About emily
Hello, my name is Emily and I can’t wait to help you with your next French to English translation project! I have an incredibly sharp eye when it comes to detail and enjoy analyzing and dissecting texts in order to provide thoughtful and highly professional human translations or PMTE.
I have been a professional translator for 4+ years. I live in Oregon and English is my native language. My educational background includes Bachelor’s degrees in both French & Accounting obtained from Iowa State University as well as a grades 5-12 French teaching license. My time spent studying at La Sorbonne in Paris as well as the Alliance Française, in addition to my many travels to French-speaking Europe have given me an additional layer of cultural competence that is evident in my work.
Diverse Professional Background
- Current
- Professional Freelance French to English Translator since 2016
- Recent Projects:
-Travel & Tourism: Website content and promotions for a large
international hotel group
-Subtitling & Transcription: 29, 25-minute cooking show episodes
-Official/Personal Documents: 600 pages of official documents, records,
& educational transcripts from 15 different countries
-Marketing: 5 blog articles, Editing of video scripts in preparation for voiceover
-Business Documents: Policies and procedures handbook for a
large international company
- Previous
- Luxury Travel Advisor - Kathleen Stahl Travel (part-time 2019-2020)
- Translation & Interpretation Program Manager - Iowa International Center (2016-2018)
- French Teacher - Marshalltown High School (2014-2016)
- Bilingual Customer Support Representative - John Deere (2013-2014)
Education
- Iowa State University
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude and in the top 2% of the class of 2011
- Bachelor of Art in French
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting
- Grades 5-12 French Teaching License
- La Sorbonne - University of Paris IV, Cours de Civilisation Française
- I studied abroad for the Spring 2010 semester, where I earned 15 credits toward my French Bachelor of Art degree. During this semester abroad, I took courses strictly taught in the French language and lived with a host family in order to gain the most from the experience.
- I studied abroad for the Spring 2010 semester, where I earned 15 credits toward my French Bachelor of Art degree. During this semester abroad, I took courses strictly taught in the French language and lived with a host family in order to gain the most from the experience.
- Alliance Française - Paris, France
- In July of 2015 I completed a 4-week course for teachers of French as a Foreign Language (FLE), while staying with a French host.
Professional Memberships/Development
- American Translators Association (ATA) Associate Member
- ATA Audiovisual Division Mentoring Program Participant (Mentee)
- Self-study of Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling (Translation Practices Explained) by Jorge Diaz Cintas and Aline Remael
Personal Interests
- Travel
- Reading
- Cooking
- Yoga
- Hiking
