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French to English: How to Create a Website General field: Other Detailed field: Computers (general)
Source text - French Comment créer un site web
Une des méthodes les plus utilisées consiste à louer de l'espace auprès d'un fournisseur d'accès à l'Internet. La plupart des fournisseurs d'accès offrent gratuitement à leurs abonnés un espace pour créer quelques pages sur le Web. Cette option, peu coûteuse, permet souvent de faire des essais sans prendre trop de risques.
Recourir à un webmestre pour votre site Web devrait aboutir à la création d'un site professionnel. Renseignez-vous sur les projets déjà réalisés par la société et sur leur succès.
La conception en interne peut également être coûteuse. Il peut être nécessaire de faire appel à un webmestre expérimenté qui se charge de la conception, de l'évolution et de la maintenance d'un site, aussi bien au niveau du contenu que pour les aspects techniques.
Le nom de domaine est une des premières choses qui permet aux gens de vous identifier. Le nom doit être enregistré avant de pouvoir être utilisé.
Quant au contenu du site : Comment pouvez-vous rendre votre site plus intéressant ? Une utilisation modérée de la couleur et de graphiques peut mettre en valeur votre site. Mais il ne faut cependant pas en abuser. Car, bien que le coût de l'espace disque soit dérisoire, il ne faut pas oublier que la surcharge d'information sur le Web est devenue un problème. Prévoyez des espaces blancs et utilisez un style clair et concis.
Prévoyez liens hypertextes et passerelles. La structure d'un site repose sur les liens hypertextes qui permettent de relier différents documents entre eux. Il est également utile d’orienter les utilisateurs vers d'autres sites susceptibles de les intéresser. II s'agit généralement de sites fournissant des informations supplémentaires sur un sujet spécifique ou sur une activité complémentaire.
Translation - English How to Create a Web Site
One of the most common methods is to rent Web space from an Internet service provider. Most providers offer free Web space to their subscribers. This inexpensive option often allows you to try it out without taking too much risk.
Turning to a webmaster for your Web site should lead to the creation of a professional site. Make inquiries about projects the company has already completed and about their success.
In-house design may also be expensive. It may be necessary to bring in an experienced webmaster who takes care of the design, development and maintenance of a site, both at the content level and for the technical aspects.
The domain name is one of the main things that enable people to identify you. The name must be registered before it can be used.
As for the site content, how can you make your site more interesting? A moderate use of color and graphics can make your site stand out. However, you should not overdo it because even though the cost of disk space is insignificant, you should not forget that the overload of information on the Web has become a problem. Allow for white space and use a clear and concise style.
Plan ahead for hypertext links and gateways. The framework of a site is supported by hypertext links that enable various documents to link to each other. It is also helpful to point your users to other sites that are likely to interest them. Generally these would be sites that provide additional information about a specific subject or about a complementary activity.
French to English: Le dormeur du val General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - French Le dormeur du val
C’est un trou de verdure où chante une rivière
accrochant follement aux herbes des haillons
d’argent; où le soleil, de la montagne fière,
luit: c’est un petit val qui mousse de rayons.
Un soldat, jeune, bouche ouverte, tête nue,
et la nuque baignant dans le frais cresson bleu,
dort; il est étendu dans l’herbe, sous la nue,
pâle dans son lit vert où la lumière pleut.
Les pieds dans les glaïeuls, il dort. Souriant comme
sourirait un enfant malade, il fait un somme:
Nature, berce-le chaudement: il a froid.
Les parfums ne font pas frissonner sa narine;
Il dort dans le soleil, la main sur sa poitrine
tranquille. Il a deux trous rouges au côté droit.
Translation - English The Sleeper in the Valley
In a lush green hollow where sings the river blue
wildly tossing shards of silver to the grasses
from the noble mountain the sunshine gleams anew
fills the vale with sparkling light that naught surpasses.
A soldier yet a babe, mouth ajar, head unclad
sleeps, at peace, in a bath of cool blue watercress
stretched out in tall green blades, beneath the clouds the lad
is pale, light rains down on his God-given mattress.
He sleeps, and in the gladioli rest his feet
smiling as a sick child would smile, his eyelids meet;
nature, please cradle him warmly, he is still cold.
His nose no longer quivers from whiffs of perfume
his hand on his still chest, sun shining on his tomb
reveals on his right side two bright red gaping holes.
French to English: Service contract General field: Law/Patents Detailed field: Law: Contract(s)
Source text - French 7.3. Obligation d'assurance générale. UNICO doit obtenir, et maintenir en vigueur pendant la durée du présent contrat, une assurance générale contre les blessures corporelles et les dégâts matériels à concurrence d'au moins un million de dollars au total, incluant mais sans s'y limiter, la responsabilité de toutes les blessures corporelles, la responsabilité contractuelle, et la responsabilité de pertes de produits, ne couvrant que les fonctions et activités d'UNICO prévues dans le présent contrat. UNICO fournira au Client les certificats correspondants aux polices d'assurance couvrant le fonctionnement selon le présent contrat. La police d'assurance doit inclure une clause de l'entreprise émettrice précisant que la police ne pourra être annulée sans qu'un préavis écrit soit donné au Client au moins trente (30) jours à l'avance.
