Services
I am a professional translator specialising in the fields of finance, law and management. To ensure that only the best quality work is delivered, I translate solely from English into French, which is my mother tongue.
I can also proofread and revise documents already translated from English into French.
High-quality work
I have degrees from four different universities, plus more than 25 years' professional experience of translation and interpreting, and can therefore provide my clients with very high-quality work, characterised by:
- strict attention paid to deadlines
- a meticulous and polished prose style
- quality control at each stage of the job
- harmonised terminology
- translations supplied with the same formatting and page layout as the original documents
As a member of the Société française des Traducteurs and the UK Institute of Translation and Interpreting, as well as various professional translation networks, I take part in CPD activities at regular intervals, to make sure that I maintain the high level of quality that my clients have come to expect (see testimonials opposite).
Continuing professional development (CPD):
I am an Expert près la Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence, and an accredited translator and interpreter for the English language. As part of my CPD activities, I am taking the University of Nice diploma course [Diplôme Universitaire or "DU"] in Advanced Legal Training for Expert Translators. I obtained my first DU in May 2010 and began a second 2-year DU course in September 2010. I am also enrolled on the Procedural Training in Legal Expertise course, run by the UCECAAP (Union des Compagnies d'Experts près la Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence). I took 5 modules in 2009 and added a further 8 in 2010, (including one in Marseille, for which I passed an exam).
I am also a member of the French Committee of Traducteurs Interprètes près la Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence and a member of the CETIJ (Compagnie des Experts Traducteurs Interprètes Judiciaires).
I have also recently taken part in two training courses in legal affairs: Petit kit de survie du traducteur juridique (Lyon, 2009) and Traduire les contrats sans trahir le droit (Aix-en-Provence, 2010).
I adhere to and apply the SfT's Code of Professional Ethics [Code de Déontologie de la Société Française des Traducteurs], and the ITI's Code of Professional Conduct.
Highly specialised services
Whether your translation requirements are:
- highly specialised;
- urgent;
- substantial in terms of volume;
- or all of these…
... then look no further: I can meet your requirements, even if this means weekend working or if the client is not available to clarify any queries regarding the original documents. Thanks to the tried-and-tested resources I have built up over the years, both through experience and my own excellent organisation system, "I can deliver" as a professional.
Prestigious clients
The quality of my work and my rapid turnaround times have been appreciated by a number of prestigious clients over the years, including:
- the actor Peter O'Toole: I wrote his acceptance speech in 1989 for France's prestigious order of merit, the Légion d'Honneur, and taught him French at his home in Hampstead;
- the City of Manchester: I was a member of the team translating the documents supporting its Olympic bid;
- GrandMet and Guinness: in 1997, I joined forces with a team of three other professionals to translate and proofread 150,000 words of documentation in three days, so that the two companies could complete their merger within the timescale agreed;
- the Deutsche Telekom group, for whom I have translated privatisation proposals;
- the University of Bedford, where I taught from 2003 to 2004;
- the UK Institute of Translation and Interpreting, which asked me to make a presentation to language students on the MA course at the University of Leeds, on "How to market yourself successfully as a freelance translator". This was part of a joint conference organised by ITI and the university.
To gain an idea of the quality of my work, please read some of my client testimonials opposite.
