Software and Website Localization, Business and Economics, Marketing, Finance, Health & Safety, Ethics, Corporate Management, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications, World Development. Proficient use of state-of-the art software and computer-assisted translation tools.


 QUALIFICATIONS

 BACHELORS OF ARTS DEGREE in Applied Foreign Languages (English & Spanish Major) with an emphasis on Business and Economics (Licence de Langues Étrangères Appliquées), Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Toulouse, France (1976-1980).

 DIPLOMA OF TRANSLATION / INTERPRETATION (English & Spanish Major). Graduate program in Translation and Consecutive / Simultaneous Interpretation. École Supérieure de Cadres, Interprètes-Traducteurs. Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Toulouse, France (1978-1980).

 EXPERIENCE

1979-1980
 STAFF TRANSLATOR (French<>English) for AIRBUS INDUSTRIES and MOTOROLA, working on aircraft operational and maintenance manuals and advertising brochures (Toulouse, France).
 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETER (French<>English) for the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION and FRANCE'S 2nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL AID (Toulouse, France).
 TRANSLATOR (French<>English<>Spanish), TEXAS COMMERCE BANK, International Finance Department (Houston, Texas).

1981-1984
 FULL-TIME LANGUAGE SPECIALIST & TRANSLATOR-INTERPRETER (French<>English<>Span¬ish) for INLINGUA TRANSLATION SERVICE (Houston, Texas).

1984 - 1986
 FREE-LANCE TRANSLATOR, SIMULTANEOUS and CONSECUTIVE INTERPRETER (French<> English<>Spanish) working for translation services and firms in the Baltimore-Washington corridor.

1986-1988
 EXECUTIVE TRANSLATOR SECRETARY III (English<>French) for the President and Chief Executive Officer of TELEMECANIQUE, Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of Electronic Components and Systems for Automation (Baltimore, Maryland).

1990 - Present
 FULL-TIME FREELANCE TRANSLATOR, based in San Antonio, Texas, USA