou loi pourriez-vous, à votre opinion, améliorer? » (Et l’engagement critique requis par ceux-ci) sont malheureusement peu familiers aux nombreux étudiants australiens qui s’étaient préparés à un test d’évaluation de leurs compétences techniques.
Lorsqu’un système d’eduction est lourdement centre sur la preparation de tests a enjeu élevé, il n’est pas surprenant que les professeurs doivent se résoudre à une « pédagogie defensive » en enseignant des strategies garantissant de bons résultats. Ce phénomène empire avec les incessantes preoccupations sur « l’efficacité des professeurs » dont les performances sont mesurées par les résultats de leurs élèves. Les professeurs font davantage que preparer les élèves pour le test, mais la portée de leurs actions diminue lorsqu’ils se trouvent sous examen à enjeu elevé.
De nombreux élèves, principalement issus de minorités et de communautés défavorisées, seraient motivés et prêts à débattre de la question posée par le sujet de cette année. Apres tout, il s’agit d‘une question qui invite a la réflexion sur des questions d’équité. Cependant, cette opportunité importante est perdue lorsqu’elle est formulée au sein d’un test a haut enjeu qui contraint à utiliser des strategies defensives.
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Years of experience: 16. Registered at ProZ.com: Jan 2010.
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Professional NAATI Translator
ENG > FR and ENG > FR (CA)
Specialisation: legal documents, advertising and academia
è NAATI accredited freelance translator with 6 years of translating experience.
Native French speaker. Can also translate into Quebecois.
RECENT MOST RECENT WORK, PARTNERS AND PROJECTS:
Nike: Working as part of a team of 3 proofreaders, checking and editing all Nike web content for France, including marketing
campaigns, product descriptions, emails campaigns and social media. Since June 2017. Lingo24: Ongoing partnership since 2015, translation of media release for the Canadian stock exchange, of contracts, legal and technical
documents for the oil industry (Canadian French). Website localisation for the Canadian fashion brand Hunter. InWhatLanguage: Website localisation, product description and and marketing campaigns for Canadian online retail brands.
Intonation.co.uk: Ongoing partnership since 2015. Translation of annual reports and financial statements for investment funds, as well
various contracts, quotes and tenders. Anecsys Translation: Ongoing partnership since 2017. Translation of classified documents used in court and of court transcripts. Merrill Corporation: Localisation and proofreading of over 50,000 words of content for the website and the promotional material of this
North-American company. French Canadian. Since 2016. LaTrobe University, Melbourne: translation of academic papers and other documents for academics in the French Studies department.
Proofreading of documents, providing support in organising symposium on New Caledonia and the publication of the subsequent book.
Bardot: Preferred French translator for this Melbourne-based fashion company. Ongoing since 2015. TranslationZ: Translation of copyright law documents, documentation for Apps including localisation and advertising material.
Localisation of the Orc Campaign for the latest Warhammer video game. Since 2015 The Migration Translators: official documents translation and certifications, court cases and legal documents. – Ongoing since 2014.
Institut des Amériques: Translation of academic papers for several researchers of this prestigious public research institute Straker translation: Translation of medical documents, technical documents (oil industry), user’s manuals,
advertisements, technical documentation, marketing, certified translations, etc. Ongoing partnership since 2014. Jonkers: Translation of specialised documentation for the printing industry FindCircles: Translation of employment contracts for an employment agency. Ongoing since September 2015 Netflix: Subtitles proofreading (QC check) and errors reporting. Since September 2015 Integro Languages: Translation of medical reports and surgery procedures. Ongoing partnership since September 2015 Polyprint Pty Ltp: Ongoing partnership. Localisation of website content for Melbourne-based clients. August 2015 Cisco: LAT testing. Identifying and solving linguistic and functional defects in online content. Ongoing. Website localization: Virtual Design Pro, May 2015. ELITE Translation Philippines: translation of food labels- April 2015 Transtitles Translations: Video subtitling for Techwise TV program – January 2015 Straker.com: official documents translation and certifications –Ongoing partnership since 2014 SensoryInc: voicing for a speech technology company; proofreading of set sentences and documents – Dec 2014 TranslatePlus: proofreading of English into French Canadian retail brochures and leaflets - October 2014 Flexera software: Translation of product user interface and documentation into French - October 2014 Gislaine Howard: translating art exhibition material for the artist’s latest Parisian exhibition – September 2014
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Business: Press release statements, company communications, EOFY reports, training documents. IT: websites, apps and games localisation, API, voiceover (dubbing). Software: user interface, documentation and user manuals. Medical: Medical and surgery procedure reports, GP certificates, orthopaedics and surgery.
Legal: Employment contracts, official documents, EU legislation, migration documents and migration law.
Fashion and advertising:
advertising campaigns, product description, social media, company
communications, email marketing and SEO optimisation.
General: Education, websites, video games, certificates, correspondence.
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ü NAATI accreditation from English into French and French to English ü Experienced translator French into English ü CAT tools of choice: Trados 2015, ABBY SmartCAT, Wordfast, OmegaT.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2014 - NAATI (National Australian Association of Translators and Interpreters) accreditation. Certified translator
English > French and interpreter level 2. Habilitated to to certify translations for legal and immigration purposes.
2008 - Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom I have
worked as a teacher for ten years. I am experienced teaching primary, secondary and special needs (autism). My
areas of expertise include teaching French, English and Spanish.
2007- MA in French literature University Lyon II– France Dissertation: The subversion of traditional narratives in the
detective novel genre. Graduated with distinctions.
2006- Bachelor of Arts University of Burgundy, France- Final year attended at University of Manchester. Graduated
with distinctions.
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Translation: 0.10 USD per source word
Proofreading: 0.05 USD per source word
Hourly rate: 40 USD/H.
Subtitling: $7 per minute of video content.
Certified translation: $45 per document (translations are NAATI certified and bear the translator’s stamp.)
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