Recent translation projects

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Recent translation projects from French to English totalled around 550k words in 2019 in a wide variety of industrial and technical domains.

I have translated about 1.7 million words since 2015 in a wide variety of industrial and technical domains.

Examples of translation projects

Title	Words
Procedures and norms for installations work in a foundry.	54000
Maintenance procedure and parts lists for military vehicles	32078
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) specifications and guidelines for an electronics component manufacturer	15559
Transport protocols for delivery of Sulphuric Acid to sites	15000
Masterclass video transcription of well-known French writer	10647
Specification for factory packaging conveyor belt system	10062
Health and safety regulations for the prevention of bird flu	10000
Transcription of Kevin Staut Masterclass of a show-jumper	9100
Health and Safety guidelines for large industrial security firm	9000
Contract for long-term vehicle rental	8524
Requirements specifications for ERP	8126

Translation projects volumes

I have translated a total of 2.5M words in the 7 years from 2015 to 2021. These are the figures calculated since using Trados, but I was translating smaller volumes from 2012. My largest volumes are in technical, business legal and information systems.

I manage a terms database that helps me track the number of words translated or proofread. Very large volumes may be spread over several weeks.

I’ve collected many specific and general terms over the years and recently combined them into one translation database. These are the number of terms against the number of words translated or proofread by domain.

Specialist translation projects

one of my translation projects from French to english for this charming guest house mon escale en morbihan

I translated a tourism website, Mon Escale en Morbihan. A warm and friendly welcome to the Morbihan, in a traditional and calm setting. Catherine et Régis welcome you to their stylish wood-built guesthouse, with smart and colourful rooms. I also implemented the partial translation into Dutch, supplied by another translator.

The following are articles in both French and English.

Audiovisual translation projects

There are many different types of video editing: simple cutting, based on a theme, reduction editing or compilation. Choose the best type of editing for you.

video editing in première pro — Editing timeline from Adobe Première Pro

We did several video editing projects during the years of transferring old media to digital. Usually, these projects were one of many compilations or reduction edits.

This is a documentary edit down from 22 hours of recording to 58 minutes and Esperance de Vie was shown in three local cinemas – in Josselin, at Locminé and in Grand Champ.

The main personality around whom this film is based, Jean Guillemet, aged 76 conveys his feelings about how society has changed since smallholdings were regrouped, that people started leaving the countryside for the towns, that shops and schools closed and how life although much harder was somehow much simpler.

Management translation projects

My original speciality was information systems management. In terms of career, I have done a lot of Access development, but since being a freelance, one of my main challenges is to organise my priorities.

Services available have changed quite dramatically since 2004. Here is my take on some of the useful task management tools I have used, including Ayoa Todoist, Evernote and Notion.

Part of this quest has involved a keen interest in visual methods, especially Mindmapping and visual modelling languages such as UML and SSADM for Information Systems design and Systems Analysis.

I have written about Management techniques and methods such as Getting Things Done (GTD) and Plan Do Check Act (PDCA).

Legal and Business Translation Projects

Here is a list of the legal and business translation projects done to date. Most of these are translations from French to English, except the adoption ruling.

Legal and Business translation is one area where I receive quite a bit of work. It was not one of my original specialities, but a skill acquired over time.

As with most new domains, I create a vocabulary list in my translation database and investigate any unknown terms. Internet is of course a great source of information for translation.

Translation Sources

Sometimes you can find the translation in example phrases, as on Linguee. On occasions, I use the translation glossary search on proz.com. Sometimes the words may already be known!

For technical words, there are a few good sites, notably Le Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique from the Quebec Government and Techdico.

For more common words, I use online dictionaries such as Word Reference, which also has associated discussion and Reverso.

Manual and MT Translation

This is all useful when doing a manual translation. GT4T using the DeepL machine translation engine is particularly useful for automated translation where the text is mainly prose. Automated translation can also be useful in some technical content.

Once a translation completed, I generally proofread with Antidote. I also tend to play a translation back to myself using Microsoft Azure Speech Engine for Trados provided by TTS.

Legal and Business Translation projects

If you would like to confer your legal and business translation project, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Agency customers

Agency	Orders
SVP Traductions	88
Powerling	71
Production SA	52
Paysdoc	34
Spotl	19
Hiventy	9

Client companies

These are some of my indirect customers through agencies.

End Customer	Words
Nexter Systems	65078
Constellium	54000
Lylo Media	21697
Oney	21000
Brussels Government	18864
Dematic	10062
SYSAAF	10000
ESRF	9437
Plastifrance	9000
DEF	9000
BNP Arval	8524
Ministère de l’Economie	8466
BNP Paribas	8089