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Technical and Scientific Translation
Proofreading
Project Management
DTP, Graphics Localization

Languages :

• English -> French
• French -> English (revision by an English proofreader)
• German <-> French through a personal network of translators

Fields :

• Information Technology, including Complex Systems Modeling Research
  BioIT : Data mining and multi-dimensional statistical classification on wide data sets
  See especially the Web site of Biobase international, Development of Biological Data Bases and Knowledge Bases
  See also the Web site of French companies specialized in Biophotonics and BioIT
  
• Telecommunications
• Electronics and Optronics
• Biochips
  see (in French) the chapter from a book edited by Flammarion Medicine : Puces à ADN. Méthodes d’étude du génome et du transcriptome, J.-M. BIDART and L. LACROIX) ,
  see the web site of the company Affymetrix , pioneer of the DNA chips technology.
• Systems-on-chips (SoC)
• Nanotechnologies : photonic crystals, lasers, etc.
  
• Physics
• Nanosciences
  See the web site (in French) of the Condensed Matter Physics Lab (CMP) of the French Polytechnique Engineer School: Research thematics in Nanosciences,
  See also the web site of the Physics Institute of Rennes, Brittany and its research teams.
• Biophysics
  See the web site (in French) of the Irregularities Research Group of the CMP Lab of the French Polytechnique Engineer School
  See also the web site (in French) of the Biophysics Research Group of the Physics Institute of Rennes, Brittany.
• Lasers
  Applications in Biology, Medicine, IT security (cryptography)
  See the web site (in English) of the Laser Physics Group (PHYLAS) of the Rennes Physics Institute
• Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics
  See the web site (in English) of the French Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics National Institute (IN2P3)
  See the web site (in English) of the Matter Sciences Division (DSM) of the French Research Centre CEA in Saclay, Research Institute on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU) and its Research Themes, Astrophysics Division (SAP), Particle Physics Division (SPP)
  See Aurélien Barrau's web site, French physicist specialized in Cosmology and Black Holes, working at the Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France
  See the web site of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
  See the web site of the Physics Research Group, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton
  
• Medicine and Cognitive Sciences:
• Neurosciences : Brain Modeling, Brain Image Registration (fRMI)
• Cognitive Neurosciences
• Neurobiology:
  see the TGEN (Translational Genomics Research Institute) Web Site , located in Phoenix, Arizona
• Research on degenerative brain diseases
• Research on early cancer and genetic pathologies detection methods (Biostatistics and DNA chips).
• Biomathematics : Complex Systems (NLDS) applied to Physiology.

Current Wishes :

• Translating scientific books, papers, web sites related to Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Cognitive Therapies, Complex Systems or Non Linear Dynamic Systems
  
• Writing papers or summaries related to research topics in these currently fast growing disciplines.
  

A concise glossary of linguistic terms with their etymology (in French, xls format)

Web Site Localization
Software Interface Localization
Graphics Localization
Voiceovers : recording of mp3 soundtracks

Languages :

• English -> French

The term"localization" (English : "localisation") or l10n is an anglicism : it is derived from the adjective "locale", which relates to all the cultural references of one language.
An equivalent term is the term "internationalisation" or i18n which covers all the localization processes toward the maximum number of target languages (distinct from the source language).
It consists in translating all the text resources of a software, a web site, an on-line help, without forgetting the captions included (sometimes embedded) in graphics.
Sometimes a "cosmetization" process is required, when the cultural references of the target language require to observe certain conventions. (Colors to avoid or preferrable to use because related to customs, specific icons related to fundamental concepts in the target culture.)

