C.V.
Jean Drouin
114 Quintal
Laval, (Québec)
H7N 4V6
phone: (450)669-9602
email:
Langages
English, French, Mandarin
Education
B.A. McGill University1995
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WorkExperience
Canasiacom

Laval, (Québec)December 2002 -

A specialized translation and technical writing company in Asian and Indo-European languages

Writer/proofreader/freelance translator

Translate and proofread different texts from English to Frenchand French to English

Write and proofread software andtechnical documentation

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Bell Internet

(Montréal, Québec)August2002– April 2006

A telecom company
Contract writer and translator
* Reviewed and updatedvarious internal documents

* Translated and proofread MSN documentation

Keops Technologies
(Montréal, Québec)
An IT consulting group
Contract writer and translator
* Reviewedandupdatedvarious software documents

* Reviewed and updated the existing document of a geospatial information system (GIS)

* Designed and debugged a Webhelp system for the JMapopen space analysis solution

SGDLSystems
(Montréal, Québec) March2001 – May 2002
An IT company
Writer/proofreader/freelance translator

* Reviewed, translated and proofread various internal/external documents from French to ….English

* Reviewed anddebuggedSGDL’s new website

* Reviewed and updated the existing English/French documents of a volume graphic ….rendering engine using Latex under UNIX
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Bell Elix
(Montréal, Québec) June 2000 – March 2001
A software telecom company
Contract writer and translator
* Reviewed, updated, andproofread the existing telecom documentation with FrameMaker

* Designed and debugged a JavaHelp system

* Reviewed and updated a WinHelp system

* Used the documentation and the app and found bugs

* Reviewedandcorrected several applications’ XML code

* Translated marketing documents into English
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Syscom Computer Engineering
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.September 1995 – November 1999
An integration systems development company

Contract technical writer,proofreader, and online help (WinHelp, HTMLHelp) designer

* Reviewedandproofread a tutorial for (APG) a COBOL application generator running under #3DOS, UNIX, and Tandem
* Wrote,reviewed and proofread OOAid, an object oriented solution, together with the #3development team
* Wrote, together with the development team, LegacyAidUser `s Guide, an advanced analysis #3and management tool for COBOL tools
* Reviewed and proofread MediaBinder User `s Guide, a multimedia management tool
* Reviewed and proofread IStreamer manual, a multimedia client/server application for Intranet * or high bandwidth networks
* Reviewed DBMakerUser’s Guide, an SQL database management systemwith an ODBC * * * interface, multimedia, and extensive database features
* Reviewed and proofread DRSEUser’s Guide, a Tandem 6530 emulator for
Win95/WinNT, together with the development team
* Designed, reviewed and proofread online help documentation with RoboHelp, RoboHTML,
* Microsoft Help and HTML Help Workshop Help forDBMaker, DRSE, Istreamer,
* LegacyAid, MediaBinderfor Windows, UNIX, andWebHelp
* Wrote internal guide for WinHelpand HTML Help use
* Trained company staff to use RoboHTMLand the online help proofreading
* Localizedan application online help from EnglishtoKorean
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Skills
Advanced user of Microsoft Office Suite,

Personal task
Design, write, proofread an English/Chinese, Taiwanese IT dictionary without external help