2 years of preparation classes to (Higher) Engineering schools, Rennes, Brittany Electronics Engineer Degree (Bac + 5 years) from ENSERG , Electronics and Radioelectricity National Engineering School in Grenoble(Alps, SE of France) 1984. Specialized University Degree (Masters) in Digital Image Technologies (image synthesis, processing , analysis and coding). University of RENNES, 1990. Training Program on O.O.P (Object-Oriented Programming) languages (C++,Java) and Network Administration at the Consular Institute (Chamber of Commerce) in Lorient (April to June 1998) Free Attendance in the I.T Research Master Cursus of the University of Rennes (Man-Machine Dialogue, Machine Learning, Data Mining) from October 2004 to present. Basic Training Period in Genetics at the INMED (Institut de Neurobiologie de la MEDiterranée), Marseille-Luminy,
”Research for Everybody”("Tous Chercheurs") Society (16 - 18 June 2010). LANGUES :
bilingual French English, excellent proficiency in German.
Avril 2010 - now:
Consultant and search for a position of Scientific Translator and/or
Project Manager/Coordinator in scientific communication for a research organization in the medical area or in the Life Sciences area.
Design of a project aiming at creating a “DNA school” in Brittany and submission of this project to many people involved in Life Sciences research and scientific facilitation in Brittany.
Design of a project aiming at creating a collection of books in French on the theme of Complex systems applied to Life Sciences and submission of this project to 2 major scientific publishing houses.
2010: Theme: "The clockwork atoms",
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Presentation #1 "The measure of Time through the ages"
- Presentation #2 "Time within Living Beings: discovering tiny clocks hidden within our body"
2011: Theme: presentation of the activity of the association
Observation Radio de Pleumeur-Bodou
- Presentation "The nuclear reactions within the solar furnace",
and, a presentation inspired from Joël Primack & Nancy Abrams' book "View From the Center of the Universe"
"The Pyramid of the Cosmic Densities",
"The Great Cosmic Uroboros", "The decisive events throughout the evolution of life on Earth", "First interstellar message sent in 1974 from the Arecibo observatory".
2005 - 2010:
English to French Technical and Scientific Translator - Freelance (Lannion,
Brittany)
French Translation of technical documents (installation, operation and maintenance manuals), on-line helps,
technical press releases, product datasheets, marketing brochures , communication and training support documents (coaching of business leaders ), psychometric surveys and research, and scientific papers. Localisation of web sites, software interfaces, on-line certification exams, graphics & diagrams with embedded legends.
Full Mastering of Document Processing and of the Translation Process
Medicine, Pharmacology Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Entomology Environment
Communication Management,
Human Resources Management, Psychometrics Law
Scientific Watch and Knowledge Acquisition on my main areas of interest (Pain medicine, Genetics & Orphan/Rare Diseases, Neurosciences, Complex Systems, Theoretical Physics) .
2003 - 2005:
Watch on Scientific Research Projects
Creation of a Thematic Mapping of Scientific Research projects (France,
United States, Canada)
see document"Research Projects and Labs" and document"Consulted Books"
Areas: Neurosciences, Linguistics, Cognitive Sciences, Cognitive Psychology, Production of Contents (Multimedia Documentation), Non Linear Dynamic Systems, Quantum Physics, Cosmology,etc.
Free Attendance in the I.T Research Master Cursus of the University of Rennes: Automated Natural Language Processing,
Man-Machine Dialogue, Machine Learning, Data Mining.
1999 - 2003:
Technical Documentation and Translation Director (M.G.P
Instruments – Lamanon, Provence, Groupe SynOdys, Mirion Technologies)
Job Description and
Context
Creation and Updating
of Technical Users Manuals and Maintenance Manuals for Radioprotection Devices and Systems (Radiation Monitoring Systems, Dosimetry, Surface Contamination Detection) in the nuclear instrumentation field)
for a French company MGP Instruments, located in Provence, belonging now to the Mirion Technologies Group (RMS and Dosimetry Division).
3 Product Lines: Dosimetry:
Devices
for measuring, recording radiation doses received by agents upon
intervention in risky nuclear environments.
Devices for test and validation of dosimeters (Dosimeter Irradiators
- Workbenches).
Agents Security Management Systems upon intervention to control
the annual dose cumulation per agent and eventually deny the area
access in case of exceeding of the legally-defined maximum cumulation,
complying with the associated legislation.
Surface
Contamination Detection Equipment:
Surface Contamination Detection of objects or people when accessing
or exiting an intervention area.
Radiation
Monitoring Systems:
Monitoring systems
performing the on-line or off-line radioactive analysis of liquid
or gas effluents regarding the presence of radioisotopes ( alpha,
beta, gamma radiation energy ranges) installed in different areas
of a nuclear power plant. Indication of alarm threshold exceeding
locally or remote (data transmission to a remote Monitor Management
System).
Maintenance and Set-up Software of the Processing and Display
Unit of the performed analyses, "governing, intelligent"
unit of these monitoring systems.
Monitoring Systems
based on a modular architecture:
For a given analysis type, adaptation of generic monitoring systems to match
the special detection needs of a nuclear site.
Project
Director and Writer
Users and Maintenance Manuals (French and English versions)
(more than 100 different manuals created or supervised averaging 150
pages)
Sub-contractors
Management (technical writers and translators) and Training to products/ software knowledge
Translator
(French / English or English / French)
skilled in the constitution of specialized glossaries
Streamlining of the translation process towards completion deadlines :
for instance, if the manual could be "deduced" from the
manual of a functionnally-close equipment for the concerned target language
(adaptation) : designation of the textual sources to adapt and of
the changes to make.
