Laurent Chevrette

C.V.: LAURENT CHEVRETTE ::

TRANSLATOR

+1 (514) 659-7465

laurentchevrette@gmail.com ; traductionmd@gmail.com

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WORKING TRANSLATION PAIRS

English > French

French > English

Native : French

Fluent/near-native : English

EDUCATION

2005-2009            Bachelor in Health Sciences, University of Montreal  

2003-2005            DEC in Health Sciences, CEGEP l'Assomption

                            advanced Spanish, Best average, sciences group

1998-2003            International High School Diploma  (OBI)                                             

                            College of l'Assomption

TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE

Recent translations, last six-months, non-exhaustive (2011-2012), English > French

Enbridge Inc., health and safety manual, pipelines               23,000 words

Kubota, website, press releases, plants activities reports      25,000 words

Pharmaprix, laboratory health and safety procedures manual 12,000 words

Idioma, farming machinery                                                  7,000 words

Idioma, telephones, electronics, user manuals                     17,000 words

HP, web site, Canada (new sections)                                   13 000 words

AZ Localize, manuals, electronics,                                       38,500 words

Bouygues Télécom, telecom tenders                                     22 000 mots

M Sc. thesis, Université Laval                                               7,524 words

Centre national de recherche (France), website (parts)           2,500 words

Medical file, confidential/NDA                                               3,500 words

Medical file, confidential/NDA                                               2,150 words

Multiple medical laboratory reports, toxicology reports          20,000 words

Conférence Internationale 2012, ATD 1/4 Monde, recueils      10 000 mots

Veterinary clinic (Belgium), scientific articles, marketing,        3,000 words

Novartis, press releases and emails                                      5,000 words

Astellas Pharma Canada Inc, research articles                       8,500 words

Recent proofreading (2012) English > French

Guilin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd;, pharmaceutique active, 150,000+ words

Kubota, site Internet canadien                                               220 pages

Allied Modlingua Services Ltd., pharmaceutique            active, 15,000+ words

Traductions Manon Coutu, publicités                              active, 5,000 words

Le Point Virgule Inc., révision                                         active, 12,000 words

SCIENTIFIC WORK EXPERIENCE

'06-2007   HSCM Hospital

                    Student researcher, Research center, cardiology department, under Dr. Paola Lanfranchi

2006            Rive-Nord Cement

                   Laboratory technician, quality control

'00-2005     Radiologic Services of Joliette  (SRJ)

                  Archivist

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office, Trados 2007, SDLX, Trados Studio 2009, Passolo, OmegaT

Computer environment: MacBook Pro OSX AND PC Windows XP SP3 // Broadband Internet (High-speed)

PRIZES

First prize (1250 CAN$) - 2005 Quebec provincial student literature competition PHILOSOPHY, publication in Le Devoir provincial newspaper - www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/72132/concours-philosopher-2004-la-quete-du-soi

Excellence medal of the General Governor for best average throughout the 5 years of high school http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=48403&t=1&ln=Chevrette

Millennium Excellence Canadian Government Scholarship upon entry at University of Montreal

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Music, reading, outdoors, philosophy, travels, economy, computers, literature

Works samples and professional references on request.

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Captivate
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• OmegaT
• PASSOLO
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• MS Office suite
  
  PDF Character Recognition PRO for MAC
  (works great to produce .doc files from pdf. Spanish, French and English bundles)