Landry Lefort
Professional statusFreelancer
Job/career Yes, I'm available
Technical English to French and French to English translator
I am a French technical translator looking for new customers and I am available for a lasting collaboration or simply for one-off projects. I spent the last 10 working years between corporate companies and the Academic system, mainly the French Education Nationale, that I have now quit due to my willingness to work freelance, as well as my much wider definition of the words quality and education. Widely used to CAT, I will both be fast and self-demanding over the quality of the end product. Also a good translator should always respect the time frames he has agreed with and I will dedicate myself to the completion of the task within the terms agreed between both parties in order to keep you as a partner.Skills
Technical and general translation
- Translation of legal, tax related and business documents
- Historical reviews and books. Other fields: sports, tourism, travel, politics, arts
- Technical brochures, manuals, instructions for use, website translation, software localization (French)
- Copywriting. Marketing campaigns, slogans in French.
- Translation of résumés and curriculum vitae
Proofreading
- Proofreading of all kind of documents on the afore mentioned themes
Languages
- French : mother tongue
- English: higher proficiency
- Italian: spoken higher proficiency, written advanced proficiency
- German: advanced
Computer skills
- MS Office 2007, all file format conversion software
- CAT (computer-assisted translation): SDL Trados, Wordfast Pro 2010
- OCR (optical character recognition): ABBYY Finereader 10
Professional experience
Technical English to French and French to English translator (freelance)
Landry Lefort - Caen - France(Freelancer - Since October 2009)
- Translation of the Fédération Internationale de Volley-Ball Sports Regulations
- Translation of a marketing campaign in English for Keng Saw, Paris Designer
Junior English to French and French to English translator
PTS translation - Hermanville sur Mer - France(November 2008 - November 2009)
- Technical translation in the above mentioned fields
- Training on all aspects of the profession of freelance translator
English teacher
Éducation Nationale - Caen - France(Permanent contract - September 2001 - August 2008)
- Contractor then qualified English teacher working as a civil servant
Key-account coordinator
UPS Europe - Dublin - Ireland(Permanent contract - September 1998 - April 2001)
- Coordination of procedures and deliveries of DeLL Computers on the French, Swiss and Italian markets (number one account for UPS Europe at the time)
Portfolio
Landry Lefort French translation

Landry Lefort French translation
Date
15/09/2010
Education
Capes d'anglais (French concours to qualify as a certified teacher, Masters degree recognized qualification)
IUFM Caen (October 2006 - July 2007)
- Preparation and success at first attempt at the "CAPES d'anglais" (ranking within top 20%). Translation training, English lingusitics and philology, teaching theory and practice.
DU adjoint de direction des PME (Bachelor degree in Business administration)
IAE de Caen (October 2003 - June 2004)
- Marketing, Law, Public Relations, Accounting, Management, Business Administration in France. Transfer of prior acquired knowledge and terminology (Britain and Ireland) from English to French.
Licence LLCE anglais (English language bachelor degree)
Université de Caen (October 1995 - June 1998)
- Third year completed at University College Dublin (major in Irish History and Litterature)