Jamie is a native US English speaker with
ten years of experience as a French to English
(FR/CA>US/CA) translator and translation tools expert. His
particular translation specialties are in software, IT, technology,
medicine, industry, energy, government/public works, and science.
As a consultant, he has worked for both companies and individuals,
providing training and implementing customized translation tool
systems.
Most recently, Jamie has been working full time as a
freelance French to English translator and translation tools
consultant, as well as working part time as the Program Manager of and an instructor in the Bellevue Community College Translation and Interpretation Certificate Program outside Seattle, Washington.
Jamie spent two years in Québec City, Canada,
working as an in-house translation tools administrator and French to
English translator at L.A.
Translations & Design
(2002–2004) where he developed, implemented, and administered a
company translation-memory and terminology system around Trados;
trained employees in the system and wrote documentation for it;
assisted in developing and launching French to English translation
service; and translated, among others, government reports, academic
essays, industrial documents, computer hardware and appliance
descriptions, and complaint letters.
Jamie is a graduate of the Monterey
Institute of International Studies
in Monterey, California, where he earned a master's degree in French to
English translation (1998–2001). His thesis translation, for
which he was awarded the grade "outstanding," was of two French science
fiction short stories. Coursework at the Monterey Institute included
practical and intensive translation courses led by practicing
professionals, who offer extensive critiques and feedback on students'
work. Topics covered in the courses included science and technology,
law and politics, economics and finance, and medicine, along with
localization, computer-assisted translation, project management, and
business aspects of translation.
While studying at the Monterey Institute, Jamie completed two different internships—at Omega International (now Medialocate)
in Monterey, California, and at Lingo Systems
in Portland, Oregon—and he spent a school year in Paris,
France, where
he worked as an English teaching assistant in three public grade
schools.
As an undergraduate at Pacific University in
Forest Grove, Oregon, Jamie earned a bachelor's degree in modern
languages, with an emphasis in French (1993–1998). His studies
included one year at
the Sorbonne
in Paris, where he received a diplôme (advanced level A) in
French language and civilization.