Experience - CV

Feb 06 - present
Full-Time Freelance Translator and Interpreter
Centerport, NY
  • Translate French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian documents Into English.
  • ATA certified from French and Spanish into English.
  • Provide translation services for companies in the legal, business, and luxury fashion and jewelry sectors, including for publication.
  • Extensive experience translating documents related to criminal investigations and court documents relating to oil and gas, mining, and money laundering crimes.
  • Also provide translation services for companies in the international film sector.
  • Provide French - English consecutive interpretation in a variety of contexts, including fashion and jewelry, immigration and asylum.
  • Provide French - English consecutive interpretation services with Nuestro Terreno Común for the Nassau and Suffolk County school districts.
  • Client list includes: Rizzoli, Assouline, 19M, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Nuestro Terreno Común, SDL, RWS, Allegaert Berger & Vogel LLP, Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP, and Icarus Films.
Feb 06 - present
Freelance Interpreter (French - English)
New York area
  • Provide on-site and remote French - English interpreting services for clients in various sectors including property management, building and construction.
  • Also provide interpreting services for asylum hearings and IMEs.
Oct 10 - Apr 11
NYU School Of Continuing And Professional Studies
New York, NY
  • Instructor of Spanish to English Commercial Translation.
  • Taught online to students worldwide working towards the NYU Translation Certificate.
Feb 04 - Feb 06
Globe Language Services (In-House Translator)
New York, NY
  • Translated documents from French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese into English.
Jul 99 - Aug 01
Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, PC (Legal Secretary)
New York, NY
  • Prepared pleadings for filing in federal and state courts.
  • Prepared documents in conjunction with real estate closings and worker's compensation claims.
  • Translated for French and Spanish-speaking clients.

Education

The Graduate Center at CUNY
  • M. Phil. in French Translation, A.B.D. (October 2011).
  • 5-Year Chancellor's Fellowship.
  • Adjunct Instructor of French at Brooklyn College (Jan - May 2008).
  • GPA 4.00/4.00
New York University School of Translation (Sept 2004-Aug 2006)
  • Certificate in French to English translation.
  • GPA 3.83/4.0
Barnard College (May 2003)
  • B.A. in French Translation, magna cum laude.
  • GPA 3.68/4.00
Columbia Study Abroad Program (Paris, France/Sept 2001-Jun 2002)
  • Reid Hall (Columbia University); Jussieu Paris VII (Université de Paris).
  • GPA 3.59/4.00
Recent Publications/Speaking Engagements
  • Giacobetti, Francis. Francis Bacon by Francis Giacobetti. Trans., with Denise Jacobs. Assouline, publication pending for 2023.
  • Presenter, Est-ce que ça cloche? Coping with Culture Clash in French Fashion Translation at the 64th Annual American Translators Association Conferencei> (2022, October 26).
  • Blog post, with Denise Jacobs, of Clarity in Carats: Navigating the Murky Waters of French Jewelry Translation for the American Translators Association French Language Division Newsletter (2022, December 7).
  • Reybaud, Fabienne. Jewelry Guide: The Ultimate Compendium. Trans., with Denise Jacobs and Barbara Mellor. Assouline, 2022.
  • Massotto, Claudia. Tooth Fairy: A Magical Little Mouse. Trans. Arte Fusión Títeres SL, 2020. Print.
  • Presenter, with Denise Jacobs of What’s an Oversize Cowgirl Total Look? at the 60th Annual American Translators Association Conference (October 2019).
  • Blog post, with Denise Jacobs, of Pleats, Pockets, and Problems: the Deceptive Ease of Fashion Translation for the American Translators Association French Language Division Newsletter (2019, March 19).
  • Presenter, with Denise Jacobs of Pleats, Pockets, and Problems: the Deceptive Ease of Fashion Translation at the 59th Annual American Translators Association Conference (October 2018).
  • Translator, with Denise Jacobs of Martin Margiela: The Women’s Collections 1989-2009. Rizzoli, 2018. Also Exhibit at the Palais Galliera, Paris.
  • Translator, with Denise Jacobs of Fashion Forward: Three Centuries of Fashion. Rizzoli, 2017. Print. Also Exhibit at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
  • Spoke on translation/bilingualism panel at The New Dramatist moderated by resident playwright Mia Chung (May 2016).
  • Review of Translation Goes to the Movies, by Michael Cronin. Graduate Journal of Social Science 6.3 (2009):148-153. Print.
  • Pitch, Tamar. Pervasive Prevention: A Feminist Reading of the Rise of the Security Society. Trans. Farnham: Ashgate, 2010. Print.
  • Przybos, Julia. “Smooth Collaboration: Vitalism and Judaism in Erckmann-Chatrian’s L’Ami Fritz.” Trans. Models of Collaboration in Nineteenth Century Literature. Ed. Seth Whidden. Farnham: Ashgate, 2009. Print.
  • Translated news articles and personal correspondence of Philippe Halsmann from the Archives Privées de L’Alliance Israélite Universelle for historical fiction novel The Jump Artist by Prof. Austin Ratner (Published May 2009).
Language Software
  • Proficient in SDL Trados 2022 (and earlier).
  • Proficient in MemoQ, Wordbee, XTM, and Across.
  • Proficient in company-specific cloud-based CAT programs such as Prism, TM-Stream.
  • Familiar with virtual datarooms such as Venue.
Professional Organizations
  • Voting member of the American Translators' Association (2007 - present)
Community
  • Member of the Barnard Club of Long Island (2017 - present).
  • Member of the Barnard Alumnae-to-Student Mentoring Program (Sept 2010-2012).