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French-Chinese Translators

Damien Larose, offer my services for English to French translations and vice versa

Place of birth: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Educational Background

2008  Certificate in Professional Translation
  University of Toronto, Canada
1992  Master of Arts in French Literature (MA)
  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
1985  Dipl?me d¡¯Etudes Approfondies (DEA) -- Sciences Economiques
  Universit¨¦ de Paris I, Panth¨¦on-Sorbonne, France
1984  Ma?trise -- Sciences Economiques
  Universit¨¦ de Paris I, Panth¨¦on-Sorbonne, France
1984  Certificat d¡¯Aptitude Professionnelle ¨¤ l¡¯Enseignement Secondaire (CAPES)
  Sciences Economiques et Sociales
1983  Licence ¨C Sciences Economiques
  Universit¨¦ de Paris I, Panth¨¦on-Sorbonne, France
1982  Dipl?me d¡¯Etudes Universitaires G¨¦n¨¦rales (DEUG) ¨C Sciences Economiques
  Universit¨¦ de Paris I, Panth¨¦on-Sorbonne, France
1982  Entr¨¦e ¨¤ l¡¯Ecole Normale Sup¨¦rieure ¨C Sciences Economiques
  Cachan, France
 
Languages

French: native, excellent style of writing.
English: fluent, spoken and written. 

WORK EXPERIENCE

July 2010 to now

Freelance Translator and Proofreader (Eng-Fre/Fre-Eng)
Odesk, Translatorscafe, Freelancer .com and ProZ (cvien77)
IT-Ing, Urloc Media, Intransol, Interculturaltranslations, etc...
Specializations: Tourism, Hospitality industry (10 years of exp,)
Psychology and NLP (5 years of practical exp.)
Electronics (+1 year of translation exp. Megger)
Machinery (+1 year of translation exp. Megger+Coca Cola)
Audits in the Hospitality and Catering industry (10 y. of exp.)
Pharmaceuticals-General (1 year of translation exp. Pfizer)
               
June 2010 to January

Freelance Creative Writer (articles and poems) 
destine2dance new magazine: Evolve and Embrace

March 2010 to September 2010

Online French and English Teacher

July 2007 to now

Life coach with NLP and Enneagrams.

April 2008 to April 2010

Night Auditor
Sofitel Montreal Hotel
Edith Langelier, FM
                                                                     
July 2006 to April 2008

Night auditor and Supervisor
Opus Montreal Hotel
Jacques Fortier, GM

May 2006 to July 2006                                

Night auditor (replacement of sick leave)
InterContinental Hotel Montreal (QC)


June 2002 to February 2006                         

Night auditor and Supervisor
Delta Centre-Ville Hotel Montreal
Alain Chan-Hin NM

May 2002 to August 2002

Night auditor and receptionist
Delta Montreal  Hotel

October 2000 to April 2002                          

Night auditor and Supervisor
Accounting of the day (credit cards, etc...)
Phone reservations and operator
Welcoming and taking care of clients
Contracts with airlines for cancel flights
Airport Mirabel Chateau Hotel, QC (Yves Langlais, NM)

May 2000 to October 2000                           

Night keeper and Auditor
Logs, infractions verifications and reports Files classification and data entry                                                                                           L¨¦vy Transport, P-A-T, QC

August 1999 to September 1999                  

Office Clerk
- Credit cards applications verification
- Research missing information
- Classification per codes
- Billing and pay check entry
Promotions DND, Repentigny, QC

June 1999 to September 1999

Convenient store clerk
D¨¦pan-?-Coin Repentigny QC

 April 1998  to June 1999

Phone operator (seasonal)
Horizon Uni-Vert Company, Repentigny, QC

Summer 1995 to Autumn 1999                    

Daycare educator
Garderie C?ur de Pomme lnc.

Autumn 1989 to Summer 1991

Library's Clerk
- Books classification and reservations     
- Basic books repairs
High school library, JBM Repentigny, QC 

Services

- Translation
- Voiceover
- Layoutting (Photoshop, Indesign, QuarkXPress, Illustrator)
-Proofreading
-Interpreting
- Editing 
-Project management

Areas of Expertise
Technical, legal, automotive, scientific, medical, pharmaceutical, biology, history, politics, literature, IT, user manuals, tourism, cosmetics etc¡­

Others

Translation: microbiology and biology and medical subjects, patents, sociology, business and finance subjects, culinary, and general texts.
Other Qualifications
Computers: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Publisher, Internet, SDL Trados 7.0) 
Method of payment
PayPal
Money Bookers