Sophie TRAN
born in 17th March 1972
single
French nationality
TRANSLATOR
English - German - French
Email
sophietm@bigfoot.com

Thanks to the visitors !

I am looking for a Telework or any work in the vicinity of Nice,
if possible, relating to the translation (from English or German to French)
or the checking of any French material or anything else. Whatever !

Here are my Curriculum Vitae and its little table of contents.

So please contact me if you are interested ! Thanks in advance !

CV de Sophie Separateur Chez Sophie E-mail

balle FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND COMPUTER SKILLS balle

balle EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE balle

balle INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE balle


EDUCATION

triangle Secondary education

1986-89 Lycée Albert CALMETTE, Nice, France
1989 Baccalaureate A1 (Philosophy & Mathematics). Equivalent to "A" levels

triangle Higher education

1989-91 Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Nice, France
1991 Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie in Computer Science
1991-95 Université des Lettres, Nice, France
1994 Licence de Langues Etrangères Appliquées (Applied Foreign Languages)


OTHER INFORMATION

triangle Foreign languages

French french flag my mother tongue
English uk flag good working knowledge
Germany german flag good understanding of written language

triangle Computer skills

Programming languages C, Html, Pascal, Cobol, SQL, HyperPad
Operating systems DOS, WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS, UNIX, VAX-VMS, NOVELL
Softwares WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, XPRESS, PHOTOSHOP, LVIEW PRO


PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

My professional objective is to become a technical translator, especially in the computer field. I'd like to get a telework therefore I can follow the education and evolution of my future children because I think it's important for a child to have always one of his parents taking care of you.


WORK EXPERIENCE

March 1996
Training leader at the town council of CARROS.
I trained 12 staff members to use the software EXCEL release 5.0, 8 hours a day, with personal course and exercises on floppy disks.
November-December 1995 Seasonal worker at the tax office of Cadeï.
I put some elements of cheques in the computer on terminal BULL with MEDOC and I kept an eye on files concerning the lease, by answering letters and phoning people in order to give them individual information.
July 1995 French teacher at the EF school.
I trained 12 young foreign students, 4 hours a day, I taught them the French grammar and pronunciation in language laboratory and through general conversations.
April-June 1995 Programmer at NICE TELE-SERVICES.
I joined a team who had to take charge of the change in the management of the people who subscribed to the TV cable. I checked the new data base against the previous one with EXCEL release 5.0 and REFLECTION under NOVELL, after many searches with STARSOFT and also by developing some "macros" and consulting maps.
October-March 1995 Student support at the Langues Etrangères Appliquées department.
I gave individual lessons of initiation into softwares (the word-processing WORD and the spreadsheet EXCEL under WINDOWS 3.11 and XPRESS on Macintosh).
Mai-July 1994 HyperPad coder at NETG Applied Learning GmbH.
In conjunction with a team of translators, I worked for the preparation of the SAP training modules in the French language version. I used HyperPad which was a programming tool managing interactive applications and I collaborated with SAP-expert on the translation's correction.
September 1993 Seasonal worker at the laundry society called ELIS-VITE ET BIEN.
I worked as a production agent, that means, I sorted out the dirty linen of different hotels in several categories (table or bathroom linen or sheets etc.) and I put the daily number of each category in the computer.
August 1992
& July-August 1991
Seasonal worker at the prefecture of Nice, driving licence service.
In conjunction with a counter clerk, I was showed how to face people and answer their questions concerning the administrative procedure (how to convert a foreign driving licence into a French one or a military driving licence into a civil one, what to do if it is lost or stolen etc.), using the telephone or sending letters.
April-June 1991 Trainee with C.H.R. of Nice, Hospital PASTEUR, Hyperbare service.
In conjunction with a psychologist, I computerized the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (M.M.P.I.). The computerization included a report which I had to present orally in the presence of 2 professors and the doctor who was responsible for my placement.
July-August 1990 Seasonal worker at the prefecture of Nice, driving licence service.
In conjunction with a counter clerk, I was showed how to face people and answer their questions concerning the administrative procedure. I consulted terminals to inform the police if someone or other was the holder of a driving licence.

INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES

Drawing I draw in pencil all what I can see, especially landscapes or parts of architecture or everything of my own imagination.
Travel From San Francisco to Los Angeles (United States of America) in 1995 for holidays.
In London (United Kingdom) in 1994 for professional reasons.
In Neutraubling (Germany) in 1987 within the context of a cultural exchange, organized by the school.

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