Professional Experience

Roberta Faulhaber-Razafy
127, rue Michel-Ange
75016 PARIS
Tel/Fax: (33-1) 47 43 05 57 / Cellphone: 06 20 51 56 53
E-mail: [email protected]
Professional Experience
Since 1995
Conference Interpreter
A few customers: A+A, ACCOR, ACIDI, ActiVision, American Court Reporters, Antenne 2,
Artcurial, AXA Informatique, AXA Assurance, Bourjois, Bristol Myers Squibb, Calvin Klein,
Carlsson Wagon-Lits, Case, Comdedie, CREDES, Crédit Coopératif, Euroforum, EuroPCR,
Europ Assistance, FIAC, Forum Européen, Forum Planète, Framatom, France Telecom,
Guerbet, Guides Michelin, IBM, Icare, Lancôme, Mnews TV, Merck, l'Oréal, Péchiney, PNB
Pharma, Sanofi-Aventis, Société Française de Santé Publique, Total, Unesco, Vivendi
Environnement, Voices, Vivendi, translation agencies – Paris, France
(American English, mother tongue, French B+) in the following fields:
medical/pharmaceutical/scientific/cosmetic: congresses, seminars, market research,
interviews, training …
marketing, communication, management: conventions, seminars, meetings, training,
market research,
information systems, telecommunications, various industrial sectors:
conventions, seminars, meetings
cultural topics, social sciences, legal, tourism: conferences, depositions
Since
1992
Translation – copywriting - editing.
Some clients: A+A, ACIDI, ActiVision, Artcurial Briest Le Fur Poulain F.Trajan, Astra,
Cilag, Compagnie Général de Géophysique, CREDES, Euroforum, EuroPCA,Films Max
Linder, Janssen, Média Vidéo Son, Mediquid, PetroSystems, Rhône Poulenc, The Disk
Company, Servier, Société Française de Santé Publique, UNEDIC, translation agencies –
Paris, France
copywriting and translation of various organs for in-house circulation and outside
publication (brochures, in-house papers, training documents, congress newsletters),
translation and editing of technical documentation, reports, books, and brochures in the
following areas:
- medical and pharmaceutical: articles, hospital reports, theses, books,
marketing documents, training documents
- economics: bids for tender for technical assistance in public health and employment
sectors, management and marketing reports
- industry: information systems, petrochemical, telecommunications…
- cultural: books, brochures, proposals, and reports in the fields of tourism, architecture,
art, psychology, sociology, philosophy…
translation of scripts and voice-offs for documentaries and television programs in the
fields of continuing medical education and tourism
Roberta Faulhaber-Razafy
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From 1987 to
1992
Art director, free-lance and salaried
Main customers: Activision, Bull, Europe Assistance, Ciba-Geigy International, DelesganBBDO, Pfizer, CTO, Media Video Son, Rhône Poulenc – Paris, France
Responsible for design and production of a diverse range of products, primarily in a
business-to business context and for use in continuing medical education:
- medical videos for use in continuing medical education
- design and production of advertising brochures
- Follow-up on publication and video post-production
1983-85
Marketing analyst
Abbott Europe - European headquarters of the multinational pharmaceutical company
Business Development Department – Paris, France
Inter-affiliate project management, budget management, creation, updating, and analysis of
data bases and marketing plans, translation of marketing reports from French to English.
1979-83
Bilingual executive secretary
Abbott Middle East and Africa – Marketing Department, Paris, France
Organization of congress and seminars, administrative and secretarial tasks, departmental
budget control, translations from French to English
Education and degrees
1987
“Licence” and “Certificats de Maîtrise” in Information and
Communication: CELSA - Paris IV Sorbonne, Marketing-Advertising (Master’s
equivalent). Paris, France
1982
Diplôme Supérieur en Arts Plastiques: École Nationale Supérieure des
Beaux Arts de Paris, painting – M.F.A. equivalent. Paris, France
1974
Bachelor of Arts, Great Books curriculum: St. John’s College, Santa Fe,
New Mexico, USA.
Foreign languages
English
French
:
:
mother tongue (A)
Bilingual (B+)
Computer expertise
Quark Xpress, Word, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Trados
I have a PC with DSL internet access
Personal information
Born January 4, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, American nationality
Married, two children
Other activities: painting, sculpture, swimming
Roberta Faulhaber-Razafy
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