MARTINE BARNES
Address: 29 St John’s Street, Kenilworth Nationality: French
Warwickshire, CV8 1FT Date of birth: 22nd September 1975
Tel/Mob: 01926730496 / 07875302160 E-mail:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Translator (Part-time) Oct 2005 – Present
§ Translation/Proofreading/Audio-transcription (English into French mainly)
o Translation of various documents: marketing, semi-legal, human resources, health and safety, business proposals, Apple Store applications, letters, etc.
o Website translation: marketing, leisure and tourism, online gaming, etc.
o Proofreading/Reviewing (technical documents, advertising brochures, etc.)
o Audio-transcription and translation of the transcribed content into English.
§ Comtec Translations (Sept 2010 - Feb 2011; part-time work experience)
o In-house proofreading/translation checking (Trados/Memoq), liaising with freelance translators, preparing documents for translation and for delivery to clients, helping the company to recruit new translators.
§ Shape Services (August 2009 to present)
o Translation of content for mobile devices (GPSed, Business Card Reader, etc.).
§ Trivolos Hermann & Partner KEG (Feb 2009 to present)
o Website translation/proofreading (e-commerce).
§ LCI Bretagne (Aug 2007; Work experience)
o Translation and post-editing: technical documents, websites (Trados/Logoport).
§ Two-month translation project; TFH UK (Sept-Oct 2005).
o Translated the new version of the catalogue: names/descriptions of products, general/technical/medical information.
o Proofread and edited content as necessary.
French and Spanish Teacher/Language trainer Sept 2001 – Present
§ Teaching French and Spanish in a variety of school in the UK.
§ Language trainer – GCSE/A Level/university students/adults (Personal Tutors/Select Tutors).
Foreign language assistant (Caerphilly, South Wales) Oct 1998 – June 1999
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
§ Legal Translation seminar; City University June 2005
§ Starting out as a Translator seminar; City University June 2006
§ Trados 2007 training; Proz (course) Oct 2008
§ Upgrading from Trados 2007 to Studio 2009; Proz (webinar) Feb 2011
§ ECDL - Level 2 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Warwickshire College Feb 2011
§ Computer keyboard skills course; Pitman Training Mar 2011
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
Certificate in Continuing Studies (City University, London) Jan-Dec 2005
§ Translation course (English into French); General Translation/Law/Technology/Business.
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (UWIC, Cardiff) June 2000
§ Teacher Training (Secondary; French and Spanish).
Licence LCE (French equivalent of a BA); Rennes 2, France June 1998
§ Subject: English language, English and American civilisation.
Baccalauréat A2 (French equivalent of A Levels) June 1993
§ Main subjects: French, Philosophy, Languages (English/Spanish/German).