Translation, editing and proofreading (English into French Canadian and French/France).

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Aerospace, Automotive, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Engineering and Construction, Financial Services, Healthcare, High-Tech and Electronics, Metal, Paper and Wood, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector, Retail, Telecommunications, Utilities, etc.


MOTHER TONGUE: French

NATIONALITY: Canadian/Algerian

SEX: Male

EDUCATION

B.A. in English-French Translation
University of Algiers
Graduation year: 1985

WORK EXPERIENCE

Full-time English-French translator since 1985

RESOURCES

Software:
Termium 2001 (English-French), Le Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique 2000 (English-French), Le Robert & Collins 2003 (English-French), Babylon Pro 6 (English-French), Larousse Multidico, Grand Dictionnaire Larousse, Oxford Superlex (English-French), Harrap's Shorter (English-French), Le Petit Robert, Le Grand Robert de la langue française, Oxford English Dictionary, Encyclopaedia Universalis, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Antidote 5, Le Visuel, Trados Freelance 7, SDLX Translation Suite 2003 Professional, Systran Professional Premium 5, Reverso Pro 5, dtSearch 6, Diff Doc, Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Office 2003, Ms Visio 2003, Ms Project 2003, Microsoft Student 2006, WordPerfect Suite 12, Lotus Smart Suite 9, Alchemy Catalyst 5 Developer Edition, PageMaker 6, Photoshop 6, CorelDraw 9, QuarkXpress 4, FrameMaker 5, Acrobat Pro 6, Solid PDF Converter Pro 2, OmniPage Professional 15, CuteFTP Pro 4, Winzip 10, etc.

Hardware:
1) IBM PC Pentium IV 2.53 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, etc.
2) DELL PC Pentium IV 2.79 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, 120 GB Internal Hard Drive, 160 GB External Hard Drive, etc.
3) Printer, Scanner, Fax Machine, High Speed Cable Modem, etc.

RATES

Negotiable

AVAILABILITY

Full-time freelance translator

OUTPUT

Translation: average of 2,000 words/day
Editing: average of 10,000 words/day

(Please note that I also work closely with a team of qualified and tested translators. They all had to pass a stringent test before being considered for subcontracting.)