DESCRIPTION OF MY PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
With English as my mother tongue and holding a doctorate
in Geology from Oxford University, I offer my professional services
as a translator from French into English in a variety of scientific and
technical fields.
(professional status: Freelance Translator and Copy Editor, code A.P.E.:
7430Z).
Wordprocessing on IBM-compatible PC, estimates given free of charge.
Electronic mail : mcarpenter@infonie.fr
- My specialities include the
earth sciences (geology, oceanography), the
agri-food sector, the environment (
radio-ecology) and
petroleum exploration (
geophysics). I have recently diversified towards nuclear medecine
and molecular biochemistry.
- I carry out checking of the grammar, spelling and style of scientific
articles intended for publication in English.
- As a freelance service provider to the European Commission, I
have gained extensive experience in the post-editing of raw machine translation
output.
- I am the designer and developer of GEOBASE, a bilingual database particularly
adapted to the needs of translators and researchers in the earth sciences
(distributor: ELDA, 55-57 rue Brillat-Savarin 75013 PARIS; consult their
catalogue
for details)
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