Linguistic Skills
- Perfect mastering of French.
- Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese (spoken and written).
- Reading knowledge of Italian, basic German.
I successfully completed the Business Spanish I and II courses at Laval University, and hold the Diploma Básico, issued by the Government of Spain, which certifies fluency in Spanish.
Related Work Experiences
Research and writing for the In 5 minutes syndicated news graphics. Story editing of Flash animations published in the Canoe.ca web portal. Occasional translation of materials produced by the English-speaking division in Toronto. (Print & Flash graphic design by Justin Stahlman.)
Tight-deadline translation of articles and dispatches, from English to French, for The Canadian Press online division and various Sun Media printed & Web publications.
Lead member of the Communications and Advertising Committee in Koumbit, a Montreal-based nonprofit organization providing a wide array of Free and Open Source ITC services.
I've been responsible of the writing, translation and proofreading, in English and French, of most of the organization's external documents (press releases, news articles, monthly newsletters, website portfolio items). I've also been responsible of the advertising campaigns and the budget elaboration and monitoring, in partnership with the Comité de travail (Steering Board).
These tasks required fluency in communication tools and protocols such as wikis, IRC, Drupal, Request Tracker, etc.
Live Interpreter (from English or Spanish to French) at the annual Canadian International Model United Nations sessions, held in Ottawa.
French localization of the NewsStand Reader, an application that lets users read the digital edition of international newspapers such as The New York Times. French localization of the NewsStand website.
Translation and interpretation (from English to Portuguese, Spanish or French) in support of the foreign performers and recruits admitted in the General Training Program.
Re-writing and proofreading of the 2004 Budgetary Plan, in the Finance Division offices.