Curriculum vitae

Nicholas Harrison
Freelance Translator
Mother tongue – English
Language Pairs – French to English
Tel: +44 (0)7761 978106
Email:
Website: http://frentranslation.googlepages.com
Specialist areas
& References / Business - General business, small business, retail, customer service, quality management, business administration, contract documents
References – Alphatrad agency, Suez Environnement, Open2Europe, Degré K, Sonadiets, Portalp, French Federation for Sport & Leisure Businesses, BeCitizen, Eurofins Marketing Research, Limousin Expansion, Morton Salt, Erea, Bureau Veritas, Seltz, Corep, Allegra Finance, Haier, Quatar Airways, DiBcom.
Environment/Ecology
Environmental business processes, consumption reduction, waste water processing.
References – Gris Decoupage, Italcementi Group, Suez Environnement, Proctor & Gamble, Town of Dunkirk, Therpho, French Ministry for Ecology, Danone.
Luxury goods market, interior design, textile manufacture – Business related documents, press releases, catalogue text, promotional material.
References – Hermès, Elitis, Longchamp, Le Chat, Les Flaneuses, Catimini, CRAIE Design, Tex Décor, Duarig Chaussettes, Louis Quatorze, Balsan, Little Mary, Puig, Schade Jewellery, French Government Military Clothing Department.
Video/Computer Games – All platforms, in-game text, manuals, help files, Facebook apps.
References – SDI Media, Nobilis Publishing, Nintendo, Sony, Cybione, Mindscape.
Internet/E-Commerce – Website design, website development, online payment systems, auction site practice and software.
References – SDI Media, Café.com, Facebook, Karotz.com.
Contemporary music business/media – music business practice, music business retail, music product promotional materials, music product sleeve notes, music product reviews, TV subtitling.
References – Pan Music, Cinekita, Universal Music, Sony.
Selected additional companies I have recently worked on documents for:
Marseille Metro System, Natural History Museum in Paris, Gilles Nadjar Sailing, Vegepolys, Marc Emig, Kiditoon, National Geographic, Aquacraft, Sarenza, Haier, Voies Navigables de France, Laponie Ice Driving, Horse Pilot, Robopolis, Neeva Group, Tessi Marketing Services, Tatex, Worldwide Translation Services, McFelder Translations, Open 2 Europe.
Education / 1992-1996
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Applied Language - French, Linguistics, Translation, TEFL, Russian.
Professional
experience / 1996 – Present
Freelance translator for various agencies and private clients – references/examples of work available on request.
2006 – Present
General Manager for market leading, luxury goods interior design company, translating documents and dealing with international clients.
1996 – 2006
Administration Manager for small business in the music industry translating documents and dealing with French clients on a day to day basis.
1998 – 2006
Built and maintained online retail presence dealing with customers worldwide.
1995 (Study year spent in Paris)
Jun – Sept - Customer Service Agent for blue chip international assistance company in Paris exclusively advising French insurance policy holders.
Oct – Jun – English Teacher at Paris school and Part Time Assistant for Parisian small business.
Computer skills / ·  Wordfast (Trados compatibility)
·  Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Adobe.
·  Windows Publisher DTP.
·  Instant messaging, MS Outlook, Thunderbird, online email.
·  Online and offline e-commerce packages – OS Commerce, auction site software.
Additional skills / ·  Basic level German and Russian.
·  Reliable, fast, accurate, professional service.
·  Proofreading, document editing.
·  Language and Linguistic consulting for business.
·  Linguistic testing
Rates / From 0.06 EUR per source word depending on technicality of text.