Quality Control: Check of terminologic and text-image consistency,
cross referencing, data resourcing.
Iconography : Graphics Localisation : diagrams, captions
and labels of photos integrated in the manuals, screen captures by
software simulation in the O.S environment of the target language
(French or English)..
1992 à 1998 :
Freelance (Translator, English Teacher, Trainer, Web Editor, Software
Developer)
Technical
Translator, Interpretor
French to English or English to French Translation in the electromechanical
field and sports biomechanics.
French voiceovers for video soundtracks.
Interpretor for groups working on EEC projects
(DDTE, ATLAS-EPSR Vannes - theme: issues related to work insertion
of disabled people)
English
Teaching
Organization (Conception of teaching supports) and Teaching of English
courses for the Consular Institute in Lorient (Chamber of Commerce
and Industry))
Web
site Editor (French/English version)
Trainer
in Office Automation Software (Word,Excel)
Development of original training supports
Software
Developer
Management Software (DBMS) (Invoicing, Energy Costs Analysis, Staff
Management, Accounting Software) based on ACCESS, Visual Basic
(see Productions)
Customized Excel 5- based software for the accounting and attendance
management of a school. Administration and accounting services using
the software.
Along
these activities, from 1992 to 1994, conception
and study of a project for creating an I.T Training and Multimedia Centre
in Belle-île en Mer (French island in the Atlantic
Ocean).
Communication work, actions to generate a local public interest in
the project.
Search for funds and partnerships.
1990 :
Specialized Degree in Digital Image Techniques: Image Synthesis , Analysis
and Coding in the IRISA
(Computer and Automatic Systems Research Institute in
RENNES, Brittany)
Image
Synthesis:
Scientific Translation, Software Conception and Development
Bibliographic study of volume rendering techniques for 3D medical
image viewing
(research documents on "Volume Rendering" from the
Rayleigh University, North Carolina )
User's Guide of a graphical user interface language software ( based
upon the C Language )
Conception/ Study of a modeling software for mechanical scenes (IRISA
90 report)
1985 - 1990 :
Project Engineer at CAP SESA Telecom RENNES (CAP GEMINI Group)
Image
Synthesis
Development of the shapes and scenes modeling part of a ray-casting
software dedicated to one of the 1st multi-processing computer "CRISTAL".
Environment, Programming Language : Unix (SUN), C Language
Maintenance
of Network Systems
(X25 Transpac )
Conception and Development of a software detecting hardware troubles
of Transpac Network Switch
Languages, application type: Macroassembler , Multi-Task Real Time
Development.
Development of the Transpac Supervision Software.
Environment, Programming Language: Unix (SUN), C Language
Maintenance of the Transpac X25 Network Administration Unit Software.
Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences
Authors read: Antonio Damasio, Eric Kanel, Gerard Edelman, Joseph Ledoux,
Alain Berthoz, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Stanislas Dehaene,
Bernard Mazoyer, André Nieoullon, etc.
Genetics, Epigenetics & Molecular Biology
Authors read: Jean-Claude Ameisen, Marie-Christine Maurel, Vincent Fleury (Biophysique)
I am a member of the French P rader-Willi Society
Complex Systems applied to modelling processes in Life Sciences (Biology, Medicine)
Authors read: Murray Gell-Mann, Leon Glass, Michael McKey (CAMBAM, formerly CND Montreal, McGill University),
Stephen Guastello, Holly Arrow (SCTPLS (Society for Chaos Theory applied to Psychology & Life Sciences))
Theoretical Physics (Cosmology, Astrophysics, Quantum Physics)
Authors read: David Deutsch, David Hunter Tow, Lee Smolin, Leonard Süsskind,
Hubert Reeves, Steven Weinberg, Bernard Sapoval, Michel Cassé,
Jean-Pierre Luminet
Between 1996 and 1998, Development of DBMS (Database Management
Software Applications) based on ACCESS, Visual Basic
Invoicing software, including
payment
reports and reports of invoices sent to clients within the selected month or
year, archiving features and consulation of former years reports. Accounting
of clients balances.
Energy Cost Management Software
(Electricity , Water , Gas , Communication Costs)
with a monthly -adjusted cost estimation, for a
chain of stores.
Staff Management Accounting
Software ( Contracts Editions, salary spreadsheets, accounting of all staff events (disease
stops, vacations, money advances, extra hours, retrieved hours ) Monthly
or annual reports. Archiving features.
Stock Control Accounting Software
( Product-consumption
statistics, product stock lifetime estimate through consultation of the product-consumption
statistics of the previous months or the same period in previous year and selection
of the appropriate parameter value. Purchase suggestion consistent with the adjustment
of parameters like product-consumption monthly estimate and/or safety stock. Reports giving the consumption statistics, accounting reports (sales figures, taxes, profits) . Related graphical reports. Archiving features.
2 years of preparation classes to (Higher) Engineering schools, Rennes, Brittany
Design of a project aiming at creating a “DNA school” in Brittany and submission of this project to many people involved in Life Sciences research and scientific facilitation in Brittany. 
Full Mastering of Document Processing and of the Translation Process
Translation References: 
Communication Management,
Human Resources Management, Psychometrics
Invoicing software, including
payment
reports and reports of invoices sent to clients within the selected month or
year, archiving features and consulation of former years reports. Accounting
of clients balances.