Curriculum Vitae

Profile

ATA-certified French into English translator with a master’s degree in translation. I provide certified translations of official documents for individuals, law offices, universities and government agencies, as well as nonfiction book translation services for US-based and international publishing companies.

Professional Experience

Freelance French into English Translator

Certified document translation

Birth certificates, livrets de famille, driver’s licenses, academic transcripts, diplomas, professional certificates, university course framework, actes notariés…

Literary translation

Recent publications:

  • Plants of the Bible by Marie-Jo Thinard & Florence Thinard, Quarto, 2026 

  • The Brasserie Cookbook by La Nouvelle Garde, Hardie Grant, 2025 

  • Vegan Japan by Julia Boucachard, The Experiment, 2025 

  • Natural Treasures of the Mediterranean Pyrenees, Tourisme Pyrénées Orientales, 2023

  • Catalonia Discovery Pass, Tourisme Pyrénées Orientales, 2022

Federal Language Consultant, National Language Service Corps, March 2024—present

Volunteer position serving language needs of government agencies.

Research Consultant, ISM Interprétariat, Paris, France, September—December 2019

Independent research project funded by a French nonprofit on the regulation, organization and provision of community interpreter services in the US.

 

Education

Master 2 Applied Foreign Languages: Translation, terminology, documentation (Fr<>En, Fr<>Es)
Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, 2017 —2019
Awarded a “mention” for my research on the Grand Canal of Nicaragua

B.A. French literature
West Virginia University, 2004—2009
Study abroad program in Vendée, France (summer 2009)

B.S. Marketing
West Virginia University, 2004—2009

 

Professional Affiliations

  • American Translators Association, 2019 (certified for French into English translation - 2023; attended annual conference 2019-2025; 2025 conference speaker: Navigating the Nuances of Culinary Translation)

  • National Language Service Corps, 2022 (Federal Language Consultant)

  • Société française des traducteurs, 2025

  • Colorado Interpreters and Translators Association, 2022 (attended annual conference - 2024)

 

Extra-Professional Activities and Interests

  • Volunteer translator with Ashoka, TED, Translators Without Borders, PerMondo

  • Volunteer service trip chaperone with Children’s Global Alliance (Nicaragua—2016, Morocco—2025)

  • Volunteer English teacher/translator for Comunidad Connect (Nicaragua 2013—2016)

  • Ski instructor (2007—present; certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America; awarded a scholarship to the Logan Ski Academy; chosen to teach Obama family)

  • Traveling, skiing, hiking, cooking, French pastries, historical fiction, impressionist art

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