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Charlotte Schwennsen

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Individual
First name
Charlotte
Last name
Schwennsen
Primary Phone
2063217476
Translate from these Languages
  • French
Translate to these Languages
  • English
Business or Organization Name
Charlotte Schwennsen Translation and Editing
City
Everett
State or Province
Washington
Country
United States
 

Professional Details

Services
  • Translation (of a written document)
  • Transcription
  • Localization
  • Editing and/or proofreading
Other Services Offered
Transcreation
Typesetting
Terminology extraction, text alignment, and glossary creation
Style sheets

English-language copyediting
Editing for non-native English speakers
Proofreading
ATA Certified?
No
Education
CIOL Diploma in Translation (Fr>En) candidate

MA Translation and Linguistics (French), The University of Westminster, London, England

BA Philosophy and Language, Hampshire College, US, with one semester of study at Paris-Sorbonne University

Certificate in Proofreading 3: Progress, the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (UK)

Introduction to Copyedifing, the EFA

Bristol Translates Literary Translation Summer School, 2023, 2024, and 2025

Certificate in Transcreation Essentials, ProZ.com

Automated Glossaries with AI course, Techforword

100 hours of continuing professional development in 2023 and 2024
Special Experience
French-to-English translator, 2015 to present

Copyeditor for Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 2021 to present

Translator for Watching America, 2011 to 2016, and non-profit organizations, 2016 to 2020

Editorial intern at The Internationalist Magazine, 2006 to 2007

Translation specializations:

Personal documents
-healthcare records, vital records, and official documents

Business and non-profit communications
-internal and external business communications
-presentations, reports, manuals, and academic articles in the areas of education, sustainability, gender equality, and healthcare

Marketing communications
-websites, articles, and blog posts
-product and service descriptions, particularly for consumer products

English editing specializations:

Business and marketing communications

-internal and external business communications
-articles, blog posts, annual and quarterly reports, and guides

Academic writing
-articles in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, philosophy, and linguistics
-academic journal reports and book reviews

Skills

-Expertise using CAT tools, including Phrase, Trados, Wordbee, and XBench
-Adobe Acrobat: OCR and proofreading mark-up tools
-Microsoft Office and Google Suite: formatting, layout, and glossaries
-Rev and Sonix: transcription and transcription editing
 

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