PASCALE ACAMBON
FREELANCE TRANSLATOR
(English/Spanish to French)
EDUCATION: Université Catholique de l’Ouest, IPLV (language school), FRANCE
· Master’s degree in English – June 2002
· University degree in Translation – June 2002 (English and Spanish into French)
Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, SPAIN (ERASMUS program)
· Bachelor’s degree in English – 2000-2001
EXPERIENCE: Traductions Acambon (freelance company) Angers (FRANCE)
September 2004 to present
Working as a freelance translator mainly in the following fields:
· Marketing
· Advertising
· Cosmetics
· Technical, etc.
In French only, inc. (translation agency) Toronto (CANADA)
May 2002 – August 2004
6-month internship followed by an 18-month contract as a translator.
· Translation (English to French & English to Spanish) : Advertising adapts, sales sheets, packaging, POS material, MSDS, instruction sheets, sales presentations, business letters, and more.
· Proofreading
· Project management
· Lexicon updates
Spanish Consulate Paris (FRANCE)
Summer 2001
2-month internship in the Consulate’s chancellery and registry offices. Responsible for delivering certificates of residence and birth certificates, for updating the registers and for informing and helping visitors.
SKILLS: Computer skills: Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat Writer, Fusion Translate (CAT software)
Language skills: Native language: French
Fluent in English and Spanish
Japanese : basic knowledge
REFERENCES AND TRANSLATION SAMPLES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
QUOTES ARE FREE