Why:
- because when my big brother and I were teens growing up in Paris, we learned English in school and thought it would be exciting to do translation
- because I want French to be a part of my professional life
- and because translation disseminates ideas that might help others.
How I got my first translation job:
I told everyone I knew in France that I was seeking translation work. A friend put me in touch with her colleague, a French professor of pharmacy, who happened to be discussing with his publisher the translation of his 900-page textbook into English.
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Pharmacognosy – Phytochemistry
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Toxic Plants – Dangerous to Humans and Animals
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Biopesticides of Plant Origin
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Need a Translator?
 Common advice for those who hire a translator is to make sure he or she will translate INTO his or her native  language—to avoid embarrassing goofs. As the exception that proves the rule, I translate scientific and technical material from my first language, French, into English. I deliver fine products because I live immersed in English, in the U.S. where references in English are readily accessible. My writing seems good enough compared to the international language of science—broken English! I have co-authored 28 scientific articles and encyclopedia chapters, and received the Society for Technical Communication Excellence Award twice. |
Career Advice:
Doing translation works best for those who love reading, writing, the relevant languages, and communication, who naturally pay meticulous attention to detail, and who have a deep interest in the subject matter. Professional training and accreditations exist. I have neither—I just do it!ノベルティウェットティッシュ
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By age sixteen, all this reading had led to a passion for science, so she took a detour from fiction writing to become a scientist. After earning a pharmacist degree from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UCLA, she became the Associate Director of the UCLA Olympic Laboratory, helping Dr. Don Catlin and his team test athletes for performance-enhancing drugs. Yet she never lost sight of her desire to write, so in recent years, she rearranged her life to fulfill it.