Translation - English 7.3. Commercial General Liability Insurance. UNICO agrees to obtain and maintain in effect for the duration of this contract, Commercial General Liability Insurance providing coverage for bodily injury and property damage, up to a limit of not less than $1,000,000 total, including but not limited to the liability for all bodily injuries, contractual liability, and property damage liability, with coverage limited to the functions and activities of UNICO provided for in this contract. UNICO shall furnish the Client with the corresponding certificates of insurance showing compliance with the insurance requirements outlined in this contract. The insurance policy shall contain a provision from the issuing company stating that the policy cannot be canceled until at least thirty (30) days prior written notice is given to the Client.
French to English: Patient Brochure General field: Medical Detailed field: Medical (general)
Source text - French Qu’est-ce que l’asthme?
L’asthme est une maladie chronique qui affecte les voies respiratoires. Lorsqu’on a de l’asthme, les parois intérieures des voies respiratoires sont enflammées et enflées. Un certain nombre de choses peuvent déclencher ou aggraver les symptômes de l'asthme, par exemple, les pollens ou la pollution atmosphérique. Lorsque les voies respiratoires réagissent à des choses auxquelles on est allergique, elles se rétrécissent et laissent passer moins d’air dans les poumons.
Lorsque les symptômes s’aggravent, on appelle cela une crise d’asthme. Lors d’une crise d’asthme, les muscles autour des voies respiratoires se contractent et rétrécissent encore plus les voies respiratoires. Les cellules peuvent aussi à ce moment-là produire plus de mucus que d’habitude et cette hypersécretion entraîne une obstruction partielle des bronches. Ces changements rendent la respiration encore plus difficile.
Translation - English What is Asthma?
Asthma is a chronic illness that affects your airways. When you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed and swollen. A number of things can trigger or exacerbate the symptoms of asthma, for example pollen or air pollution. When your airways react to things that you are allergic to, they get narrower and your lungs can not get as much air.
When the symptoms get worse, it’s called an asthma attack. During an asthma attack, the muscles surrounding your airways contract and make your airways even narrower. At the same time the cells can also produce more mucus than usual and this hypersecretion leads to a partial obstruction of the bronchi. These changes make breathing even more difficult.
French to English: Haitian Declaration General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Government / Politics
Source text - French La conjoncture actuelle mérite, exige même, d’être étudiée et abordée avec lucidité et un sens élevé de l’Etat et du bien commun. L’homme d’Etat doit bien se pénétrer des contraintes et des défis du moment afin de résoudre au mieux de l’intérêt national l’équation politique et de lancer la machine de l’Etat qui s’enlise dans des débats jusque- là vains et infructueux.
L’équation est pourtant claire et sans inconnue : le Président de la République est élu avec une majorité d’électeurs confortable, mais ne dispose pas d’une majorité parlementaire. Il est donc impérieux d’ouvrir le dialogue entre l’Exécutif et le Législatif en vue d’installer un Premier Ministre qui s’appuie sur une majorité fonctionnelle qu’il se doit de forger en vue d’assurer la stabilité et l’efficacité de son gouvernement.
Translation - English The present circumstances merit, even demand, to be studied and addressed with lucidity and an elevated sense of nation and the common good. A statesman must have the confines and the challenges of the moment firmly rooted in his mind in order to solve the political equation in the best interest of the nation, and to launch the machine of the State that is getting bogged down in heretofore futile and unsuccessful debates.
However, the equation is clear and well-known: the President of the Republic is elected with a comfortable majority of voters, but does not have a parliamentary majority. Therefore we have a pressing need to open the dialogue between the Executive and the Legislative branches in order to appoint a prime minister who depends on a functional majority, which he has a duty to forge, in order to assure the stability and efficiency of his government.
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Master's degree - UNC-CH
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Years of experience: 2. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2010.
French Middle (ca.1400-1600) to English (UNC-CH MA in Romance Philology) French Old (842-ca.1400) to English (UNC-CH MA in Romance Philology) French to English (UNC-CH BA in French) French to English (Over 24 years of French language experience) French to English (Currently working on NYU certificate, FR-EN)
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Over 24 years of French language experience!
I have an undergraduate degree in French and Elementary Education from UNC-CH, as well as a masters degree in Romance Philology (Old French, Old Italian, Old Portuguese, Paleography), also from UNC-CH. I specialize in Old French to English and also in transcribing old texts. I have lived, worked, and vacationed in France and Switzerland for a total of several years.
I am currently working on my certification at NYU SCPS in French to English translation, where I have consistently turned in professional level translations. I have spent a lot of time in France, including one year as an Au-pair.
I have over 24 years of French language experience and I am an excellent translator. I am consistently in the top of my class at NYU, and I have an innate sense for understanding language that enables me to accurately translate even difficult passages.
Other subject matter credentials - I am also an oboist and have spent most of my life studying music. I have researched and worked in genealogy for years. I have studied religion (Christianity) as well.
Some recent jobs I have done include transcription and translation of Danone Activia videos, a Declaration from the Groupe de 16 of Haiti, and several general legal letters from Canada.
I hope you will consider me for your next translation needs. You will not be disappointed.
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