D.E.A. (M.A.), American Area Studies , University of Montpellier, France, 1996

François Guignard Uhlandstr. 75 44147 Dortmund Germany Telephone: +49 231 98 18 480 Fax: +49 231 52 63 82 E-mail: [email protected] ______EDUCATION:  D.E.A. (M.A.), American Area Studies, University of Montpellier, France, 1996  Maîtrise (B.A.), summa cum laude, American Area Studies and Comparative Linguistics, University of Angers, France, 1994  Quadrilingual Translator Certificate (French, English, German, Portuguese), summa cum laude, University of Angers, France, 1993 (Scholastic rank: #1)  Business German Certificate, Franco-German Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France, 1993 (National scholastic rank: top 5 %)  Business English Certificate, Franco-British Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France, 1992 (National scholastic rank: #1)  Business Portuguese Certificate, Franco-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France, 1992

EXPERTISE:  Languages: French, English, and German (completely fluent: speak, read, write, translate, and interpret into or out of these three languages, including computer, technical, scientific, law and business documents). Italian, Spanish and Portuguese (fluent: speak, read, write, translate into and out of, essentially business documents). Studied Latin for five years.

EXPERIENCE: Dortmund, Germany, 9/1995 to the present Free-lance Translator ### Translate technical, law, and business documents into French from English and German. Large network of clients in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK, for example FORSA GmbH, Dortmund (marketing research company), the German Federal Information Agency, Bonn, Berliner Kraft und Licht (Bewag) A.G, Berlin., Frauenhofer Institut für Materialfluß und Logistik, Dortmund, Hesse GmbH & Co., Hamm, the City of Dortmund, the City of Münster, and many, many more.

French Liaison Office, Bonn, Germany, 9/1994-5/1995 Translator and Interpreter ### Translated political and technical documents into French from English and German.

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 8/1993-5/1994 French Instructor ### Taught first-year French to undergraduate students. Wrote and graded exams.

Harvard Translations, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, 2/1993-4/1993 Intern Translator ### Translated technical and business documents into French from English. Entered corrections into German and Spanish translations. Major assignment: Translated technical materials on software and agriculture from English into French. Legrand Österreich Gesellschaft m.b.H., Villach, Austria, 8/1992 Translator ### Translated technical materials on production engineering and software from French into German.