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Emilie PESTIAUX

English/French freelance translator

6 years of experience

11 rue des deux rives
02400 CHÂTEAU-THIERRY
FRANCE
Phone : + 33 (0) 9 51 62 41 31 or + 33 (0) 6 73 65 92 94
e-mail : emilie@adhoctrad.com

Member of the Société française des traducteurs

SPECIALTIES
Imaging and medical equipment (cardiovascular, MRI, dental radiology equipment, scanners, hearing aid equipment…)
Biochemistry, pharmacology (blood and urine analysers)
Industrial field (agriculture, electricity, building trade, automotive)
IT, communications (telephony, computer equipment)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 2008 to today: Technical freelance translator
Translation and review of documentation, marketing brochures, websites in various fields, especially:

Medical equipment
Agriculture and automotive
IT and communications

May 2005 – February 2008 : SDL (Software and Documentation Localization), Paris, France.

Translation and review of documentation, marketing brochures, user interfaces, online help, web sites, in various fields, especially:

Imaging, radiology, cardiology (General Electrics, Philips Medical)
Medical equipment (Otologics, Henry Schein, Kodak Dental)
Biochemistry (Bayer, Olympus)
Agriculture, building trade, automotive, electricity (CNH, AGCO, Fluke, Atlas Copco)
Communications (GMI, Qualcomm)
IT and software (AMD, HP, Nortel)
Documentation, help and software linguistic check.
Project linguistic management: setting up of translation teams, management of internal and freelance translators, evaluation of internal and freelance translators

June 2004-April 2005 : D.A.T, Palaiseau, France.

Translations in the IT, medical and technical fields.
Software testing assignments for IBM, Noisy-le-Grand, France

April-may 2004 : PeopleSoft, Paris, France.

IT translations.

November 2002-November 2003 (half-time) : PlaNetFinance, Paris, France

Translation and review of financial, economical and communication texts. Management of a group of volunteer translators.

February-August 2002 : JBI Localization, Los Angeles, États-Unis

Translations of video games, manuals, movie dubbing.

January-February 2001 : C.L.I.S.M.A (Comité de Liaison Inter-Services Migrants Auvergne), Clermont-Ferrand, France

Translations from English and Spanish into French.

EDUCATION

2002-2003 DESS in Technical Translation obtained with honors.
Equivalent to Master’s Degree. Thesis on “Rating in Microfinance”

2001-2002 Maîtrise in Applied Languages, specializing in Translation
Equivalent to Bachelor’s Degree. Obtained with honors.

Thesis on “Localization of Multimedia”

2000-2001 License in Applied Languages

Third-year Degree. Obtained with honors.
Fall Semester at Kansas State University, United States. Semester’s honors

Technical skills:
Excellent knowledge of SDLX (SDLX 2008 certification) and Trados.
Experience in various MAT software : Déjà Vu, Translation Manager, SDL Insight, Catalyst, Passolo.
Extensive experience in software testing.