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Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Verified site user
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French to English (Master of Arts Hons, University of Dundee) German to English (Master of Arts Hons, University of Dundee) French to English (Dipl�me d'Etudes Approfondies, Univ. Grenoble III) French to English (Chartered Institute of Linguists)
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Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, DejaVu, FrameMaker, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat Exchange, DreamWeaver, Excel, Framemaker, frontpage, Word, Powerpoint
- Space
- Finance/general business
- IT (software, hardware, networking)
- Telecommunications
- History, politics, current affairs
Scottish, living in France since 1989.
I began working as a staff translator in an international organisation in January 2003.
ProZ member since August 2001.
EDUCATION:
2003: Obtained Institute of Linguists' Diploma in Translation (French-English) with Distinction in all 3 papers (General, Technology, Social Science).
1995: Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (Pre-doctoral Diploma), Université de Grenoble III, France. Mention très bien.
1989: Master of Arts Honours in French and German, University of Dundee, Scotland. Degree obtained: 2/1 (Upper Second).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
-Currently working as an in-house translator in a Paris-based international organisation.
-Freelance translator with broad experience, going back to 1990. Particularly experienced in the fields of space, business, stock markets, finance, economics, information technology and mobile telephony.
-Technical Writer with Hewlett-Packard's Business Desktop Division, Eybens by Grenoble, France. Have had a very large number of manuals published in the areas of PC hardware and software and Internet/networking software.
-Technical Writer with Sun Microsystems' International Center for Network Computing, Meylan by Grenoble, France.
-English teacher at Université de Grenoble, France. Taught classes in French-English literary translation.
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