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| Title: | Freelance translator from French to English, Editing and Proofreading in English. Native language English |
| Posted by: | Marlène Abrams |
| Location: | Béziers, |
| Date: | April 9, 2010 |
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Details: MARLENE ABRAMS has now worked for over twenty years in the print media as journalist, editor and broadcaster. Her experience as a feature writer is exemplified by her publishing record with magazines, newspapers and in-house publications, in the UK, Singapore and Australia, namely: DINERS CLUB INTERNATIONAL, TV TIMES, RITZ, STRAITS TIMES, FEMALE MAGAZINE, HER WORLD, ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL, BUSINESS REVIEW WEEKLY, B & T ADVERTISING, ABC MEDIA AND INFORMATION, THE LAW SOCIETY JOURNAL, MALAYSIAN AIRLINES, REGENT MAGAZINES, AMERICAN EXPRESS, SYDNEY PHOTOGRAPHIC, FILMINK and METRO MAGAZINE. Her experience as a broadcaster includes news-reading and features for SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION in the 1980s, also documentary items for the BBC WORLD SERVICE. Marlene also has a background in film and television as research-co-ordinator, writer and associate producer. A BA graduate in Education and Arts at London University, she is a qualified teacher who gained a postgraduate diploma in Film & TV at Hornsey Art College, UK. After freelancing as a film-editor, she worked for television in the 1970s as researcher/writer for THAMES, GRANADA and YORKSHIRE TV in addition to individual film producers such as ROY BAIRD (QUADROPHENIA) and EUAN LLOYD (WILD GEESE). Marlene’s own consultancy, MANDRAKE FILM & VIDEO, has produced corporate videos for THE COMMONWEALTH BANK and THE MARITIME SERVICE INDUSTRY. Academically, Marlene completed her Ph.D thesis in Mass Communications on the Singapore Media at NSW University, Sydney which was granted in 2002. PRINCIPAL LITERARY ELEMENTS C.V. 1980 THE GENTEEL IMMIGRANTS, 60 mn, radio feature ABC National Radio, Sydney. Adapted from Patricia Clarke’s book, THE GOVERNESSES. THE LEGEND OF JACK MARSH, Aboriginal Cricketer diffused SBS TV, Sydney. 1970 HISTORY OF AFRICA, Cinema feature, research and writing WILD GEESE. CATHERINE HOWARD, Dramatic history, cinema feature, CATHERINE AND THOMAS CULPEPPER. Story of GRIMALDI, Documentary on Regency pantomime clown BBC TV, London. 1990 Ph.D: Media & Communications, Singapore Media, Politics of Control (1959-2000), UNSW, SYDNEY. TRANSLATION BACKGROUND March 2009 - French to English material for conference given by Religious Community of Béziers. July, 2009 – French to English for illustrated conference on THE SACKING OF BEZIERS 1209 – 2009 by Thierry Murat, Association Connaissance Du Patrimoine. September 2008 to December, 2009 – French to English for exhibition and conferences organized by Cultures and Patrimoines, Languedoc-Roussillon on THE CIVILISATION OF THE VINEYARD AND WINE IN LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON. February, 2010 – French to English articles for La MAMOUNIA magazine, Morocco for Maroc D’Exception, Casablanca, Maroc. 2009 - Translation French to English CELESTE MOGADOR, UNE REINE DE PARIS, author Pierre-Robert Leclercq, La Table Ronde, Paris, 1996 for publication in English and as basis of film script in development. |
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