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Professional Freelance Translator since 2010 - Outdoor Sports Specialist
My language pairs : English/Italian/Spanish > French (France)
CAT tools: SDL Trados Studio; XTM; Memsource
Why Sports?
I started developing a love for sports when I moved to Tignes, a ski resort in the French Alps, in 2008. I first took up downhill skiing, then hiking, rock climbing, snowshoeing and ski touring. When I set up as a translator in 2010, it made sense to specialise in a field I'm passionate about and over the years my love for both sports and translation has only grown stronger.
I took up running in the summer of 2017 and I ran the Paris Marathon in 2018. My next project is to do the PADI DiveMaster training in Utila, Honduras next winter. After that I will be heading to India to complete the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Dharamsala (in March 2020).
Who do I work for?
My main clients are 3 translation agencies (see PDF résumé for contact details):
- Telelingua France (www.telelingua.com)
- Libero Language Lab (www.liberos.com)
- CreativeWords (www.creativewords.eu)
Through these agencies I translate for major sporting goods manufacturers as well as international sports organisations. Projects range from newsletters, press releases, market research and app localisation to catalogues, promotional content, competition reports, athletes' profiles... in the fields of mountain sports (skiing/snowboarding, climbing/mountaineering, trekking), running/trail running, and olympic sports.
Other Areas of Expertise:
- Animal protection & Veganism
* Recently translated blog articles and subtitling videos for the Million Dollar Vegan campaign (English to French). https://www.milliondollarvegan.com/fr/
- Green living / downshifting
* Translated the e-book "Decrescere senza fuggire dalla città: Due anni di decrescita in famiglia" (by Marzia Bosoni and Alessandro Caselli) from Italian into French.
Author review: "Ottima traduttrice, precisa e puntuale. Non si è limitata a "tradurre" il testo, ma lo ha contestualizzato nella lingua e cultura di destinazione, prestando grande attenzione ai dettagli. Molto professionale e disponibile. Spero di avere ancora l'occasione per collabore con lei."
* I translated hotel descriptions (EN>FR) for Booking.com for over three years (until 2015);
* I worked in the hotel industry for over 2 years before becoming a translator;
* I have always enjoyed exploring the world: I studied in Ireland in 2005/06, then lived in Australia in 2007 before moving on to New Zealand and Canada. In 2015 I left the French Alps to become a digital nomad. My travels have taken me all over Europe, North & South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East...
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