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English to French legal translator - more than 25 years experience

Location:
Québec City, QC, Canada
Posted:
April 03, 2016

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CURRICULUM VITAE

JEAN BOUCHARD

PERSONNAL

Address: ***, ****** ** ** ********

Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury (Québec) Canada

G3C 1Z7

Telephone: 418-***-****

Fax: 418-***-****

E-mail: ****.********@*********.***

PROFESSIONNAL

November 1995 to Legal Translator

December 2014

Legal translation from English to French for the Government of Canada Translation Bureau (Department of Justice).

Autumn 1989 Court Interpreter

to this day

Simultaneous and consecutive interpretation from English to French and vice versa before civil and criminal courts in Québec City and province.

Autumn 1991 Conference Interpreter

to this day

Simultaneous interpretation from English to French and vice versa in the context of regional, national or international conferences.

September 1994 Translator-revisor

to this day

Translation from English to French, drafting and revision of translations done by free-lance translators.

May 1986 to Translator, Editor, Administrator

September 1994

Services linguistiques Muir-Bouchard enr.

Partner in a translation firm. general management of the firm, revision of translations done by free-lancers, translation from English to French and French to English, drafting and revision of French and English texts.

April 1988 Legal translator

to June 1988

Assemblée nationale du Québec

French to English translation of draft legislation to be enacted by the Québec National Assembly.

January 1985 to Legal translator

May 1986

Ministère de la Justice du Québec

French to English translation of Government of Québec regulations published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

April 1985 to Legal Translator

December 1987 Government of New-Brunswick

Legislative Assembly

English to French translation of main speeches (Throne, Budget) and debates in the Legislative Assembly of the province of New-Brunswick.

September 1982 to Research in linguistics

December 1984

Research work in linguistics while working on my doctorate thesis.

September 1982 to Freelance translator

December 1984

English to French translation for various translation firms in Québec City.

Summers 1982 French Professor

and 1983

French immersion courses given at Laval University.

September 1982 to Assistant professor in translation

May 1983

Université Laval

Fall term : French-English translation course, third-year students, bachelor level.

Winter term : Legal translation.

1981-1982 Translator-revisor

Revision of translations (English-French and French-English) done by freelance translators for a Montréal translation company (Compagnie de traduction universelle).

1978-1980 Freelance translator

French to English translation for various translation firms in Montréal.

1976-1977 Translator

Translation Bureau (National Defence Section)

Government of Canada

French to English translation of administrative and military documents for the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa.

1976 French-as-a-second-language teacher

Substitute teacher in various schools of the Greater Vancouver region.

1973 and 1975 Assistant professor in philosophy

Introduction to philosophy at the college level

Ahuntsic college (autumn 1973)

Drummondville college (autumn 1975)

ACCREDITATIONS

Certified translator, Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC)

Certified member of the Association of Translators and interpreters of Ontario

Former member of the Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes du Québec (OTTIAQ)

Accredited translator with the Federal Translation Bureau (Canada)

Accredited court interpreter (Ministère de la Justice du Québec)

ACADEMIC

1982-1984 Université Laval

International Research Centre on Bilingualism

PhD Linguistics

(Thesis uncompleted)

1978-1980 Université de Montréal

MA Translation

Specialization: Legal Translation

1970-1974 Université du Québec à Montréal

Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy



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