This site uses cookies.
Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site,
while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.
For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
This person has a SecurePRO™ card. Because this person is not a ProZ.com Plus subscriber, to view his or her SecurePRO™ card you must be a ProZ.com Business member or Plus subscriber.
Affiliations
This person is not affiliated with any business or Blue Board record at ProZ.com.
Services
Editing/proofreading, Translation
Expertise
Specializes in:
Medical: Health Care
Nutrition
Psychology
Safety
Volunteer / Pro-bono work
Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations
Rates
English to French - Standard rate: 0.10 EUR per word / 20 EUR per hour French to English - Standard rate: 0.10 EUR per word / 20 EUR per hour French - Standard rate: 0.10 EUR per word / 20 EUR per hour English - Standard rate: 0.10 EUR per word / 20 EUR per hour
Portfolio
Sample translations submitted: 1
English to French: Banksky news
Source text - English
It was like a scene out of a movie.
“‘Girl with Balloon,’ ladies and gentlemen standing in the back of the room,” auctioneer Oliver Barker announced with a bumptious bravado.
He was referring to the final lot of a Sotheby’s London auction on Friday, Oct. 5. The piece: a 2006 spray-paint-on-canvas work by the anonymous street artist Banksy.
When it hit the auction block, Barker began shouting out six-figure prices that bidders gobbled up, causing the painting’s value to climb higher and higher in a frantic crescendo. Women in dresses and pearls clamped their hands over landline telephones to field anonymous requests. Men in suits jotted important messages down into even more important notebooks.
“Sold!” Barker chirped, rap-tap-tapping his gavel against the podium. The piece went for $1.4 million ― over three times the estimated price ― tying the current record for a Banksy artwork.
Just then, however, the piece’s clunky frame erupted into an alarming and persistent beeping sound. The canvas descended through the bottom of the frame and emerged on the other side in tatters. The shredding process froze about halfway through, leaving the top portion of the painting intact. The bottom, however, appeared to be macerated into tiny ribbons.
Translation - French On se serait cru dans un film.
« Mesdames et messieurs à l’arrière de la salle, ‘La fille au ballon’, annonça le commissaire-priseur, Oliver Barker, d’une bravade suffisante.
Il faisait référence au dernier lot d’une vente aux enchères de Sotheby’s à Londres, le vendredi 5 octobre. L’œuvre: une toile réalisée au pistolet en 2006 par l’artiste anonyme Banksy.
Aussitôt les enchères commencées, Barker cria des montants à six chiffres que les enchérisseurs gobèrent, faisant grimper la valeur du tableau dans un crescendo frénétique. Des femmes vêtues de robes et de perles pressaient leurs mains sur les téléphones fixes pour répondre aux demandes anonymes. Les hommes en costume griffonnaient des messages importants dans des carnets encore plus importants.
«Vendu!» lança Barker, tapotant son marteau contre le podium. L’œuvre fut achetée pour 1,4 million de dollars, soit trois fois le prix estimé, ce qui est le record actuel pour une œuvre d'art de Banksy.
Soudainement, le cadre instable du tableau se mit à émettre un bip alarmant et persistant. La toile descendit par le bas du cadre et émergea de l'autre côté en lambeaux. Le processus de déchiquetage s’immobilisa à peu près à mi-parcours, laissant la partie supérieure de la peinture intacte. Mais la partie inférieure semblait elle, déchiquetée en fins rubans.
More
Less
Translation education
Other - University Chambéry
Experience
Years of experience: 16. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2019.
I originally worked many years as a drug addiction's counselor and Public Health trainer while doing part-time translating and when I moved back from the US to my country of France In 2009, I started translating full-time.
My skills were tested at that time by the University of Chambery France, where I took the TOEIC and scored 95% in spoken english proficiency and 98% in written proficiency.
I have since then had the opportunity to translate two books in the fields of psychology and Motivational Interviewing for the Editions Dunod. Working on such long projects proved very interesting and I have since enjoyed translating and proofreading web articles, essays, particularly on travel, home life, public policy, spirituality, personal growth and diverse technical ventures.
Besides that, I am now often asked to translate websites in French or english as well as correct theses for students in different fields, mainly social studies, participate in focus groups to evaluate other translators work.
With my commitment to a job well done, I would say my greatest skill is my high level of command of the french language.
I am open to all opportunities and quite enjoy a challenge!
Keywords: french, public Health, addiction, harm reduction, psychology, spirituality.
Portfolio