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French into English translation
Jewellery translation

A piece of jewellery changes or updates an outfit instantly. I translate projects about high jewellery, fine jewellery and fashion jewellery:
- Websites: new collections, descriptions of new pieces, blog posts.
- Interviews with jewellery designers.
- Seasonal collections.
- Press releases for new boutique launches.
- Technical translations: cuts, carats, crowns, culets, girdles, etc.
- Press releases and articles detailing collaborations between jewellery designers and celebrities.
- A Swiss watch manufacturer’s bi-annual magazine.
Perfumery translation

Fragrances evoke emotions and memories. I’ve been lucky enough to translate many texts related to this wonderfully smelling art:
- Press releases for new scents, essential oils and fragrance oils.
- Articles about the Pays de Grasse area and its perfumery businesses, training, and cooperatives.
- Projects about the sustainable growing and harvesting of essential oils used in perfumery.
- Interviews with scent designers.
- Website copy: new scent launches, blog posts, product descriptions.
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- Market research interviews about scents.
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- Instagram captions for Christmas scent releases.
Cosmetics translation

500 million Europeans use cosmetics every day, and bloggers and vloggers are rapidly increasing this number. Some recent projects:
- Promotional and informative copy for make-up and cosmetics.
- Informative copy for buyers concerning essential oils used in cosmetics.
- Promotional and informative copy for ecologically friendly products for various skin types.
- Packaging information and promotional copy for haircare and skin care.
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- Instagram captions for a Christmas
cosmetics release.
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Sustainability
translation

I've worked on various projects in this area, many also related to cosmetics and perfumery. Some recent ones include:
- Reports on smart cities and their digitalised, interconnected, and ultra-communicative services.
- Explanatory reports and promotional material on how smart cities are green cities.
- Reports on the benefits of smart cities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Press releases about a prize-winning smart mobility software platform.
-A project about the dangers of plastic in the ocean.
- Various texts about conservation projects for animals’ habitats and the rainforest.
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Agri-food & agriculture translation

I've translated lots of projects in the agri-food sector. This is where my love of cheese comes in handy! Some recent ones include:
- A cheese catalogue: the whole journey from farm to vendor; raising the animals, the cheese-making process for many types of cheeses, then display advice, tasting notes, and wine pairings for sellers.
- Audits for dairies.
- Promotional material for various regions’
particular cheeses.
- A butter and cheese producer’s website; detailed descriptions of milking, skimming milk, pasteurising, fermenting, churning, maturing, blending, curdling, dripping, de-watering and moulding, salting, ripening, and finally packaging.
- Recipes and cooking tips.
- Product descriptions and brand labelling.
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There's more...

I'm happy to discuss other projects, or I can put you in touch with colleagues. I’ve translated and/or reviewed:
- Menus.
- Biographies of dancers and film and TV stars.
- Telecommunication companies’ press releases and quarterly stakeholder reviews.
- Viticulture texts.
- CVs.
- Promotional copy for tourist locations.
- A dance film script.
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