Valerie Renaud

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TCTerms Score: 123

Contact Information

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Address: 261, rue Turgeon, Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec J7E 4V8, Canada  (show map )
Phone: 450-419-6646, Fax: 450-419-6646

Joined: Dec. 28, 2006, last update Jan. 7, 2008
 Preferred E-mail of Valerie Renaud: send a message

Working language pairs and rates:

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	Min. rate per word	Min. rate per hour
English > French	$0.15	$40.00	USD
Spanish > French	$0.13	$35.00	USD
Italian > French	$0.13	$35.00	USD
French > English	$0.15	$40.00	USD
Language locales: English - Canada, English - United States, French - Canada, French - France

Services

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Proofreading, Subtitling, Translation, Voice-Over

Specialization

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Hospitality,Tourism,Gastronomy, Culinary arts,Business, Finance, Economics, Sales, Business, upselling, selling strategies,management,marketing plans,Cultural materials,General, Health,medicine,school manuals, Sport articles and revues

Subject Areas

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Banking and Financial, Business Administration and Management, Business General, Business Marketing, Culinary Arts, Economics, Education, Entrepreneurship, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Finance, Food Sciences, General, Health, Hospitality, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, Mathematics, Medicine (General), Science (General), Sport and Fitness, Tourism and Travel

Voice-Over

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Detailed Description and Voice Samples

Background

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Language Pairs

· French: native

· English-French

· French-English

· Spanish-French

· Italian-French

Translation - Proofreading

· Translation and writing

· Website contents translation

· Proofreading of various texts

Areas of Translation and Education

Hospitality and Tourism industry, Gastronomy, Culinary magazines and revues,

Business & Management, Sales (strategies, presentations, training, management), Finance &

Economics, Marketing and Business plans, Pedagogy materials and manuals, Non-Profit

Organizations, User's manuals, Medical and Health articles (non-technical), Mathematics, On-line

Learning, School manuels & materials, Sports (Tennis, Volleyball, Rafting, Outdoors articles and

revues), Client and Employee surveys

· L.E.A. (Applied Foreign Languages diploma) – 1991, Jussieu University

· Bachelor’s degree in international business and hotel management – 1989 (France, Maxims’)

1993 (USA, New York University)

· Translation Certificate - TELUQ - 2006

· Russian courses – self-learning (2006-in progress)

Qualifications

· 18 years of international corporate experience: Canada (4), United States (11), France (3)

· Excellent oral and written communication skills

· Writing, proofreading and correcting various documents

· Entrepreneurial spirit, speed and details oriented. Excellent organizational skills

· Analytical and synthesis abilities

· Wrote a business plan to provide non-existing products to new markets in the US

Computer and Professional Skills

· MS Office Pro  18 years

· MS Access - Adobe Acrobat Pro   5 years

· Photoshop       1 year

· Visio       2 years

· Power Point      1 year

· Trados Freelance - Trados MultiTerm -  1 year

· Internet     20 years

· Translation – English/French, French/English    8 years

· Translation – Spanish/French, Italian/French    4 years    

· Translation – Hospitality, Tourism, Gastronomy    8 years

· Translation – Business and Management  8 years

· Translation – Popular culture and Websites    3 years

· Special events management and coordination  15 years

· Developing set of performance guidelines for the sales 10 years

department

· Cost containment and improvement of the bottom line   9 years

results

· Coordinating training and employee workshops in   5 years

motivational seminar

· Staff Management and training (30)    7 years

Employment History

Software

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• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• PowerPoint
• TRADOS

Translators & Agencies Rated by Valerie Renaud

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None