I am a native French speaker, with a university degree in translation (French, English, German). I have been a translator since 1996, specializing in information technology, telecommunications, and medical devices.

In order to better specialize in the medical field, I completed a 30-hour course in medical terminology at the Institute for Health Professionals in Portland Community College, Oregon, in June 2002.

I have a high level of expertise with Trados translation tools. At my previous job as an in-house translator for Excel Translations in San Francisco, I was in charge of Trados translation memories, MultiTerm databases, and all Trados-related issues. I am also proficient in MS Office, FrameMaker, PageMaker, PDF, and HTML.

I have worked on the following types of products in my main areas of expertise:
Medicine: radiotherapy systems, including software user interface, operating and service manuals, package inserts for catheters used in angioplasty, instructions for use of brachytherapy instruments, catalog of quality control products and services for clinical laboratories, informed consent forms, clinical study procedures
Telecommunications: mobile phones, broadband services, network access solutions, network management software

Software: photo, video & audio editing, computer games, genealogy, application and activity control system for networked computer classrooms, computer diagnostics
Web Applications: photo editing interactive website, online hotel reservation network, online shopping website for lingerie, records & information management online application, corporate website introducing client relations management solutions