general commerce, accounting, banking & finance, insurance, commercial law (not patents), 14 years' full time experience in translating


French mother tongue. Degree in French and English (Licence ès Lettres) (Toulouse University), Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Bradford University), Post-grad diploma in Accounting and Finance(CDipAF) from Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, Final diploma of the Institute of Linguists (special option :Economics Translation) Diploma in Translation (Dip Trans IoL), Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CMIL) Membership number:008869, 14 years'experience of translation; large projects, fast turnover, SDL Trados Version 7.1 - also Déjà Vu,SDLX 2006 Freelance

General commerce- Import/Export
Law : Contracts in particular for the Oil and Gas industries and Telecommunications, Trust Deeds, Franchise, License and Distribution Agreements, Loan Agreements, Intellectual Property, Writs, International Fraud cases, Witness Statements, Employment Contracts, Articles of Association, Environmental Law and regulations. Health & Safety manuals
Accounting/Finance : Companies'Annual Reports, Accounting Standards, Stock Market Analysts'Reports, Risk analysis, Credit rating reports, Bond Markets, Futures Markets, Hedge Funds, Stock Option Schemes - Asset Management Projects - SAP : circa 150,000 words for a SAP project -
Banking : Manuals for Staff, Money Laundering, Internal rules, Syndicated loans, Ethics, Governance.
Insurance & Reinsurance: Tenders, Policies, newsletters, large Insurance Programmes, including Marine Insurance, insurance for satellites, aircrafts
Management: Strategic Management- Company profiles - Health & Safety manuals (oil and gaz industries + mining companies)

Keen to keep up to date - Reads monthly reports from the European Central Bank
Other languages studied : Spanish (at school and Toulouse University)+ Associated Membership in Spanish Institute of Linguists - Russian (elementary level)