Perrine DEBRAY
Freelance French Translator
Born on May 2nd, 1978
French citizenship
LANGUAGES
French: native language
English: fluent
Spanish: proficient
Turkish: beginner
EXPERIENCE
Since 2005
Freelance French translator
Books, press releases, NGO reports, marketing content, localization…
2004
SDL International, Maidenhead (UK), localization company
French translator (six months)
PeopleSoft, Paris La Défense, products and industry solutions for the real-time enterprise
Localization of a CRM software (six weeks)
2002-2004
EFAI (Editions francophones d'Amnesty International), Paris, publishing house of Amnesty International
Translation of public and internal documents (one year part-time and six months full-time)
2003
CFCE (Centre français du commerce extérieur) [French foreign trade center], Paris
Translation of technical documents in the food processing industry field, meat sector in particular (internship of six weeks)
2000
Multilingua, Villeneuve d’Ascq (France), translation agency
Proofread translations, edited glossaries, assisted the project manager (internship of six weeks)
EDUCATION
2000-2003
Postgraduate degree in Translation at ESIT (Ecole supérieure d’interprètes et de traducteurs), [translator school located in Paris], Paris III University, Sorbonne nouvelle
1999-2000
Junior year at NMSU (New Mexico State University), Las Cruces, NM, USA: studying foreign languages (English and Spanish) and applied subjects (such as economics and management)
1996-1997
Studying biology, physics and chemistry at Institut infirmier Santelys, Loos (France)
1996
Graduated at Lycée Européen Montebello [high school in Lille (France)]: scientific studies and English
OTHER
- Volunteering activities:
✓ CeCler association, Clermont-Ferrand, since 2019: teaching French as a foreign language to asylum seekers
✓ Oxfam Bookshop, Lille, 2012-2016: bookseller, one afternoon per week
✓ La CLE association, Lille, 2011-2012: teaching French to children once a week
✓ Christmas in April, Berkeley (USA), summer of 1998:
reorganized database files, developed fundraising projects, participated in the writing of the NGO newsletter
✓ French camp of California, Mendocino (USA), summer of 1998 and 2001:
camp counselor: organized activities for children aged seven to 13, prepared and taught French lessons
- Software used: SDL Trados Studio 2019, Antidote, Microsoft 365
- Hobbies and interests: sport (swimming, hiking, fitness), tap dancing, yoga, reading, listening to numerous podcasts, cooking, sewing, knitting