I offer translations, subtitling and website localization specializing in business and marketing, and the social sciences, including literature, history, sociology and geopolitics. 

I regularly work with corporations and vendors from Canada, France, the UK and the US. Firms and vendors from other countries would be welcomed.

I'm proud to say that I earned my MA, with merit, in French to English Translations, University of Portsmouth, UK, and my French to English Translation Certification  from New York University (NYU). In addition, I studied for two years at the renowned l'Institut de Touraine, in Tours, France. Last, have an ILR-3 (Superior) rating in French reading, retested in August 2019.

My 30 years working for Fortune 500 companies has provided me with a vast array of experience creating and editing business-to-business (B2B) marketing collateral, websites and RFPs. All sales and marketing projects are welcome.

As for social science projects, these are my true passion. I welcome journal articles, fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, as well as all academia projects.

Most recent translation projects:

• Technical translation of Paris Metro and RER System
• Promotional real-estate brochure for Parisian architectural landmarks
• Analysis of Private Education in Mauritania
• Senegal Special Olympics - series of interviews
• Fair-trade analysis of Ivory coast cocoa-bean farmers
• Fair-trade analysis of poverty in the Philippines

Most recent website localization projects: 

• Lead French to English translator for new international tourism site
• United Kingdom sites - 100K words
• Greek-Isles sites - 50K words
• Review and revision of a Quebec Language-service provider (LSP) website

Most recent Literary translation projects: 

• Marketing excerpt for one of France's top mystery writers, which is being used to market foreign rights internationally.
  We are currently seeking a US or UK-based publisher. Should you be interested, please let me know and I'll share the appropriate documents.
• Two books by a prominent French political activist, both to be released in French, English and German in 2020.

Most recent subtitling projects:  

• Series of four e-learning videos for an international energy-management firm
• Promotional video with CEO of Parisian tourism firm
• Kenyan healthceare - a series of interviews
• Children of Moroccan immigrants - a series of interviews 
• Multiple documentaries
• Interview with one of France's renowned Nouvelle Vague filmmakers for a tribute series
• Interview with one of France's renowned composers for a tribute series
• Multiple episodes in a widely-aired French reality show, a WWII docudrama and a French cult-classic mystery series (the latter was the best project yet!)

Education

• University of Portsmouth, UK, MA, French into English Translations
• New York University (NYU), Graduate Certificate in Translations, French to English, 
• L'Institute de Touraine, Tours, France, (DELF 2)
• Montclair State University, BA, Psychology, cum laude
  

Please visit www.osberntranslations.com for more information. 

Thanks for your interest and I look forward to working with you.