About us
Technical Experience
Programming teaches the value of detail but most of all it requires just a little extra time.
My contact with purchasing, procurement, and marketing helped me understand the challenges of supply chain management in a factory that was rebuilt from the ground up.
My experience in development has allowed me to develop a database of technical terms for use in current and future projects.
Experience relevant to Translation
Producing detailed management reports gave me vital insights into the process of producing accounts.
I have managed and transcreated SEO-compliant text for multiple websites using industry-standard SEO analysis tools.
Eighteen years living in France has proved useful when it comes to understanding a text.
Advanced Translation
Words are my work. I have spoken French since the age of thirteen, and came to work in languages after technical studies.
I offer a range of translation-related services (technical translation, transcription, and subtitling, proofing).
I am interested in artistic and subtitling projects that intersect with multimedia, and hope to build on my technical experience.
Video Technician
I ran a small media business digitizing analogue video and audio formats, including Super 8. We duplicated digital media such as CDs, DVDs, SD cards, floppy disks, and Iomega ZIP discs, and recovered lost data from storage media.
The experience has been invaluable for subtitling, video editing, and transcription. I edited video with digitized film, which sometimes required colour and exposure correction, reduction editing, or compiling photo slideshows.
Database Technician
Much of my experience has been in information systems development, 10 years as a freelancer running a video transfer business and as an Excel teacher. I lived and worked in France for 18 years until 2018 and in the UK for 14 years in all.
Business Analyst
I was responsible for determining the compatibility of PC applications for year 2000 and whether to scrap, retain or redevelop them.
As a business analyst I learned the vale of documentation on the business side and in development teams.
Database Manager
It was a great sense of achievement to develop the purchasing database for a large computer manufacturer, with a complex data process. I integrated forecast and production data from multiple sources in marketing, production, and purchasing.
My role was to develop and maintain the import process and produce the necessary KPIs. I collated product road maps for significant components and identified purchasing requirements for the corporate PeopleSoft implementation.
Project Manager
I spent three months organising project development in Access for an insurance company, and four years managing data flows into a large corporate pricing database.
Requirements Analyst
We use UML techniques for functional requirements analysis with use cases, class diagrams and relational data structures.
Our involvement can take different forms, either in modelling requirements with business actors, in modelling data processes.
Experience as an Independent
As an independent, you must fulfil all the business functions: management, accounting, production, and sales, which provides valuable insight into the overall process of management.
