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Working languages:
Swedish to French
English to French
German to French
Spanish to French
Danish to French

Hugues DESESQUELLES
A Transpresso, what else?

Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Local time: 01:33 CET (GMT+1)

Native in: French Native in French
Willingness
to Work Again

6 Positive entries

User message
Bienvenue !
Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
AffiliationsBlue Board: Desesquelles (Hugues Desesquelles)
Services Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, Project management
Expertise
Specializes in:
Finance (general)IT (Information Technology)
Investment / Securities

KudoZ activity Questions answered: 176, Questions asked: 6 Easy / 160 PRO, PRO-level points: 220
Project History 28 projects entered    11 positive feedback from outsourcers    1 positive feedback from colleagues

Payment method accepted Wire transfer
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 6

Glossaries HugoDESS
Translation education MA-Université de Picardie (LEA)
Experience Years of translation experience: 18. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2001. Became a member: Jan 2004.
Credentials Swedish to French (Uppsala University)
English to French (Chartered Institute of Linguists)
German to French (44RT)
Russian to French (KGB)
Memberships IOL
TeamsCross Culture
Software Adobe Acrobat, Catalyst, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, ABBYY Pdf Transformer 2.0, Omnipage (ORT), Sisulizer, Passolo, SDL TRADOS, SDLX
CV/Resume English (DOC)
Conference participation Conference attended
Training sessions attended Formation Initiation à Déjà Vu X [download]
Professional practices Hugues DESESQUELLES endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me



Latest jobs (see details in Project History tab):

Translation

27/10 SE>FR 400 words, Press release
26/10 EN>FR 1000 words, Wealth management report
21-24/10 DE>FR 8K words, Audit report
16-20/10 EN>FR 7K words, IT cf. www.famatech.fr
11-14/07 SE>FR 4K words, nursery school project
01-10/07 EN>FR 15K words (printers)
15/05-30/06 EN>FR 100K words (teamwork)
12-15/05 DE>FR 9K words, Audit
02-05/05 DE>FR 6K words, Audit
28-30/04 DE>FR 20K words, Audit
18-27/04 EN>FR 26K words (17K new), Finance
13-17/04 EN>FR 32K Accountancy/finance
01-03/04 DE>FR 4K words, Financial report

Interpreting:

03-06/11 EN>FR Consecutive, FCPA compliance audit
12-16/10 EN>FR Consecutive, Purchasing audit
28/08 EN>FR Consecutive, Redundancy Interview
14/05 EN>FR Consecutive, Marketing event
11/05 EN>FR Consecutive, Redundancy Interviews
22/04 EN>FR Consecutive, Redundancy Interviews
10/04 EN>FR Consecutive, Redundancy Interview
06/04 SP&EN>FR Chuchotage, CEPLI Meeting (EU)
16/03 EN>FR Consecutive, Redundancy Interviews

In my spare time: FR>EN Pro Deo Translation of Gregorian Chant website, cf. Musique-liturgique



Milestones to date:

Bacardi SAP Project (Geneva inhouse/Paris remote, Aug'09/Oct'09), Redcommerce UK, EN>FR translation of Training Documentation

Tutor in financial translation, Master course at Paris III Sorbonne University (Paris, 2008/2009)
Tutor in technical translation, Master course at Lille III University (Lille, 2006)

Weekly translations for European Union Cordis website, Intrasoft Int'l (Athens, 2007/current)

Weekly translations for financial institutions, TheBigWord (Leeds UK, 2008/current)
Weekly translations for financial institutions, RR Donnelley (UK, FR, LUX 2007/current)
Monthly and quarterly translations for financial institution, Toptrans (Israel, 2004/2008)

Cemex SAP Project (Monterrey inhouse/Paris remote, 2006/current), Redcommerce UK

Regular collaboration with translation agencies worldwide, among which IDO (France), Languagewire (DK), Semantix (SE) ...
Freelance Translator and Interpreter since 2004

Inhouse translator, SDL Intl (Sheffield, UK 2002/2004)
Inhouse translator, Nestle SAP Globe Project (Vevey, Switzerland 2002), SOFTTalk UK
Professional Translator and Interpreter since 1999

Business language course (LEA), Amiens University (1994/99)
Interpreting Course, En&Sp<>Fr, Servicios Generales de Congresos, Madrid (Spain, 1993)

Purchasing Manager, FUJITSU Spain (Madrid, 1987/92)
Senior Purchaser, ITT Spain (Toledo, 1985/86)
Junior Purchaser, BOUYGUES Offshore (Paris, 1982/84)

Military service as a translator (Germany, 1981/82)

English course, Sorbonne University (Paris, 1980/81)
Maths, Physics & Chemistry studies (Paris, 1977/80)
Swedish for foreign students, Uppsala University (1976/77)

French native (Beauvais, Oise 1959)


This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 240
PRO-level pts: 220


Top languages (PRO)
English to French106
Swedish to French56
Spanish to French38
German to French20
Top general fields (PRO)
Other100
Bus/Financial46
Tech/Engineering27
Law/Patents20
Marketing18
Pts in 2 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Law (general)12
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters11
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.8
Education / Pedagogy8
Medical (general)7
Business/Commerce (general)6
Advertising / Public Relations4
Pts in 12 more flds >

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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects28
With client feedback11
Corroborated12
100% positive (11 entries)
positive11
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Translation25
Interpreting3
Language pairs
English to French16
Swedish to French6
German to French4
Russian to French1
Specialty fields
Finance (general)6
IT (Information Technology)4
Computers: Software3
International Org/Dev/Coop2
Computers (general)1
Advertising / Public Relations1
Transport / Transportation / Shipping1
Business/Commerce (general)1
SAP1
Management1
Computers: Systems, Networks1
Investment / Securities1
Mathematics & Statistics1
Engineering: Industrial1
Paper / Paper Manufacturing1
Human Resources1
Internet, e-Commerce1
Economics1
Real Estate1
Other fields
Furniture / Household Appliances1
Medical: Health Care1
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs1
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Profile last updated
Nov 9



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