Working languages: English to French
| Armelle Delest
Software & Website Localization
NA Local time: 09:28 CEST (GMT+2)
Native in: French  | |
Freelancer,  Verified site user | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Desktop publishing | | Specializes in: | | IT (Information Technology) | Computers: Software | | Internet, e-Commerce | Telecom(munications) | | Computers: Systems, Networks | Computers: Hardware | | Computers (general) |
| Also works in: | | Business/Commerce (general) | Management | | Marketing / Market Research |
More Less | | PRO-level points: 158, Questions answered: 74 | | Bachelor's degree - Sorbonne University (Paris IV) | | Years of translation experience: 5. Registered at ProZ.com: Feb 2005. | | N/A | | N/A | | N/A | | Adobe Acrobat, Catalyst, Idiom, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS | | About me SERVICES
- Translation / Localization
- Software GUIs
- Online help systems
- Printed manuals
- Marketing material
- Web sites
- Technical Writing
WORK EXPERIENCE
More than 5 years of inhouse experience as a technical translator, localization manager, and technical writer with software publishers in the telecommunications field: - Localized various software products, including GUI files, online help, user and administrator guides, marketing datasheets
- Interfaced with localization vendors for languages that were outsourced
- Participated in localization team members recruitment and training
- Managed full documentation projects: template design, authoring (in French and in English), screen shots, DTP, prepress (for printed manuals), online help building and debugging, project management
- Conducted technology watch - introduced various tools (Trados, FrameMaker, RoboHelp) and new working methods (more controlled language, single-sourcing for manuals and help files)
EDUCATIONLinguistic and technical writing background:| 1995 | Technical Writing Program / The American University of Paris (1-yr evening continuing education program) | | 1994 | Maîtrise de Langues Etrangères Appliquées / Bachelor's degree in language studies (English and Spanish) focusing on international trade (4 years) / Sorbonne University – Paris | | 1988 | 12th-grade school year in the United States as an exchange student / Myrtle High School, Mississippi |
Technical backgound:
| 2001 | Internet engineering / Université Paris X – Nanterre (1-yr full-time continuing education program) | | 1996 | Electronic Data Interchange, Multimedia and Internet / Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Versailles-Val d’Oise (1-yr full-time continuing education program) |
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Total pts earned: 158
(All PRO level)
| | Top languages (PRO) | | English to French | 154 | | French to English | 4 | | Top general fields (PRO) | | Tech/Engineering | 97 | | Other | 38 | | Bus/Financial | 15 | | Science | 4 | | Marketing | 4 | | Top specific fields (PRO) | | IT (Information Technology) | 56 | | Telecom(munications) | 31 | | Computers: Software | 24 | | Computers (general) | 20 | | Computers: Systems, Networks | 15 | | Business/Commerce (general) | 8 | | Computers: Hardware | 4 |
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