Management Marketing

judith oringer

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FRENCH INTERPRETER AND TRANSLATOR

FRENCH INTERPRETING EXPERIENCE

U.S. State Department, Language Services

2010 - Present

Regular three-week freelance assignments on the International

Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) interpreting for and accompanying

top-level guests of the government on U.S. tours.

I mostly do consecutive interpreting assignments but in July 2012

did simultaneous interpreting for five Algerian artists/promoters of

the arts. Other recent visitors include a French City Councilor; a

French prosecutor; a Belgian advisor to the Minister of the

Interior; sub-Saharan groups: activists supporting victims of gender-

based violence, water resource management experts, African women

entrepreneurs (AWEP); the spokesman for the President of Guinea, a

well-known French TV journalist, a French member of the CSA

(equivalent to the FCC), and others. Previously, led 27 month-long

tours with other distinguished visitors: French, African deputies,

engineers, journalists, scientists, business people, musicians,

administrators, artists, etc.

New York State Unified Court System 2011 - Present

Freelance assignments (simultaneous and consecutive) in Manhattan,

Queens and Bronx courthouses for civil, family and criminal cases

Geneva Worldwide 2010 -

Present

VIP meetings (at Hearst Corp & Time Warner) for French architects

and engineers from French government agency (EPAD) to discuss how to

promote business; also court cases (depositions)

Orchestre Philharmonique Europ en, Paris 2002 - 2006

Interpreter and liaison for French conductor Hugues Reiner Organized

concerts and tours for the Festival of Music (F te de la Musique)

held at the French Senate & the Luxembourg Gardens, the Festival of

Sacred Music at Lourdes, and at most of the major churches and halls

in Paris, etc.

U.S. Department of Commerce for Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann & others

1995 - 2004

Interpreter for bilateral negotiations in "dumping" cases in France

Trade shows in Paris: Fancy Food Show (SIAL), Paris Air Show, Book

Fair 1993 - 2007

Interpreter and facilitator at various U.S. booths

FRENCH TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE

TransPerfect 2011 - Present

Regular assignments with fast turnaround times for major translation

agency worldwide which have included: analysis of French & American

markets and economy; legal contracts for French firms or American

subsidiaries in Paris, disputes, etc.

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FRENCH TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE (continued)

Editions Exclusif French alternative publisher

2003 - Present

Translated over 15 books including several on the Chinese art of

Feng Shui, beauty care,

stones and minerals, herbal medicine, etc.

Various clients

Various times

Over a 20-year period have translated various brochures,

newsletters, reports for businesses and magazines; speeches and

communiqu s for NGOs; r sum s, correspondence for private clients

Translation specialties: Business (commerce), politics, legal,

advertising & marketing, food, world hunger & gastronomy,

agriculture, tourism, literature, music and more.

WRITING, EDITING AND MAGAZINE WORK

Currently writing articles (in French) for "France-Am rique", the most

widely-read French publication in the U.S.: pieces on noted

Metropolitan Museum art lecturer Rosamond Bernier (March 2012),

historian David McCullough and his book, "The Greater Journey" (Sept.

2011 issue); the classical saxophone, a French instrument in its

revival; French psychiatrist/writer Fran ois Lelord's book "Hector and

the Search for Happiness"; PEN Festival Muriel Barbery ("The Elegance

of the Hedgehog")-Adam Gopnik conversation; Gluck's opera "Alceste" in

French at Lincoln Center; the Mus e Franco-Am ricain (at Bl rancourt);

French medieval musical due Asteria; high-fashion furniture company

Ligne Roset; jazz pianist Beno t Delbecq.

Wrote a five-article supplement on traveling in France for "Travel

Weekly's" 2009 Ultimate Hotel Guide (for travel professionals)

covering Paris, Lyon, Marseille, the French Riviera and an

Introduction to France

Articles written for key French and American publications (Christian

Science Monitor, Black Enterprise, Boulevard, Le Nouvel Observateur,

Africa International, Ramparts

Correspondent, "Paris Free Voice" (monthly Anglophone magazine)

Paris Wrote on a variety of subjects: the Paris opera, ecology,

gastronomy, romantic haunts, French ice cream, elections, etc.

Did the weekend Anglophone press review for a leading French

newsweekly ("Courrier

International") and its radio partner (France Info) Paris

Author of "Passion for the Piano", a book published by JP

Tarcher/Houghton Mifflin

Interviews with numerous well-known pianists:, classical, jazz, rock

n'roll, plus conservatory piano teachers, students, manufacturers,

piano movers, etc. 15,000 copies sold; excellent reviews.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts NEW YORK UNIVERSITY French literature

Bachelor of Arts UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY French language

and literature;

Spanish minor

Literary studies THE SORBONNE (France) Contemporary French

literature

Languages: French-English: totally bilingual and bicultural.

Spanish: conversational, good

reading. Italian: basics

Computer skills: Word, Excel, Power Point, in-depth Internet

research, Adobe Acrobat

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