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Joined: Jan. 21, 2006, last update Apr. 29, 2007  Preferred E-mail of Patricia Lane: send a messageWebsite: http://www.francoamericanquill.com
Working Language Pairs | TOP |
English > French, French > English
Language locales: English - United States, French - France
Editing, Proofreading, Translation Specialization | TOP |
transcreations, copywriting, intercultural communications, corporate communications, real estate, international development, current affairs, foreign policy, real estate Subject Areas | TOP |
Business Administration and Management, Business General, Business Marketing, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law and Legal, Political Science, Tourism and Travel
 
FR-EN NATIVE SPEAKER | CUMULATIVE 23 YEARS IN THE US and 20 YEARS IN FRANCE
Committed to producing clear, fluid, and accent-free translations from/into both languages.
Specializations: Transcreations, marketing, advertising, corporate communications, current affairs,
social sciences, international organizations and development, finance, law, tourism.
Recent projects include:
6000 words+ EN-FR articles of association
2200 words+ FR-EN graphic charter
2 EN-FR press releases consumer goods/sport industry
2 FR-EN press releases finance
Authoring the texts in FR and EN for a photography book entitled
"Savoie: Terre de contrastes" published October 2006 by Les Points Cardinaux Communication;
Management research paper for US publication, annual report
for French government agency; annual report for French corporation, interpreting for American
multinational consumer research, copywriting for internal corporate newsletter.
Membership: SFT
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Professional Experience:
Selected positions requiring daily use of both languages in a variety of cultural situations
- 2001-present:
Lokahi Interactive
Intercultural management and communication consulting and training
References include: Aventis, Atis Real, Realizing, Mapa Spontex, Infinancials, Airbus
- 1996-2000:
Director of European Business Development for an int'l corporate architectural firm (Paris and London)
conceived, translated and produced all marketing-communications materials, RFPs, presentations and corporate documents; international client development, management and project negotiations; sequential interpreting among trades during projects.
- 1995-1996:
Expatriation consultant and trainer, international management consulting firm (Paris)
conceived and ran expatriation preparation workshops; one on one expatriation training for senior managers moving to the US or to Asia
- 1985-1994:
several long term projects including:
-conducting a feasibility study for a JV in Vietnam: research and interviews conducted in French and Vietnamese, report written and produced in English (Saigon)
-French and English translator and editor for the Foreign Languages Publishing House of the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture (Hanoi)
-teaching French and English as foreign languages (Thu Duc)
-production consultant for BBC-TV and GMT Productions documentaries on Vietnam
-sequential interpreting for the designer Courrèges (New York)
-translating human rights reports and grass-roots development manuals for NGOs (New York)
-sequential interpreting for the first Women's News International Conference
| | Education and Training:
- 2000: certificate in multimedia design / Ecole des Métiers de l'Image - Les Gobelins (Paris)
- 1993: Phd/abd International Relations /East West Centre-University of Hawai'i. Conducted dissertation research (oral and documentary) in the US, France, and Vietnam.
- 1984: MA International Politics / New York University
- 1980: BA Political Science / New York University
- 1977: French Baccalauréat / Lycée Français de New York
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| Publications: Lane, Patricia (bilingual texts) and François Isler (photographs). Savoie: Terre de contrastes (Altair-Les Points Cardinaux Communications, October 2006).
Book Review of Successful Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances: How to Bridge Corporate Cultures by Charles Gancel, Irene Rodgers et Marc Raynaud (McGraw-Hill, 2002). In Journal of International Business Studies, November 2002.
"Eléments sur la mise en œuvre de la politique américaine envers l'Indochine. " In Les Guerres d'Indochine de 1945 à
1975. Les Cahiers de l'IHTP, June 1996.
Book Review of In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert S. McNamara (TIME Books, 1995). In Péninsule (No. 30), July 1995.
"US-France-Vietnam Relations, 1940-1945: Center-Field Environments and the Implementation of US Foreign policy." In Vietnam and the West, ed. Robert Brigham, Vietnam Generation, Fall 1995.
Book Review of The Economic Consequences of the Vietnam War by Anthony S. Campagna (New York: Praeger Press 1991). In Review of Radical Political Economics (Vol. 25, No. 3), September 1993.
"Vietnam: A Country Still Divided by its History." In Centerviews (Vol. 1, No. 1, p.1 and 4), March-April 1991.
Tech and Tools Book: A guide to technologies women are using worldwide. Compiled by Ruby Sandhu and Joanne Sandler, International Women's Tribune Center, 1986.
"Haiti". In Constitutions of the Countries of the World, eds. Albert P. Blaustein and Gisbert H. Flanz, Oceana Publications, November 1984.
Rights of Women: A workbook of International Conventions relating to women's issues and concerns. International Women's Tribune Center, July 1983.
"The Politicization of Human Rights." In Regional Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Report No. 28), Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, 1980.
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- Adobe Photoshop
- Wordfast
- XP Pro
Wordfast
Office 2000, Photoshop 6,
Dreamweaver 4, Flash 5, etc...
PC Pentium 2GHz, 1Go ram, 80 Go HDD
Broadband connection (+ 56k modem back up)
Fax, scanner, printer
Accreditations | TOP |
Registered in France
Siret: 441 351 715 00012
TVA intracommunautaire: FR16441351715 SFT (Société française des traducteurs)
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