About Melanie
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
Experience
- Freelance,Project Manager – TranslatorOctober 2020 - Today (5 years and 8 months)Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France• · Project management: End-to-end management of multilingual localisation projects: scoping, planning, team coordination, delivery and quality control. Operational management of translators, proofreaders and specialist providers. Single point of contact for clients, needs gathering, issue resolution, regular reporting.• · Translation & linguistic services: Business documents, technical brochures, manuals, instructions for use, website translation, software localisation, games, press releases, newsletters — across automotive, airline, tourism and e-learning sectors. Editing, proofreading and LSO (Language Sign-Off) on all aforementioned content types.• · Voice talent (French – European): Voiceover for e-learning and narrative content (young adult to middle age profiles).• · Language lead & post-editing: Management of full MTPE (Machine Translation Post Editing) production chains; linguistic quality assurance and implementation of revision processes.• · AI & content evaluation: Extensive experience evaluating AI-generated content (text and voice), including annotation, quality rating, fact-checking and feedback to improve model performance. Participation in generative AI training projects, voice recording datasets and linguistic evaluation tasks for major international clients.• · Medical translation (since 2026): Currently completing a specialised medical translation programme (Edvenn), focusing on clinical, regulatory and life sciences content — clinical trial documentation, medical terminology and compliance with industry translation standards.
- TradutemaProject Manager, Linguistic & Document Management ExpertSeptember 2010 - June 2020 (9 years and 9 months)Seville, SpainManagement of complex multilingual localisation projects involving structuredand regulated content.·Management and supervision of a team of project managers and a global suppliernetwork: selection, onboarding, training and performance evaluation.·Ensuring quality standards, client requirements, deadlines and budgets wereconsistently met.·Standardisation of workflows and promotion of continuous · process improvement.Close collaboration with clients and stakeholders to support the migration andimplementation of multilingual content across platforms, ensuring consistency,accuracy and regulatory compliance.·· Daily use of TMS tools (SDL Trados, MemoQ, XTM) and CAT tools.
- WHP,Senior Localisation Project ManagerJanuary 2007 - October 2009 (2 years and 9 months)France• · Management of software, documentary and e-learning localisation projects in 18 languages.• · Account manager for IBM Cognos (Business Intelligence) – annual volume of €1M.• · Supervision of linguistic and technical teams (internal and external).• · Operational and budget reporting to management.
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Education
- MBAUniversidad Pablo de Olavide2010MBA
- Master's degreeUniversité Paris XIII1997Master's degree