Types of Documents

Languages :

• English -> French
• French -> English

• Basic Documents: prose, resumes, etc.
• Communication Documents: Marketing, Tourism, Corporate Communication
• Technical and Scientific Documents
  • User’s Manuals or Maintenance Manuals
  • Technical Support Documentation
  • Training Support Documentation
  • Press Technical Papers
  • Scientific Papers
  • Research Activity Reports or Technical Reports
• Technical or Scientific Magazines or Books

Domains

• IT, SW Development and Research
• Telecommunications
• Electronics & Optronics
• Physics
• Medicine, Medical Research
• Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences

IT, SW Development & Research

• Software User's Manuals and On-line Helps
• Localization of Software Interfaces
• Localization of web sites of IT companies
• Technical and Scientific Papers, Research Reports and Activity Reports 
• Specifications of algorithms, of systems 

Telecommunications

• User's Manuals and On-line Helps of telecommunications systems
• Localization of Operation and Maintenance Software Interfaces of such systems
• Technical and Scientific Papers, Research Reports and Activity Reports 

Electronics & Optronics

• Biochips, DNA chips
• SoC, systems-on-chips
• Quantum computing, quantum cryptography
• Nanotechnologies : photonic cristals, lasers

Physics

Translation of scientific papers and documents, localization of web sites of research institutes

• Nanosciences
• Biophysics, Physics of Complex Systems
• Lasers and applications in Medicine, Biology, IT Security
• Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics

Medicine, Medical Research

Translation of scientific papers and documents, localization of web sites of research institutes

• Research on neurodegenerative diseases (processes, causes, preventive and curative means)
• Medical Imaging, functional exploration
• Research on early cancer and genetic pathologies detection methods (Biostatistics and DNA chips).
• Neurobiology
• Biomathematics: Complex Systems applied to Physiology and Medicine
• Pain: therapeutic strategies to reduce acute chronic pains through a caring and a long-term follow-up of the patients including the use of cognitive therapies like biofeedback, neuro-feedback.

Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences

Translation of scientific papers and documents, localization of web sites of research institutes

• Computational Neurosciences (Brain Activity Modeling by coupling of the existing investigation techniques: fRMI, EEG, MEG)
• Cognitive Neurosciences : Modeling of cognition processes (memory, learning process, emotion process, decision), research on learning disabilities, research on synaesthesia
• Psychology, Sociology: modeling of communication acts (groups, Non Linear Dynamic Systems)

Some Reference Books
Links towards highly interesting sites

Thematic list of scientific books and connections with INRIA French Research Projects
(Click on this link to see the pdf file)
Mapping of Research Themes and Institutes
(Click on this link to see the pdf file)

Some wealth of information in Neurosciences :

• Neurosciences, Exploring the Brain (2001, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (USA) Editions)
  by Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso, professors of neurosciences at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island


• Book in French: Brain and psychology: Introduction to anatomical and functional brain imaging, by Bernard Mazoyer, M.D and Doctor in biomathematics, professor of radiology and medical imaging at the University of Caen, Normandy, France, Director of the CI-NAPS (Disease Imaging, Neuroscience and Applications Centre)  and of the CYCERON: Medical Imaging Platform located in Caen
  Nathalie Tzourio-Mazoyer, M.D and Research Director at the CEA, French Research Institute, cognitive sciences specialist,
  Olivier Houdé, Doctor in psychology, professor of cognitive psychology at the Sorbonne University and the research team of the GIN, Neurofunctional Imaging Group, CNRS, CEA managed by Bernard Mazoyer.

Links towards Research Groups in Neurosciences and Cognitive Sciences:

• Neurospin Research Group, Life Sciences Division (DSV), CEA Saclay
  managed by Denis Le Bihan, which includes 4 labs:
• Cognitive neuroimaging Lab - Inserm U562 (Lcogn or UNICOG),
  managed by Stanilas Dehaene
  Research Topics: psychological and cerebral bases of arithmetics, reading, language, consciousness...
  Language Development Lab, managed by Ghislaine Dehaene
  Research on Synaesthesia, Edward M. Hubbard who formerly worked with Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
• Imaging and Spectroscopy Lab (LRMN)
• Computer-Assisted Neuroimaging Lab (LNAO)
• Biomedical Research Lab (LBIOM)

• CI-NAPS (Disease Imaging, Neuroscience and Applications Centre)
  managed by Bernard Mazoyer, which is based upon the platform:
• CYCERON Medical Imaging Research Platform in Caen, Normandy
  
