Pascale Acambon

PASCALE ACAMBON

FREELANCE TRANSLATOR

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