Work with Solène BINET!

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Full time translator

€60

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Solène BINET

a.k.a. Sherlock of words

Native French (FR) speaker in Aix-en-Provence, France

"Need a language detective? The Sherlock of words will help you!"

4 years of ongoing translation for a large IT company known for its search engine:

user’s guides
product presentations
video subtitling
transaction emails

Specializing in

Website translation User guides Blog posts Software SEO translation

Translation tools I use:

SDL Trados Studio XBench SDL MultiTerm

Languages

English to French (FR)

8/10

Sworn

Certified

English to French (CH)

8/10

Sworn

Certified

Italian to French (FR)

8/10

Sworn

Certified

Italian to French (CH)

8/10

Sworn

Certified

All language pairs

About Me

I’m Solène, aka the Sherlock of words.
Since 2016, I’ve been helping my international clients solve their language cases from English and Italian to French (France and Switzerland).

My mission: put bad translations and poor communication behind bars, once and for all!

To achieve this goal, I have several weapons at my disposal:

Excellent translation and communication skills
o Graduated from Aix-Marseille Université with a Master’s degree in Professional technical translation
o Freelance translator since 2016, with no delay and always great feedback from my clients
o Proactive and ask the questions I need answers to
A large underground networks of informers
o Member and volunteer at the SFT, Société française des traducteurs, the French professional association for translators and interpreters (www.sft.fr)
o Head of La Linguistiquerie, a collective of freelance translators and interpreters (www.linkedin.com/company/linguistiquerie)
o In contact with lots of professionals from my translation specialities, ready to answer any question I may have
Great professional tools
o SDL Trados Studio and Multiterm 2019
o Google Drive, FileZilla and Dropbox.
o Freebe (quoting, invoicing, time tracking and time management), Google Sheets, and Google Docs
o Slack, Outlook, Skype, Meet and Gmail (and of course, WhatsApp and calls if needed)

My specialties:

Marketing
IT and IoT
Medical/pharmaceutical
Human rights and inclusivity (especially LGBTQIAP+ rights and gender neutral writing)
Protection of the environment
Food and drink (especially wine production, wine tasting, and cooking techniques)
Games

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I refuse to work with clients who

are disrespectful of my work and/or the people I’m working with;
are asking for translation against my value (promoting values I’m not advocating);
don’t want to understand the importance of good communication;
don’t respect foreign laws (yes, it is illegal in France to have only one client full time as a freelancer);
don’t respect me and try to diminish me.

This is what motivates me to do my best work

When I have to work on a translation project, I have to feel a connection with the project manager or the person who requested it. Communication is key for me, and this is only with good communication that I want to give the best of myself.

As a writer in my native language, this is how I would describe my style

I love writing in a gender-neutral way. Why? Because no one should feel left aside when reading a text. Gender(neutral(or epicene) writing is a rising issue in France, and it’s not (only) about using a middle point (·). There are so many techniques and solutions to include each and every reader in French, it’s amazing what language can do!

This is how I would describe my work style

I’m a professional before anything else, and I intend to treat my clients as professionals too.
With La Linguistiquerie, the collective of freelance translators and interpreters I created in 2018, we love working together to bring a new dimension to large and/or urgent translation projects.
I love working in a team, and the collective is the perfect setting to do that. We offer joined services for translations and interpretations while ensuring consistency in style, terminology, and communication.

This is how I solved a recent communication challenge with a client

Recently, with my collective La Linguistiquerie, we faced a communication challenge with a direct client. Being all independent with no formal business structure, all 8 of us were involved in communicating with the client, creating confusion on their side about who to contact for what.
We decided in planning a call with everyone to clear things up, and stated on choosing a unique point of contact for each project to be performed for this client.
Ever since, the communication has been way smoother and the client is happier than ever.

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Prices

Language	Marketing & Advertising	Software & App	Tourism & Living
ENGLISH > FRENCH (FR)	€0.18per word	€0.15per word	€0.18per word
ENGLISH > FRENCH (CH)	€0.18per word	€0.15per word	€0.18per word
ITALIAN > FRENCH (FR)	€0.18per word	€0.15per word	€0.18per word
ITALIAN > FRENCH (CH)	€0.18per word	€0.15per word	€0.18per word

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Education

University (4)

Ongoing learning (5)

Associations (1)

Certificates (0)

University

Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille I)

Master's degree in Professional translation

University

Université Lumiére (Lyon II)

Master's degree, 1st year in Lexicology, Terminology, and Translation Methodology

University

University of the Aosta Valley

Bachelor's degree in Languages and communication for business and tourism

University

Université de Savoie

Bachelor's degree in Languages and communication for business and tourism

Training06/2019.14 hrs

Connaître le vin et sa terminology (Knowing wine and wine terminology)

Florence Ludi

Training03/2020.9 hrs

Connaître le vin et sa terminology (Knowing wine and wine terminology) 2

Florence Ludy

Training05/2020.6 hrs

Introduction to viruses and emerging viral diseases

Katarzyna Szymańska

Training01/2020.7 hrs

Translation and terminology in environmental sciences

María del Mar Fernández Núñez

Training05/2021.4 hrs

SEO for translators

Teresa Sousa

Association

Société française des traducteurs

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