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Translator, institutional (documentary-style) film scripts, Aristophil

Translator, documents for the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Provence Traduction

Translator, Voice-over artist, TV ad for upcoming conference, TIC21

Translator, technical/business correspondence with Senegal, FDA Consulting

Translator, museum workshop guide to the polarization of light, (Subcontracted)

Volunteer translator, news articles, L’Humanité in English

Over the Phone (OPI) interpreter, business/medical, Teletech Inc.

Script writer, Voice-over artist, real estate infomercial, Eye Direct Seattle

Volunteer translator, environmental science/political documents, Greenpeace

Ghostwriter, spirituality/self-help book, Bioenergetics Inc.

Transcriber, how-to lecture on Illustrator graphics software, Snap Transcriptions

Writer, 30+ U.S. travel destination articles, Overstock.com

Writer, 50+ automotive part articles, Overnightautoparts.com

Proofreader, technical product descriptions in French, Marathon Industries

Education

Knox College, Galesburg, IL, September 2002 – June 2005

Diploma: Bachelor of Arts

Major: French (Linguistics, Translation), Minor: Anthropology/Sociology

Columbia University Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ, June 2001

Certificate: Earth Systems Field School II

Course Subjects: Environmental and Life Sciences

Translation & Interpretation Institute, Bellevue, WA, September – December 2005

Course Subjects: Terminology, Glossary Building & Maintenance

University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, September 2004 – June 2005

Center for Applied Linguistics, Besançon, France, September 2004 – June 2005

University of Burgundy, Dijon, France , July – August 2002

Writing Award

Davenport Fiction Prize (Knox College, 2003)

Related Experience

Intern, Poétricité, Besançon, France, February – June 2005

• Literary events coordination; poetry readings, SLAM competitions, writers’ workshops

Intern, GRCC Publications Office, Auburn, WA, April – June 2002

• Editing and proofreading of college catalogue and other educational materials

Chief Editor, The Mélange Chronicle, Auburn, WA, September 2001 – June 2002

• Start to finish production of 32 page literary & arts journal

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