Professional Translator
French > English
Specializations: Environment, Gaming, Literature
Professional Experience
2010 - present Freelance Translator – Lyon area, France
Member of the SFT (Professional Translators’ Association of France)
Specializations - Urban Planning - Architecture - Geography - Archaeology - Anthropology - History and literature
Types of documents - Scientific articles and book chapters - Funding requests and project proposals - Land use plans, transport plans, environmental impact reports - Book chapters, novels and general documents

2008 - 2014  Research Assistant in Urban Geography – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Research supervisor: Prof. Jacques Lévy, Chôros Laboratory
In-house translation of scientific articles from French to English
Research on comparative urban morphology, urban sprawl and development

2005 Assistant Urban Planner – Ministry of Transport Quebec, Montreal, Canada
Supervisor: Bernard McCann
Assisted in the preparation of an impact assessment for a highway development project

2003 Research Assistant in Architecture – McGill University, Montreal
Research supervisor: Prof. Avi Friedman
Edited and proofread a book on affordable housing

Education
2015 Master’s in Translation – (Bac +5) Edvenn Institute, France
Program supervisor: Prof. Daniel Gouadec
Documentation, terminology, translation techniques, proofreading/editing

2003 Master of Urban Planning – cum magnum laude, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Research supervisor: Prof. Raphael Fischler
Specialization: Transportation Planning

2001 Bachelor of Arts – cum laude, McGill University, Montreal
Academic supervisor: Gordon Ewing
Double major in Anthropology and Urban Geography

Languages
A - English (native)   |   B - French (bilingual)   |   C - Italian (C2)
D - Hebrew (B2)   |   E - German (B1)

Technology 
Basic Office - Office Suite, Zoom, Acrobat, Photoshop, Google Drive
Translation - SDL Trados, CafeTran Espresso
Geography / Architecture - ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Google Earth Pro
CMS Web: HTML, Java

Hobbies
Archeology   |   Video Games   |   Horse riding   |   Knitting