  The CINAPS includes 3 laboratories:
  
• LINDECO: Neurofunctional Imaging of Mentation Lab
• LINLANG: Neurofunctional Imaging of Language Lab
• LDMTEP: PET Technology Development Lab

• Scientific results of the Life Sciences Division (DSV) research groups, CEA Saclay, France
  

• Synesthesia:
• Vilayanur S. Ramachandran's Web site, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego.
• Videos of lectures held by Vilanyanur S. Ramachandran about Synaesthesia and about the Functioning of Perception.
• Site which lists and portraits a few individuals with a savant syndrome, showing extraordinary performances.

A few video illustrations of outstanding cases of synaesthesia and extraordinary performances:

• Daniel Tammet, author of the book "Born on a Blue Day", video "The Boy with the Incredible Brain", who has a synaesthetic gift for arithmetics (by association of colours and shapes to numbers) and for language learning
• Videos about Kim Peek, savant with a macrocephaly, having an eidetic memory, who has inspired the script of the movie "Rain Man"
• Videos about Stephen Wiltshire, alias "The Human Camera", in his 180-degree drawing sessions where he draws the 3D geometry of entire cities he has visually memorized after just one overflight in a helicopter

• On-Line Lectures of the IN2P3 Institute (French Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics National Institute, including:
  
• Forum "Physics and Consciousness" (in French), held in Paris on December, 9&10, 2005
• RNSC (French Complex Systems Research Network) On-Line Lectures

• On-Line Lectures of the Society for Applied Neurosciences, including:
  
• MIT's OpenCourseWare on Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• NIH (National Institute of Health) PubMed Medical DataBase

• "The Brain from Top to Bottom" ("Le Cerveau à tous les niveaux") web site, Canadian Institutes of Neurosciences and Health Research

• Institutes and Societies dedicated to Research on Brain and Cognition:
• French Society for Neurosciences
• European Dana Alliance for the Brain
• (American) Society for Applied Neurosciences (SAN)
• Salk Institute for Biological Studies : Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, San Diego
• Institute for Neural Computation, University of California, San Diego
• Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego

• Anne Beuter's Home Page, professor of Neurosciences, McGill University (CND) and Institute of Cognition in Bordeaux, France

• Miscellaneous Links
• Introduction to cognitive therapies: Biofeedback (site in French)
• Biofeedback Europe Fondation
• EEGSpectrum: Introduction to the neurofeedback therapy and to research work in this area
• HearthMath: Research Institute on Heart Coherence

• Glossaries and Dictionaries of Cognitive Sciences
• University of Alberta's Dictionary of Cognitive Sciences
• University of Waterloo's Cognitive Sciences Glossary (Canadian Computational Epistemology Lab)

Some Reference Books
Links towards highly interesting sites

Thematic list of scientific books and connections with INRIA French Research Projects
(Click on this link to see the pdf file)
Mapping of Research Themes and Institutes
(Click on this link to see the pdf file)

Some excellent reference documents for an introduction to Complex Systems and Emergence Research and its applications to many areas:

• The Quark and the Jaguar, Adventures in the Simple and the Complex, by Murray Gell-Mann (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1969)
• Chaos, by James Gleick, Viking Press
• See the thematic list of scientific books, section 1.3, p.7 "Non Linear Dynamic Systems..."
• See also the mapping "Projects and Research Labs", section 3.1.5, p.28 "Chaos, Non Linear Dynamic Systems..."

Links towards Complex Systems Research Groups :

• (French) Complex Systems Research Network: RNSC - Réseau National des Systèmes Complexes :
• RNSC On-Line Lectures,

• Institutes and Societies dedicated to Complex Systems Research in many fields of application:
• Santa Fe Institute : Research in Complex, Auto-Adaptive Systems ("Plectics")
• Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences
• Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics (CND) in Physiology and Medicine, McGill University of Montreal
• CND's links towards other Research Institutes in Complex Systems
• MCX European Programme: "Modeling of CompleXity" - Society for Complex Thinking

• French Research Groups studying complex phenomena in Physics, Biophysics, Irregularity (morphogenesis, fractal growth, etc.) :
• Irregularities Research Group of the Condensed Matter Physics Lab (CMP) of the French Polytechnique School
• Biophysics Research Group of the Physics Institute of Rennes, Brittany.

