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Charlotte Schwennsen

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Individual
First name
Charlotte
Last name
Schwennsen
Translate from these Languages
  • French
Translate to these Languages
  • English
Address
11027 Alton Ave NE
City
Seattle
State or Province
Washington
Zip Code
98125
Country
United States
 

Professional Details

Services
  • Translation (of a written document)
  • Transcription
  • Localization
  • Editing and/or proofreading
Other Services Offered
Transcreation

Term extraction, text alignment, and glossary creation

ASR (automated speech recognition) transcription post-editing

Machine translation post-editing

English-language copy editing, style editing, and proofreading in Word and Adobe, OCR conversion, document formatting in Word
ATA Certified?
No
Education
MA Translation and Linguistics (French), The University of Westminster, London, England

BA Philosophy and Language, Hampshire College, US, with one semester of study at Paris-Sorbonne University

Certificate in Advanced Proofreading from the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (UK)

Bristol Translates Literary Translation Summer School 2024

Certificate in Transcreation Essentials, ProZ.com

Automated Glossaries with AI, Techforword
Special Experience
French-to-English translator and English-language editor since 2016, helping businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals reach and resonate with their audiences.

Experience

Translator and Editor, 2016 to present
Copyeditor for Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 2021 to present
Translator for Watching America, 2011 to 2016, and non-profit organizations, including TWB, 2016 to 2020
Editorial intern at The Internationalist Magazine, 2006 to 2007

Translation specializations

Documents for individuals:
healthcare records and official personal documents

Business and non-profit communications: tender documents, presentations, and reports on education and healthcare projects; internal and external business communications

Marketing communications:
articles and blog posts; product and service descriptions, particularly for e-retail and consumer products

English editing specializations

Business and marketing communications: articles, blog posts, reports, and guides

Academic writing:
articles in the humanities, the social sciences, philosophy, and linguistics; academic journal reports and book reviews

Skills

Expertise in CAT tools including Phrase, Trados, Wordbee, XBench

Adobe Acrobat OCR and proofreading mark-up tools
Microsoft Suite
SketchEngine
Rev and Sonix transcription platforms
 

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