I am a retired university teacher of French. I have worked as a translator for major companies and taught French at an international company. I am at ease socially and enjoy helping people. I am available to travel.
I hold certifications for Spanish and French interpreting in 20 state courts, along with federal court certification in French, and am registered to interpret in German across these same jurisdictions. With thousands of hours of experience, I provide simultaneous, consecutive, and sight interpretation in English, Spanish, French, and German across remote, on-site, and video platforms. My practice spans nearly every industry, with deep specialization in civil and criminal legal settings—including depositions, trials, immigration hearings, and probate matters—as well as technical fields such as patent law, telecommunications, textiles, physics, mechanical engineering, and pharmaceuticals. I also offer translation, transcription, and subtitling services, utilizing all major industry-standard software to ensure precision and efficiency.
I am a translator and interpreter working with English, Farsi, Armenian, and French. My interpretation practice focuses on consecutive delivery across on-site, telephone, and video remote settings. I facilitate communication for legal proceedings, medical appointments, social service interviews, and business meetings. My translation work covers a broad range of subjects including biology, patents, financial documents, consumer electronics, energy and environmental reports, textiles, and telecommunications. I hold a Certificate of Proficiency in Farsi and English from the American Literary Translators Association and maintain active membership in the American Translators Association. Whether handling complex technical manuals or sensitive legal depositions, I ensure precise terminology and clear communication in every project.
I provide consecutive interpretation on-site, by telephone, and via video remote for medical and business settings, working from English and Spanish into French and Haitian Creole, as well as from French into Haitian Creole. My translation services cover these same language combinations, with a focus on delivering accurate terminology for healthcare providers, financial institutions, and corporate clients. With a decade of experience in the field, I hold a certificate in translation for the English-to-French pair and leverage my engineering background to handle technical content within my core specializations. I am committed to clear communication and cultural nuance, ensuring that every project meets the specific needs of the audience while maintaining the integrity of the original message.
I speak fluent French and Spanish and am proficient in Wolof, with professional training emphasizing simultaneous and consecutive interpreting. My background includes diverse roles such as an Intern Legal Translator, Bilingual Customer Service Representative, and Spanish Communications Assistant providing simultaneous telephone interpreting. I specialize in legal, medical, social science, and telecommunications settings across on-site, telephone, and video remote modalities. I have held multiple positions requiring trilingual skills to facilitate clear communication between French, Spanish, or Wolof speakers and English audiences. Whether managing complex legal documentation or supporting accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing clients, I am not only at ease using my language skills but thoroughly enjoy the process of bridging linguistic gaps.
Drawing on a dual background in civil engineering technology and international development, I deliver precise translation and interpretation services across English, French, Spanish, and European Portuguese. My expertise bridges technical and social sectors, covering business, energy, finance, marketing, mechanical engineering, telecommunications, and the social sciences. I provide consecutive and simultaneous interpretation for on-site, telephone, and video remote settings, ensuring accurate communication during high-stakes negotiations and stakeholder engagements. My translation work handles complex documentation ranging from structural specifications and scopes of work to resettlement action plans and reports on displacement or child protection. Beyond language transfer, I apply deep subject-matter knowledge to manage grant proposals, coordinate community development initiatives, and support documentary projects that advocate for vulnerable populations.
I work as a conference interpreter in the US since 1995 in all possible subjects. I work for the Federal Court System and have lot of experience interpreting patent litigations in the US and overseas. Travelling does not pose a problem. I work into and out of English, French, German and Dutch.
I interpret between Italian, Spanish, Catalan, or French and English in consecutive mode across on-site, telephone, and video-remote settings. My translation work moves documents from these same source languages into English with a focus on business, finance, legal matters, energy and environment, marketing, and social sciences. My background includes mediating high-stakes technology licensing negotiations and conducting channel-check research for investment funds across European markets. I have translated annual reports for major industrial firms and rendered complex legal documents such as loan contracts and licensing agreements. Earlier work involved compiling and translating refugee case histories for asylum petitions, requiring precise handling of sensitive personal narratives alongside strict legal terminology.
Native fluency in Dutch/Flemish and English. Masters Degrees in Linguistics and Classical Languages. Teaching experience in US and oversees, on HS and College level. Excellent knowledge of French and -to a lesser degree- Modern Greek. Reading knowledge of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German. I function very well in multilingual environments where several languages are used at once.
I finished my studies at Aegean University Radio-television-cinema in 1997. I work in tourism sector since 1997.I made also translations in the languages written above.
Ability to perform interpretation services in the following areas: medical/legal/immigration/social services.
Experienced in the areas of educational interpretation for special education services, dealing with assessment and psychological evaluation.
Also experienced with the Department of Homeland Security cases in the areas of telephone interpreting and monitoring asylum and refugee cases in detention centers(Haitian Creole<>English; French<>English. Immigration Court with
Recently edited a Haitian Creole Phrasebook containing vocabulary related to the relief effort, medical terminology(McGraw-Hill, September 2010).
Ability to edit and proofread employee manuals and academic materials.
• Worked as an Interpreter/translator for a BPCS back-end support and development project for Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt.Ltd, Chennai.
• Translation of technical documents from English to French and vice versa.
• Both written and verbal communication with the Clients everyday.
• Working from the very first day without any KT session.
• KT sessions on Basic French to colleagues
• Translation of technical documents and project proposals.
• Key member of the interview panel with regard to recruitment of French translators for the company.
• Excellent rapport with the clients.
• “Perfectionists” team award for the year 2006 for securing highest score in the Customer Satisfaction Survey two times consecutively, in the Manufacturing and Logistics vertical (Cognizant specific),
I speak, read and write the following languages fluently: Greek, English, French, Italian and German. I have lived, studied and worked in several European countries and have recently repatriated to the US.
My wife is Ukrainian, I am French and we have lived ten years in Norway before moving to NY. I use 3 different languages on a daily basis. Translation and Interpretation have therefore been a natural task.
I\\'m good at paying attention to details and especially enjoy simultaneous interpreting English to French as well as proofreading between English and French. My training is in linguistics. I hold a MA in French Linguistics from Indiana University and completed all coursework for the PhD in the same field. In the interest of my own language maintenance and professional development, I have made trips to France at LEAST every other year for the past 11 years. My most recent assignment was that of second translator for instructional materials on the safe use of heavy machinery.
I have more than five year experience working as a professional interpreter and translator. My service is mainly concentrated on medical, educational and legal interpretation. My clients include, Columbia Presbyterian, Cornel Medical Center, New York City Board of Education.
Bambara is my native language but I also have native fluency level in French and many West African dialects including Mandingo, Malinke Djoula and Mandinka. In addition, I earned BA in Arabic and taught Middle Eastern Studies for 10 years.
I acquired fluency in four languages through my education in Czech Republic, France, Bolivia, Spain and the US, all of which with excellent results. I developed my linguistic skills further at the most prestigious university in Central Europe, Charles University, where I studied French and Spanish for Intercultural Communication and received Bachelor's degree in translation and interpretation. I performed consecutive interpretation (Spanish to Czech, Spanish to English) during a Fair trade conference in Prague, Czech Republic and I was a personal interpreter for a French author during a book festival in Tábor, Czech Republic. I have also participated in a Translation for Progress project, where I have translated several chapters of a history book from English into Spanish. At the beginning of this year, I completed my Medical Interpretation training and received a HIPAA Certificate that allows me to interpret in the hospitals.
Although Czech is my only native language, both my Spanish and English are near native.
Well-seasoned multi-faceted French-English translator/interpreter with solid experience in international sustainable development, urban and regional planning, immigration issues, and international affairs, in particular the United Nations system.
