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Years of experience

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Full time translator

€30

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Bella Nazaire

a.k.a. Bella

Native French (FR) speaker in Fort-de-France , France

"A colorful perspective on French translation "

With a background in film production, I’ve been handling subtitling projects for an online platform which distribute music that I can’t name here (Thanks, NDA! ).
Tasks involved:
transcription, time-stamping…
I also translate voiceover scripts that are going to be used by others to create subtitles.

Specializing in

Sociology English literature Caribbean literature song lyrics film scripts

Translation tools I use:

Wordfast Wordbee Subtitle Edit

Languages

English to French (FR)

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Certified

French to English (US)

10/10

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Certified

English to French (MQ)

10/10

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Certified

All language pairs

About Me

Visit my website at The Dark Word but don’t forget to read about me first, right here.

From a multilingual and multicultural background, I was always very curious about the world from an early age. A bookworm, I was soon to begin writing my own material in the 3 languages most familiar to me and at the time, I was only 12:

English
Matinijé (also labelled Martinican Creole
French
Can you guess what type of content I was writing then? I never really stopped writing and over time, I started writing a more diverse array of content.
Little did I know that I would later come to teach two of these languages before turning to translation as a career path. I have been translating content and interpreting occasionally as a favor to individuals I knew or bumped into long before becoming a communication, film production or language student. Established colleagues, mentors and teachers have been a great help when I wasn’t sure I had what it takes to be a good translator or interpreter. I’m currently back in Martinique after having lived in France and Britain for years.
Since we bring who we are to work, I am particularly suited to projects tied to afro-caribbean cultures, African-American cultures and narratives, music, film-making, video games and activism. I translate books, film scripts, personal documents, website copies…

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Hésitant longtemps entre la traduction et l’enseignement, c’est en 2015 que je referme pour de bon la parenthèse Éducation Nationale afin de me consacrer exclusivement à des projets de traduction, d’écriture musicale, poétique ou sociologique et de graphisme. Pour en savoir plus sur mes travaux ou mon parcours, visitez mon profil LinkedIn ou mon site internet dieezah.com (autrement Google vous aidera peut-être également à vous faire une idée).

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This is what motivates me to do my best work

Knowing my unique multicultural perspective on things can help foster unity in activism or bring diversity and inclusion to another level by making the voice of minorities stand out through the translation of literature, film scripts and via song adaptations brings me a deep satisfaction.
Earning a living while trying to leave a better world for my children is not a bad job description, I guess.

User de mes dons en langues pour faire tomber les barrières et favoriser des collaborations internationales, y compris dans la lutte pour des causes justes, c’est une de mes principales motivations.

When clients request literal translations, this is how I handle the situation

Literal translations are almost never the right solution, unless your content is highly technical in nature. While I am open to answering questions regarding specific translation choices, I need to know that my clients trust my expertise more than they trust any AI engine for the relationship to work well. There’s always a reason why I pick what I pick in terms of phrasing or word choice and I will gladly explain what it is upon request. As long as you don’t sabotage my work (and both of our reputations) by making changes to the delivered file based on what you think is or isn’t right without consulting me (only to turn back later and ask me to do an extra round of review, proofreading/editing at no extra cost) we’ll be fine!

My professional methodology for a standard translation project is

Before giving you a realistic number for the price and for the deadline, I need to see the files you expect me to translate. While it would be counterproductive for us both if I attempted to read the whole thing before getting started on the project (when dealing with a novel or other high volume content) I still need to see what I’m dealing with to assess the amount of work that might be necessary to do full justice to your content and provide the best target language equivalent possible.
Please provide:
a wordcount
a preferred deadline
a brief summary of what the source files are about…
an indication of what your budget is
I will provide:
a recommendation regarding the services needed, as sometimes client mistakenly request one (translation) when in fact they need the other (localization or adaptation)…
a quote
suggest a realistic deadline if yours wouldn’t work

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References

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FR > EN

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Yvan B.

Isabelle is an high level translator, so professional. She improve what you want translate in the best way possible. I recommend.

FR > EN

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CNR, Comité National pour les Réparations Martinique

Bon travail de traductrice, d’interprète, de community manager et de webmaster au fil des ans. Elle a également créé des documents de communication visuelle et des visuel pour marquage d’objets pour notre association.

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T.K. Falco

Isabelle did a wonderful job translating my book. She even created a French book cover. Highly recommend.

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Prices

Language	Subtitles	Literary & Creative	Social Sciences
ENGLISH > FRENCH (FR)	€0.20per word	€0.20per word	€0.20per word
FRENCH > ENGLISH (US)	€0.20per word	€0.20per word	€0.20per word
ENGLISH > FRENCH (MQ)	€0.20per word	€0.20per word	€0.20per word

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Education

University (6)

Ongoing learning (1)

Associations (0)

Certificates (4)

University

Université Paris Est (Paris XII)

Licence in English Language

DEUG in English Language & Cultures

University

EFFICOM Paris

BTS in Film and entertainment production

University

AMEP

1st year pass in Business & Advertising communication

University

EF school

Academic Year certificate in English language

Cambridge CAE in English language

University

Couvent Saint-Joseph de Cluny

Professional Studies Certificate in Administrative Communication & Secretarial Skills

Vocational Studies Diploma in Secretarial Skills

University

L.T. Jules Siegfried (Paris)

BTECH national diploma in Administrative Communication & Management

Training05/2020.2 hrs

Wordbee Training

Wordbee

Certificate

Cambridge CAE grade B

Certificate

LinkedIn Marketing Strategy: SEO Content Writing

Certificate

LinkedIn Creating a culture of Privacy

Certificate

ICFJ Getting started on Media entrepreneurship

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