Software Tools

• Translation Memories Management Systems
  • Trados 7.0 (Workbench, TagEditor and conversion filters for FrameMaker, Indesign, etc.)
  • Managed by client and by application field
• Edition
  • Microsoft Office, FrameMaker 7
• Web Site Development
  • Dreamweaver MX 2004

Dictionaries

• Paper Dictionaries
  • Ernst – English/French Dictionary of Technologies and Applied Sciences
  • Ernst – French/English Dictionary of Technologies and Applied Sciences
  • Otman – Terminology for Artificial Intelligence
  • Houdé – Vocabulary of Cognitive Sciences
  • De Luca – English/French Dictionary of Internet and Telecommunications
  • Gladstone – English/French Dictionary  of Medical and Paramedical Sciences
  • Lépine – French/English Dictionary  of Medical and Biological Terms
• Term Bases/ CD-ROM Dictionaries
  • De Solliers – Computer Science Encyclopedic Dictionary (Lexpro CD)
  • Fleutry – Electronics Encyclopedic Dictionary (Lexpro CD)
• On-line Dictionaries

Rates

• Job Transmission
• Quotation
• Basic Rates
• Special Jobs
• Capacity

Job Transmission

• By email or through a secure File Transfer portal (secure client's server or ftp server) for big volumes.

Detailed Quotation

A detailed quotation of the job will be estimated, depending on the type of job to perform, its complexity, its technical requirements (required output format (e.g e-book), preservation of the links integrity within a volume and between volumes, graphics localization).

The quotation will clearly separate:

• The text-only translation,
• Tasks specific to the translation job:
  • Graphics Localization using specific DTP software (Adobe Photoshop, etc.)
  • Format de sortie (exemple : FrameMaker, génération d'un ebook avec respect de l'intégrité des liens, génération d'un document bilingue, etc.)

Basic Rates

• Numbering Units:
  - (source) word or
  - line of 55 characters : 8 words
• Currency Change rates : see site : http://www.fxtop.com/

• Translation:
• The rates depend on:
  - the contractor (direct client or translation agency)
  - the use of a TRADOS translation memory (existing or to be created).
  in this case, an analysis of the percentages of analaogies will be performed ans ce cas, une using TRADOS and the quotation will integrate the brackets of analogies estimated by the count log.
  - any extra technical job (Layout, DTP) will be estimated as the time required to complete it.
• Minimum Translation Rate per word : 0,10 €/word

• Proofreading:
• Minimum Proofreading Rate per word : 0,05 €/word

Special Jobs

• See page Localisation
• DTP Minimum Hourly Rate: 40 €/h. Time Estimation reported on the detailed quotation.

Capacity

• Average Daily Capacity : 3,000 words/day
  According to wished deadlines, this rate can be increased to 4,000 words
  
• Each translation job is printed, proofread on paper, goes through a last correction step and is proofread again before its delivery.

Profile and Examples of Translation Jobs

Electronics Engineer from ENSERG Grenoble and,
Specialized Degree (Post - Masters) in Digital Image Technologies,
University of Rennes I, FRANCE
Bilingual French English, excellent proficiency in German
15 years + experience in : Software, Documentation/Translation

Freelance translator since 2005, I have completed many translation jobs for translation agencies in France, in UK, in the USA (A Business World, Comms Multilingual Ltd, COMSYS LLC Boston, Burg Translations, MC2-Translate). Above all, I have an extreme requirement of rigor and precision for my work.
I have translated many technical documents, including big-size technical manuals and online helps as well as documents related to Communication and to the Coaching of Business Leaders.
I would like now to focus on translating all kinds of scientific supports (books, web sites, papers), especially in the pluridisciplinary research area on complex systems (Biology, Physics, IT, Medical Research, Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences). I would also like to write summary papers related to these studies.

