Eléonore Wapler
Translator, Eleonore Wapler French Translation Services
navilogos@yahoo.co.uk
http://frenchtranslation-uk.eu
I am a qualified French freelance translator with two years' experience in the profession and am always happy to get in touch with more people to work for or in partnership with.
I provide French translation services and other related language services.
My goal is to provide you with the highest-quality, affordable services available and I will go the extra mile to reach my goal.
BACKGROUND
I hold a degree in English studies from the Institut Catholique de Paris (2001) and another in Librarianship and Information Management from the Ecole de Bibliothecaires et Documentalistes, also in Paris (2003). After my studies I worked as a Document Manager with an international asset management company - Horizon Asset and Investment Management - for two years. I then moved to Edinburgh in Scotland where I graduated - Post Graduate Diploma - in Translation and Technology at Heriot Watt University (2007). Since then, I have been working as a translator for different companies and organizations, some of which have become regular customers.
EXPERIENCE
So far, I have worked with governmental organisations, naval architects, content engineers, graphic designers, audio-visual technicians, Bible translators, Educational Media producers, NGOs, video game producers, individual professionals and also for translation agencies both in France and in Britain.
I will provide you with affordable, high quality translating and other language related services such as proof reading, website localisation, interpreting (consecutive).
I will do the work within the deadline we will have agreed on.
I translate webpages, marketing leaflets, educational papers, booklets, instruction manuals, DVD scripts, technical articles, conference reports, promotional material for retailers, educational guides, press articles, mail, etc
Call for a free quote!
2008 - now Translator Self employed
Projects management
I have worked as a project manager on large multilingual and monolingual translation projects for clients.
When appropriate, I do occasionally outsource translation work to one or several translators and do quality control.
Interpreting
Whisky tours for several Scottish whisky companies (for groups of wine sellers and journalists)
Sheriff courts.
Police stations.
Hospital and surgeries
Translation
I work with several translation agencies and for direct personal clients.
Sectors of specialization: nautical, real estate, environment, development, education, religion
Work in: business, general legal (contracts), the press, food and drinks, cosmetics, the arts, legal (Terms and Conditions), marketing,
Detail list of projects worked on available at request!
Teaching
Guest speaker at SWATI events at Heriot Watt University in several occasions.
Professional development
I am involved in several translation related networks including Proz, Scotnet and InterNations.
I am also active in several business networks. I am also a co-founder of The-Networks, a free business network which meets on a monthly basis.
Reading of the French press, radio listening and regular stays in France
2004 - 2006 Created a French and English dictionary specialised in real estate
Localised and collected legal and technical documentation from lawyers and property managers based in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam
Developed and managed the Document Management System (on Sharepoint Portal Server)
Translated document and file names from French (French and Belgian French) or Dutch into English