Aurélia Schiehle

English to French Freelance Translator

Master Applied Translation Studies (Merit)

Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists

Nationality: French
Native language: French
Services offered: Translation, Proof-reading, Editing, Web content translation

TRANSLATION SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Translation fields

Particular areas of expertise: Marketing, Business and Commerce, Consumer products, Fashion, Retail and Wholesale, Education, Training materials, E-learning, Human resources, Culture/History, Environment, Technical (operating and maintenance manuals), Tourism and Travel, Leisure, IT (general), Letters and Greetings, Charities, Financial (general).
Types of document translated: Web sites, Company brochures, Marketing documentation, Press releases, E-newsletters, Reports, Newsletters, User’s manuals, Operating manuals, Product inserts, Scripts, Magazines, Letters, Emails, Terms and Agreements, Biographies, Tutorials, Surveys, Subtitles, Help files, Dissertations, etc.

Examples of translation work

• Guidebook for a renowned country house in the UK
• Website of a hotel and restaurant
• Sections of a tourism Website for Dubai
• News section for a company specialised in testing aircraft engines
• Newsletter for an international organisation working in the field of education
• Fashion Web site for an important fashion retailer
• Marketing materials for an air purifying device
• Training materials for a major energy drink brand
• Website of a restaurant
• eNewsletter for a big film production company
• Internet portal for a company specialised in facility management
• Marketing materials and environmental report for a paper manufacturing company
• Press releases for a car manufacturing company
• Environmental report for a mining company
• New managers’ appointments for the newsletter of a big confectionary firm
• Terms & Conditions of an insurance policy contracted by a manufacturing company
• Marketing documents and lifestyle articles for a car manufacturing company
• Documents and Web content for Kent County Council
• Web content regarding Forex trading
• Packaging information and user’s manual for a company manufacturing slimming products
• Web content for a company manufacturing acrylic sheets
• Marketing content for a company selling Swiss Army knives
• A report for a project management company
• Web site and virtual tour script for a museum located in the Netherlands
• Technical help files for a mobile gateway service
• Pro-bono translation for Translators Without Borders concerning an article focusing on the use of psychological therapies for children living in war zones
• Playwright’s biography to be included in the programme introducing a forthcoming performance for a theatre in France
•  Survey and covering email for a research project in Radiography, conducted by the Department of Medical Physics of a British University

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Hardware

PC with Windows XP and BitDefender Internet Security 2010
DVD drive with CD burner
8 MB broadband DSL connection
Scanner, Inkjet printer, fax
External hard drive (500 GB)

Software / CAT tools

General: Microsoft Office Professional 2007 (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint presentations), OpenOffice 3.1.1, Acrobat Reader 9, Acrobat Pro 9, Infix PDF Editor 4.0, Page Breeze HTML Editor, Skype, MSN Messenger, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Olifant (TMX editor), FileZilla FTP Client and FTP server
CAT Tools used: SDL Trados (MultiTerm, Workbench, TagEditor, MultiTerm Convert) Certified Level 1, Passolo, Déjà Vu X, Wordfast, MemoQ, Transit XV, OmegaT, Swordfish Translation Editor
CAT Tools owned: SDL Trados Studio 2009 (2007 Suite included), Wordfast Pro, OmegaT, Swordfish Translation Editor, CatsCradle

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Sept 09 - Present: Part-time French Language Tutor (current), University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Sept 08 - Aug 09: Part-time Teacher of French, Leeds
Sept 06 - Aug 08: Teacher of French, Leeds and Bradford

QUALIFICATIONS

Sept. 2008 - Aug. 2009: Centre for Translation Studies, The University of Leeds: MA Applied Translation Studies (with Merit): Language combination: French - English
Sept. 2005 - Jun. 2006: The University of Leeds: PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages with French and German
Oct. 2004 - Aug. 2005: Université March Bloch, Strasbourg, France: Maîtrise (equivalent MA) in English Studies and Contemporary American Literature
Oct. 2000 - Aug. 2003: Université March Bloch, Strasbourg, France: Licence d'anglais LLCE (equivalent to a BA in English Studies)

REFEREES

Available upon request

• OmegaT
• PowerPoint
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• Swordfish Translation Studio