Working languages:
German to French
French (monolingual)
English to French

spilhion
Say it the French way!

Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Local time: 15:41 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: French 
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Accurate, tailored and timely translations & localizations
from English and German to French with one focus : get the message right



My native language is French. I have 2 bachelor degrees in linguistics and compared literature, 10 years of total translation experience.

I have been successfully translating financial, commercial, political, legal and journalistic documents as a freelancer from English and from German to French as well as published essays and novels (written by Stefan Zweig, Katharina von Bülow).

As a former journalist, editor and lecturer, I have an excellent command of my own language and as such I have been asked to write speeches for notable French politicians and economists as well as international artists and CEOs.

I am living half a year in Europe (Paris) and half a year in Asia (Shanghai).

My command of German and English, my aptitude for humanities and wide range of interests (economy, politics, public affairs, technology, news), as well as my highly developed commercial and financial skills and experience, make me highly suited to offer accurate and "bullet proof" translations. I am used to tight schedules, business minded and punctual. I am familiar with Trados 2007 to 2011 and with Microsoft Office.

EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF
• Finance : banking, business plans, balance sheets, portfolio management, bonds, equities, fixed income, forex, commodities, website localisations...
• Legal : distribution contracts/agreements, disclaimers (Switzerland, France), articles of incorporation (Switzerland, France)...
• Economy, business
• Marketing - Advertisement - Public relations
• Art, cinema (subtitling) and literature

• Bankwesen – Finanzen - Wirtschaft - Handel
• Juristische Übersetzungen (Vertragsübersetzung, Geschäftsberichten, Statuten...)
• Marketing – Werbung - Public Relations
• Literatur und Kunst


EXAMPLES OF RECENT JOBS: April 2011 - April 2012
FINANCE/BANKING GERMAN-FRENCH (8-20K words/month) ENGLISH-FRENCH (2-6K words/mth)

MARCH 2011 - APRIL 2012
EVERY QUARTER
• 2Q11/3Q11/4Q11/1Q12 Portfolio Managemement Report - Private clients/Privatkunden - CHF
• 2Q11/3Q11/4Q11/1Q12 Portfolio Managemement Report - Private clients/Privatkunden - EUR
• 2Q11/3Q11/4Q11/1Q12 Portfolio Managemement Report - Private clients/Privatkunden - USD
• 2Q11/3Q11/4Q11/1Q12 Portfolio Managemement Report - Private clients/Privatkunden - PURE
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Research - Introduction/Vorwort
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research - SNB & CHF
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Bonds/Obligationen - Credit Strategy/Kreditstrategie
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Bonds/Obligationen - Rates/Zinsen
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Forex Strategy/Währungen
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Asset Allocation
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Equity Strategy (Economic & Strategy research)/Aktienstrategie
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Alternative Anlagen - Raw material/Rohstoffe
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Alternative Anlagen - Immobilien
• 3Q11/4Q11/1Q12/2Q12 Global View - Spezialthema (about 3000 to 8000 words)
etc.

EVERY MONTH
Economic and Strategy research:
• Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research : Equity strategy/Aktienstrategie
• Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research : Forex Strategy/Währungen
• Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research : Sektorale Strategie
• Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research : Wirtschaftsausblick
• Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research : Fixed Income Strategie
• Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research : Regionale Strategie
• Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research : Sektorale Strategie
• Macro Focus Economic and Strategy research : Euroland (Italy, Greece...), USA, Switzerland, Emerging countries, etc.

Funds/Fonds:
• Prospectus, simplified prospectus, press releases - Prospekte, vereinfachten Prospekte, Jahres- und Halbjahresberichte...
• Financial press articles

On occasions
• Business Präsentationen, zum Beispiel NachhaltigkeitSustainable_Bond
• Medienmitteilungen


LEGAL GERMAN-FRENCH (2000-8000 words/month)
• Disclaimers (banking)
• Articles of Incorporation/Statuten
• Contracts/agreements (distribution, licence)

MARKETING GERMAN-FRENCH / ENGLISH-FRENCH
• Branding
• ITRetail

TRAVEL GERMAN-FRENCH / ENGLISH FRENCH
• Luxury travel guides (hotels, resorts, tours, local culture, food)
• Guide on cruises, nature and ecotourism (Ecuador, Galapagos)

FICTION ENGLISH AND ITALIAN TO FRENCH
• subtitles : short fiction film (fairy tale-like)



OTHERS
TRANSLATION OF NOVELS AND ESSAYS (GERMAN-FRENCH)
• Adaptation and notes of a novel by Stefan Zweig - Brennendes Geheimnis, Didier, 2000
• Translation of a novel by Katharina von Bülow - Le Manoir, Editions du Cerf, 2003
• Translation of an essay by Katharina von Bülow - Enquête sur une Identité, témoignage, in Mémoire et Identité, Culturesfrance, 2007

CONFERENCES: (selection)
• Jan 2011 - Collège International de philosophie, Paris "Transculturalité vécue: réflexion autour de la notion d'intraduisible et du passage d'une langue à l'autre"
• 2008-2010 - Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) - Conferences on international, export and multicultural business strategies to young French company leaders.
• 2006 - Goethe Institut Paris - Conference on the specificities of the German to French translation (with Katharina von Bülow and Claude Roëls)

OTHER EXPERIENCES:
• Hundreds of Radio and TV news features, press articles (politics, economy, finance...) for major French and International Media (Radio France International, Arte, Fuji TV...) for more than 7 years.
• Speech writing in French for politicians, economists, artists, such as Raymond Barre (former French Prime Minister), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (German baryton)...
• Editing/Proofreading of schoolbooks for Hachette publishing, Hatier publishing, Didier Publishing
• Teaching of French as a foreign language, French for business, and of French contemporary literature to Japanese university students (Kyoto university, French Institute in Kyoto). Member of the DELF and DALF jury

CURRENT ACTIVITIES:
I am currently writing a film script for one of French foremost filmmakers
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Top languages (PRO)
English to French24
German to French12
Top general fields (PRO)
Marketing12
Bus/Financial12
Art/Literary4
Other4
Law/Patents4
Top specific fields (PRO)
Finance (general)12
Real Estate8
Business/Commerce (general)4
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama4
Computers: Software4
Law (general)4

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