PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: NICOLE
GESLIN
Tel: +33 (0)5 61 11 77 45
Web site: http://www.ngtranslation-traduction.fr
e-mail: nicole.geslin@orange.fr
Native language: French
Second language: English
QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D ([Linguistics] University of South
Africa, South Africa) 1996
B.A. Hons. ([Linguistics] University of South Africa, South
Africa) 1989
M.A. ([English] University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South
Africa) 1981
CAPES and Agrégation d' Anglais ([English] Department
of Education, France) 1975
Maîtrise es Lettres (equivalent M.A. [English], Nice
University, France) 1974
Licence es Lettres (equivalent B.A. [English], Nice University,
France) 1973
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current: Freelance translator,
following early retirement at the end of 2002.
1981-2002: University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
and Durban (Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Department of Linguistics)
1978-1979: University of South Africa, Pretoria (Lecturer
in French, Department of Romance Languages)
1976-1978: Lycée Rémi Belleau, Nogent-le-Rotrou,
France (English teacher)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Member of SATI
(South African Translators' Institute), itself a full member
of FIT
(Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs/International
Federation of Translators)
LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- studies and work in
both French and English speaking environments
- constant focus on
language competence, in either French or English
- thorough
understanding of language structure and function (studying
and teaching of Linguistics)
- fully bilingual
- teaching of
translation in tertiary institutions
- articles published
in English in academic journals
- editing and
proof-reading skills
- experience in
translating Web sites from and into French or English
(translation of visible text; insertion of translated texts
into HTML files; translation of all tags)
- translation software used: Déjà
Vu X.
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updated: 25 February 2009
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