About Mélanie
Hello there! 🎬🎮
English & Japanese → French translator with 10 years of professional experience, currently based in Toulouse, France. I hold a master’s degree in Multilingual Specialised Translation and have been freelancing since 2016, specialising in audiovisual translation and video game localisation after starting out in technical translation - fields that perfectly align with my passion for narrative arts.
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French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Japanese
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- FREELANCE TRANSLATORSUBTITLER AND VIDEO GAME LOCALISATION SPECIALISTVIDEO GAMES AND ANIMATIONOctober 2016 - Today (9 years and 9 months)France• · English/Japanese>French translation, proofreading and QC of subtitles and video game localisation• · Delivered 250+ titles including films, series and documentaries from 20+ countries for platforms like Netflix, Disney+, Amazon, and Apple TV+• · Developed long-term client partnerships and maintained high-pérforming métrics with somé of thé industry's largest localisation companiés• · Since 2019, video game localisation including ongoing work since 2022 for Microsoft games
- ATLAS TRADUCTIONTRANSLATOR, PROOFREADER AND PROJECT MANAGERSeptember 2015 - September 2016 (1 year)Grenoble, France• · ATLAS Traduction is a junior enterprise supported by students at Grenoble Alpes University• · English/Japanese>French technical translation and proofreading (education, administrative, fashion, tourism) and web localisation• · Complete project management of client engagements from initial quote to final invoice
- OXFAMTRANSLATIONS INTERNMay 2016 - August 2016 (3 months)Oxford, UK• · Contributed to Oxfam's global translation team, gaining valuable insight into the operations of the world's second-largest NGO, with a global presence in over 90 countries• · English>French translation of press releases, newsletters, reports, user guides, and subtitles across Oxfam's internal and external opérations• · Project management of internal requests within Oxfam's global headquarters• · Maintained and developed glossaries and translation memories
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Education
- APPLIED MODERN LANGUAGES MASTER'S DEGREEGRENOBLE ALPES UNIVERSITY2016APPLIED MODERN LANGUAGES MASTER'S DEGREE
- MODERN LANGUAGES, LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION BACHELOR'S DEGREEJEAN JAURÈS UNIVERSITY2014MODERN LANGUAGES, LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION BACHELOR'S DEGREE