Working languages: English to French
| Estelle Chauvet
IT AND NEW TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST
NA Local time: 16:38 CET (GMT+1)
Native in: French  | |
| Freelancer | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization | | Specializes in: | | IT (Information Technology) | Telecom(munications) | | Internet, e-Commerce | Computers (general) | | Computers: Hardware | Computers: Software | | Computers: Systems, Networks | Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) | | Marketing / Market Research |
| Also works in: | | Printing & Publishing | Cooking / Culinary | | Tourism & Travel | Sports / Fitness / Recreation | | Media / Multimedia |
More Less | English to French - Standard rate: 0.12 EUR per word / 40 EUR per hour
| | Graduate diploma - Université de Grenoble | | Years of translation experience: 11. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2006. | | N/A | English to French (Université Stendhal Grenoble 3)
| | N/A | | Adobe Acrobat, MemoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Pro, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, Wordfast | | http://www.estellechauvet.com | | English (PDF) | | Estelle Chauvet endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines. | | About me ENGLISH>FRENCH FREELANCE TRANSLATOR, with over 10 years of experience in the following fields:
IT, NEW TECHNOLOGY and CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
Software, Printed manuals and User Guides, Help Systems, Marketing documents, Press Releases and Web sites.
End Clients:
HP, Google, Skype, Dell, Microsoft, Nuance, Canon, Garmin, Sony, Philips, Nokia, RIM, Adobe, Oracle, etc.
WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2006-now: Freelance translator, Rouen, France.
Translation and editing of projects related to IT/New technology/Consumer electronics.
May 2001-May 2006: SDL International, Paris, France.
Full time in-house senior translator/proofreader. Tasks include translation, editing and proofreading of help, documentation, HTML, software files, press releases in the following fields:
IT & Software (Adobe, HP, Microsoft, Toshiba)
Electronics and Hi-tech (Canon, Garmin, Kodak, Sony, Philips, PalmOne, Nokia, Lexmark)
Travel and Tourism (Six Continent Hotels, Le Méridien)
Finance and Legal (Mastercard, Reuters, Visa International)
Manufacturing (Nestlé, Procter & Gambles, Atlas Copco, Corning)
Software consistency checks. Language quality sign-off. Tracking and implementation of corrections. Coordination of projects. Language lead for a number of large-scale projects.
June 2000-March 2001: Bechtle Logistik & Service, Heilbronn, Germany.
German>French and English>French translations of IT-related documentation and Web pages.
EDUCATION
1999-2000: DESS, one-year Postgraduate Degree in Translation, Université Stendhal, Grenoble, France.
1998-1999: Four-year course leading to MA equivalent (Maîtrise) specialised in Foreign Languages applied to Translation (English and German), Université de Rouen and Université de Lyon.
SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT
Windows 7; Trados and SDLX; Wordfast; MemoQ; Microsoft Office
LANGUAGES AND SKILLS
Languages
French: perfect command (spelling, grammar, syntax, etc.), flowing style.
Foreign languages: fluent in English and German, basic knowledge of Spanish.
Translation
Pre-production: terminology research, file preparation.
Production: translation, editing, proofreading and QA.
Post-production: file preparation for publishing (includes all DTP tasks).
Computer skills
Operating systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP7Vista/7 and Mac OSX.
CAT tools: Trados, SDLX, MemoQ, Wordfast.
Internet: Web Search. |
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