Member since Dec '06
Working languages:French to English
German to English
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|   Philip Watterson
Speed and accuracy - 1 million words/yr
Marseille, France / Native in: English  |  Contact:  
Pay: PayPal accepted
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| | Freelancer,  Verified member | | | Translation, Interpreting, Website localization, Software localization |  | | Specializes in: | | Nuclear Eng/Sci | Aerospace / Aviation / Space | | Energy / Power Generation | Law: Contract(s) | | Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright | Business/Commerce (general) | | Environment & Ecology | International Org/Dev/Coop |
| Also works in: | | Patents | IT (Information Technology) | | Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino | Telecom(munications) | | Internet, e-Commerce | Media / Multimedia | | Computers: Software | Computers: Systems, Networks | | Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng | Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) | | Accounting | Computers: Hardware | | Management | Insurance | | Mechanics / Mech Engineering | Medical: Health Care | | Real Estate | Religion | | Retail | Science (general) | | Ships, Sailing, Maritime | Tourism & Travel | | Human Resources | Advertising / Public Relations | | Construction / Civil Engineering | Economics | | Finance (general) | Engineering (general) |
| | | Questions answered: 30, Questions asked: 3 Easy / 27 PRO, PRO-level points: 48 | | | 4 projects entered  1 positive feedback from colleagues | Project Details | Project Summary | Corroboration |
Translation
Volume: 100000 words
Timeline: May 31 '08 to Jul 31 '08
Languages:
French to English | Translation of Proceedings of Architecture & Born-Digital Archives conference
We project-managed and translated around twenty papers from the "Architecture & Born-Digital Archives" conference in Paris in 2007 (part of the European Gau:di programme). The client was the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, and the book is due for release for the 2008 Venice biennale.
IT (Information Technology), Computers: Software, Architecture | No comment.
Colleague feedback:
 Reinald Freling: It was a pleasure to work with Philip. His eye for detail and his solid experience has been of great help in this major translation project. |
Translation
Volume: 135000 words
Timeline: Jul 31 '07 to Oct 31 '07
Languages:
French to English | Ecole nationale d'aviation civile - Training course for Air Traffic Controllers
A large, ongoing project to translate a training course for air traffic controllers, on behalf of l'Enac (the French national ATC training school).
The materials included trainee and instructor manuals, training resources, such as voice scripts of communications between pilots and air traffic controllers, and examination materials
Aerospace / Aviation / Space, Education / Pedagogy | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 150000 words
Timeline: Jan 31 '06 to Mar 31 '06
Languages:
French to English | Translation of the ITER Project Preliminary Safety Report
The ITER project is going to be the world's biggest collaborative research project. It is based at Cadarache in the South of France, and will aim to demonstrate the technical feasability of nuclear fusion as a future power source. I spent three months translating the "Rapport préliminaire de sûreté" (Preliminary Safety Report) - a technical document laying out a risk assessment for the facility and describing in detail the built-in safety systems.
Energy / Power Generation, Nuclear Eng/Sci, Nuclear Eng/Sci | No comment. |
Translation
Volume: 0 days
Timeline: Nov 30 '07 to May 31 '08
Languages:
French to English | Ongoing translation/localisation work - B2B website for ITER Project contractors
I have been working on ongoing translation of a website hosted by the regional Chambers of Commerce in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The aim of the site is to promote business networking, to enable high quality tenders to be put in for procurement contracts related to the ITER Project (nuclear fusion) at the Cadarache site.
Internet, e-Commerce, Energy / Power Generation, Business/Commerce (general) | No comment. |
| | | OTHER-Institute of Linguists (London) Diploma in Translation | | | Years of translation experience: 4. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2005. Became a member: Dec 2006. | | | French to English (Chartered Institute of Linguists, verified)
| | | N/A | | | Frontpage, Idiom, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, SDLX, Wordfast | | | http://www.connected-services.net | | | CV available upon request | | | Introduction to Patent Translations  [download] | | | Philip Watterson endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines. | | Keywords: technical translation, ITER project, nuclear, energy, power, patents, aeronautics, aviation, software, video games, web sites, localisation, law, legal translation, finance, financial translation, simulataneous interpreting, consecutive interpreting
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