Arlene Carré

To continue to challenge and develop my linguistic, problem-solving and communication skills in a multinational and/or educational environment, where my abilities might contribute to something greater than my career, and to continue to grow as a translator, expanding my client base worldwide and furthering my areas of expertise. 

1989-1996                  University of Houston                                       Houston

B.A., Magna Cum Laude, French Language and Literature / English Linguistics 

-    President, French National Honor Society, Pi Delta Phi Chapter 1992-1994

-     Member, Academic Honesty Committee 1992-1996

-    MENSA, inducted 1994

1998-present           Intertext Language Solutions                               Houston, Paris

Owner – Translation, Interpretation, Private Instruction

     -   Major clients: Schlumberger Houston (USA), Roland Moreno (FR), Oracle/Integra Net (FR), Arobase (FR), Elite Traductions (FR), Berlitz Paris (FR)                     

    -  Areas of expertise: General, Travel and Tourism, Hotel & Restaurant, Education, Internet, Advertising, Business, Journalism, Literature

      -  Interpretation (consecutive), including Harris County Civil Courts, The Medical Center of Houston, interviews for The Houston Chronicle and AP Office - Paris   

Memberships: American Translators Association, Houston Interpreters and Translators Association, American Mensa.                 

1998-present         Awty International School                                     Houston

     2005-present      ESL Department Chair, ESL Teacher, Professeur Principal

      1998-2005         Assistant to Head of Upper School / Teacher of French and ESL

-    Responsible, under Head of Upper School, for all administrative operations:  programming, academic records,     master scheduling and logistics, attendance, event planning, discipline, student organizations and affairs

-    Facilitate relations between, and meet the needs of, multilingual (40% Francophone, 90% non-American) students, teachers, parents, and Administration.  Committees: Transition Team, Technology and School Council

-    Teacher of French to English-speaking students since 1999, and English Literature/ESL to French-speaking students, faculty sponsor for Student Council, Dance Team.  Initiated girls’ outreach program

1997-1998              Integra Net, S.A.                                                    Paris, France

Corporate Relations (Large Accounts)

-     Responsible for relations with large-account clients for France’s leading website development and hosting company. 

-     Translation, Interpretation, Public Relations, Franco-American negotiations, press conferences, events

1996-1997             Ministère d’Education                                             Rectorat d'Orleans, France / Lycee Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France

English Teacher (grades 6-12)

-     Awarded National Teaching Fellowship by French Minister of Education, one-year contract in Public School System

1992-1997             University of Houston                                             Bourges, France

Assistant Director / Teacher  – Study Abroad Program in France

-     Responsible for all pre-program planning : orientation meetings and cultural training, travel arrangements, excursion planning and organization, student applications, student placement with host families, curriculum development, advertising and promotion of program, departure coordination and communications with participants and University Administration

-    Onsite management of $10,000 operating budget

-     Onsite instructor and coordinator : intensive French courses, student affairs, event coordination, community relations, excursion guide for visits to Paris and the chateaux of the Loire Valley 

Professional dance instructor and choreographer, calligrapher, avid traveller.  Other hobbies/interests include cinema, cuisine and wine, resistance training and pilates, film, trivia, billiards, jazz and world music. Other languages: Spanish (conversational).

email / arlenecarre@earthlink.net /  713.302.0323  713.302.0323

http://ArleneCarre.translatorscafe.com