Melanie Kathan

French to English translator

About me Experienced French to English translator, editor and writer. 
 More than ten years of experience in the fields of translation and language education. 
 Specialized in travel and tourism, arts and culture, marketing and academic texts, as well as subtitle translation. 
 Comfortable working with a variety of translation tools. 
 Fluent in English and French. 

Key points

Facts and figures

Bachelor of Arts in English and French (2009), Master of French Studies (2014)
More than 1 million words and 400 hours of video subtitles translated
Translation clients in Canada, the US, the UK, France, Belgium, Vietnam and more
40+ private tutoring students

Tools I use

SDL Trados
Memsource
Lokalise
Subtitle Edit
MS Office

A few projects I've worked on in the past

A 37,000-word book on music theory and analysis
50,000 words of an online course on autism awareness, for a public university in Quebec
60,000 words of help articles and instructions for how to use Human Resources software
A 36,000-word website for a French startup
28,000 words of an online course on knowledge transfer
50,000 words of travel guides for a multinational hospitality company

My professional journey

2017

Freelance Translator and editor in Avignon and Montreal

Started my own business in France in 2017, and moved it to Montreal in 2018

2015-2017

Lecturer in English at the

Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, France

Planned and taught courses in spoken English to first- and second-year university students

2014-2015

Freelance French tutor in Wisconsin, USA

Provided individual tutoring to students from ages 5-75

2013-2014

Communications and Production Intern at

Le Parlement de Musique in Strasbourg, France

Assisted with administrative, communications and production tasks while helping organize two young artist workshops and an international concert series

2012-2014

Master's degree in French & Media/Arts/Cultural Production from the

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Professional degree focused on using French at work

2009-2010

English teaching assistant at

Jean Jaures Primary School in Bordeaux, France

Taught English to children ages 6-11

2005-2009

Bachelor of Arts from

Lawrence University in Wisconsin, USA

Double major in French & English with a Music minor

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