• Examples of Translation Jobs
• Former Translation Experience

Examples of Translation Jobs

	US Telecommunications and Networks Company: Microwave Radio Systems Since 2006, every year, French translation of the Eclipse Microwave Radio System User's Guide in 6 volumes (Equipment and Operation and Maintenance Software, Appendices, etc.) Size: approx. 200,000 words, 650 localized diagrams and graphics 43 Framemaker files managed via TRADOS (Translation Memory Management System dedicated to this project, format conversion filters) Preservation of the integrity of hyperlinks within and between the volumes Generation of the French e-book used as the online-help for the Eclipse System. Size : 1,225 pages.
	US Telecommunications and Networks Company formerly Lucent Technologies: Product Fact Sheets for various telephony devices) Sales Guides (Contact Centers, Messaging, Mobility solutions) Sales Battle Cards Documents related to Avaya's BusinessPartner Program
	Water Disinfection UV Technologies - Canadian Company Operation and Maintenance Manuals for TrojanUVSwift Systems: (around 28,000 mots and graphics localization)
	French Translation of Press Releases for the official PR Agency of QuickLogic (Electronics): Original Press Release (Web) French Translation (Web) http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=250 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=252 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=253 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=255 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=263 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=265 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=219 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=221 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=192 http://www.wordsun.com/release.php?id=197

Former Translation Experience

1999 - 2003: Technical Documentation and Translation Director
(M.G.P Instruments – Lamanon, Provence, now belonging to the SynOdys Group, division of Mirion Technologies)

• 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,
  Mirion Technologies Group (RMS and Health Systems Division)
  More than 100 different manuals created or supervised - Average size = 150 pages.
  
• Writing and Translation (English to French) of Manuals
  Graphics localization, screen captures by simulation of the equipment operating softwarein the target language (French or English)
• Sub-contractors Supervision and Training to the knowledge of products and equipment operating and simulation software. Revision and corrections of the Manuals drafts created by the sub-contractors (writers or translators).
• Localization of Dosimeter Test Software

A 2-year collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lorient (Morbihan)

Translation of technical documents in the fields of electromechanics and sports biomechanics.
French voiceovers for video soundtracks.

Viewing of some translation jobs To view/ download a document under pdf format, click on the following links
	US Telecommunications and Networks Company : Microwave Radio Systems Since 2006, every year, French translation of the Eclipse Microwave Radio System User's Guide in 6 volumes (Equipment and Operation and Maintenance Software, Appendices, etc.) Size: 1,225 pages, approx. 200,000 words, 650 localized diagrams and graphics Excerpt in English: "Antenna Alignment" French Translation: "Alignement de l'Antenne"
	Water Disinfection Systems using UV Technologies Operation and Maintenance Manuals for TrojanUVSwift Systems: (around 28,000 words and graphics localization) Excerpt in English: "Introduction to UV Theory" French Translation: "Présentation de la théorie des UV"
	Scientific Papers by Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, Mathematician and Physicist. "The mass question": "The mass question" French Translation: "Le problème de la masse du neutrino" "Magic, Mystery and Matrix": "Magic, Mystery and Matrix" French Translation: "Les 3M : Magie, Mystère et Matrice"
Nuclear Instrumentation: MGP Instruments, Lamanon, FRANCE
	Example of User's Manual created: Alpha, Beta, Gamma Particulate Mobile Monitor

Voiceovers - recordings of mp3 soundtracks

Languages :

• English -> French

Examples:

• "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" written by Ken Kesey, screen-adapted in 1975 by Milos Forman with Jack Nicholson
  • A few pictures of the movie
  • 5 pages extracted from Kesey's novel read in English:
    • Page 1
    • Page 2
    • Page 3
    • Page 4
    • Page 5

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