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Member since Mar '10

Working languages:
English to French
French to English

Yves Jacques
Almost 20 years of technical writing

Rimouski, QC, Canada
Local time: 13:18 EST (GMT-5)

Native in: French Native in French
Willingness to Work Again info
1 Positive entry

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Training, Project management
Expertise
Specializes in:
Education / PedagogyElectronics / Elect Eng
Marketing / Market ResearchMilitary / Defense
Ships, Sailing, MaritimeTelecom(munications)
Transport / Transportation / Shipping

Rates
English to French - Rates: 0.09 - 0.15 CAD per word / 25 - 25 CAD per hour
French to English - Rates: 0.09 - 0.15 CAD per word / 25 - 25 CAD per hour
Preferred currency CAD
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 4, Questions answered: 5, Questions asked: 6
Experience Years of translation experience: 20. Registered at ProZ.com: Jun 2004. Became a member: Mar 2010.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials N/A
Memberships N/A
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Frontpage, Indesign, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, AutoCad 2004, Corel Suite 2000, MS Front Page, MS Office XP, Other Utilities, Powerpoint, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, Wordfast
CV/Resume CV/Resume (PDF)English (PDF)
Professional practices Yves Jacques endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me
A home based translation micro-business established in 1991, for the translation of all types of documentation from French to English or English to French.

I specialize in the following fields:

Maritime Environment;
Military (Navy);
Electronics and Radio-communications;
Technical Papers and Documentation (all types);
Educational; and many others.

My fees are highly competitive; I can offer you hourly wages or a quotation on your tender.

For more information or resume, visit my website at : www.traductions-techniques.biz


Recently retired as a technical writer, translator, facilitator and trainer for a company that manufactures and sells bus and train destination sign and passenger visual and audio information systems.
I have been working as an free lance translator since 1991, offering my services in a vast range of domains.
My most recent assignments have been:
1. Technical writing and translation as a freelance translator from my home office.
2. Writing all bilingual technical publications pertaining to bus and train passenger information systems prior to delivery to customers.
3. Writing all bilingual training publications including description, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting and overhaul for the systems.
4. Travelling to various clients' worksites to dispense training and other information pertaining to these systems.
Keywords: User manuals, data sheets, audio, video, TV, radio, other appliances, maritime environment, military, navy, electronics, radio communications, technical papers, all documentation, urban transportation, educational, others


Profile last updated
Mar 21, 2011



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