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Geneviève Granger
Technical translations
See also my General Curriculum Vitae
Education
Applied languages & Communication
at: UFR-LAC, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand II, France (September 1986-January 1992) and NIHE (now: DCU), Dublin (January-March 1989) (in the frame of the Erasmus student exchanges)
Degree: Maîtrise (Equivalent to a B. A.), Pass Grade 2, January 1992
Environmental sciences
at: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK (September 2005-December 2011)
Degrees: Diploma of Pollution Control, December 2008
and B. Sc. Hons of Environmental Studies, December 2011
Languages pairs
German > French
English > French
Also for short and low-technical texts:
Spanish > French
Dutch > French
Fields of expertise
Automation, IT, hardware, software, electrical and electronic devices, telecommunications, house automation, medical technique, environmental sciences and technologies, energy, automotive, agriculture
Also knowledge and interests in: marketing, archaeology, astronomy, gastronomy, biology, botany
Software Proficiency
TMS and localization tools
Very good proficiency with Transit, Trados, Across, MemoQ, MemSource and Catalyst, also acquainted with SDLX, DejaVu and Wintrans
Open to the use of new systems
MS Office applications
Very good proficiency
Others
Many experiences with different DTP programs, database systems and graphic applications
Experience
Over 12 years as an employed project manager and in-house translator.
Since November 2006 as a freelance translator.
Also refer to my General Curriculum Vitae and my profile on ProZ.
Particular characteristics
Excellent organisational skills, very good acquaintance with PC use, rapid capability of understanding and adaptation, high quality requirements, punctuality
Ethical restrictions
Please kindly take into account that I refuse translation jobs in the following fields for ethical reasons:
- Weapons, terrorism, war; war-like or terrorist equipment, practices or argumentations; appeals for war or violence, even to defend rightful causes such as humanitarian or environmental causes
- Abusive practices or experiences on living organisms and the promotion of such practices, the development and application of products that are knowingly damaging for and abusive of humans, animals and the environment, such as genetic modifications, growth hormones, pesticides, neurological control of animals for war purposes or other ethically dubious purposes, industrial livestock breeding in cruel conditions for animals, etc.
- Promotion, development and implementation of nuclear energy
- Texts with sexual, pornographic or paedophile contents
- Texts with sexist, racist/xenophobic contents, attempts to control or restrict people's freedom
- Texts from companies of poor ethical reputation, reported to have repeatedly and knowingly exploited, seriously harmed or ruined people or caused extensive environmental damages without coming up for them
