Linda Matron
Language Skills:
English: fluent
French: native speaker
German: C1 (basic)
Computer knowledge:
Office programs
Outlook and Internet
Basic knowledge in HTML
SFO software and tools (analytics, Webmaster tools, etc)
Miscellaneous:
• A document on teenage delinquency in England, statistics and possible solutions
• An automotive database which is used by clients and the company branches nationwide
• Various newspaper articles
• Documentation on the peace process in Angola
Educational background:
December 1979: South African Matriculation Certificate (equal to A levels)
Post Graduate Degree: (English Literature) – University of Witwatersrand – Johannesburg
Legal
Social Security fraud documentation and judgments
Sale conditions of a mail order website
Post Graduate Certificates
Articles of Association for various companies
Patents
Patent application for a sliding table glide for wood working machine
Mosquito nets
Safety nets for mountain rock falls
Professional experience
Project for EuroTECH GmbH (German-French, translation of the website)
Working as a freelancer (projects in cosmetics, gastronomy, medical, technical domains) for agencies (SDL, MLI Agency, HD Formation...)
Master 2 in professional translation, Institute of Translators, Interpreters – International relations (ITI-RI), Strasbourg (judicial, medical, pharmaceutical, technical, marketing)
Worked as a junior Patent Engineer at “Cabinet JEANNET & Associés” (Lyon - France)
Activities
• Patent Writing and filings
• Prior art searches
• Translations from English to French
• Designs and drawings of inventions
• Relationship with the relevant offices (answers to search reports, notifications ...)
Activities.
• Mechanic
• CAO/DAO
Employment:
1. Private translations and proofreading: PhD theses, postgraduate dissertations and many other documents (education, environment, ecology, etc)
2. Engineering Consulting Office
Translations from Greek to English, from English to Greek and from French to Greek.
Scientific paper writing (in English and French)
Reports writing in English, French and Greek
Subjects: engineering, education, etc
3. Teaching French as a foreign language to adult Greek students EU civil servants
Interactive teaching to advanced students
4. Ministry of Education, France
(High School French teacher of French and Latin)
Professional Profile:
1. Teaching career: French language High School teacher in France and teacher at the French Institute of Athens, Greece
2. Translations, editing and writing: scientific papers and various documents on many topics (English-French, English-Greek, French-Greek and Greek-French)
3. Proofreading: PhD theses and postgraduate dissertations
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