Areas of Specialization

IT Marketing & Business Software Localization

+30 years' experience localizing software and translating IT marketing texts from English and German into French, including 11 years at International/European software publishers.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Accounting and Financial
Business Intelligence (BI) & Data Analytics
Online Marketing & e-Commerce
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Cloud-based Technologies
Risk Management
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Computer Security

Renewable Energy

Biogas / Biomass
Onshore & Offshore Wind Energy
Solar Photovoltaics
Energy Storage
E-mobility

Types of Texts Already Translated

Corporate Websites / Web Content
Press releases
Marketing brochures
Data sheets
White papers
Case studies
Customer testimonials
Corporate profiles
PowerPoint presentations
Graphical User Interfaces
Computer Documentation
Online Help

Work Experience

Since July 2004	Freelance Technical Translator & Writer
May 2002 - June 2004	Technical Writer/Translator, Cross Database Technology (Enterprise Application Integration), Nantes, France
February 2001 - March 2002	Documentation Specialist, Webedisoft (e-Business Process Automation), Lorient, France
April 1999 - January 2001	Technical Translator, Baan Company (Enterprise Resource Planning), Paris
November 1993 - March 1999	Technical Translator, Coda - Baan Company (Accounting & Financial), Paris
March 1993 - September 1993	Technical Translator, Dataid - IBM's French Translation Center, Paris

Education

Postgraduate Degree in Technical Translation from Ecole Supérieure d'Interprètes et de Traducteurs (E.S.I.T.), Paris - Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Association Membership

Member of:

Société Française des Traducteurs (SFT), the French association of professional translators

Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer (BDÜ), the German association of professional translators
tekom Europe, the European Association for Technical Communication

Eric Le Carre