About me
My name’s Florence Piquemal. By the way, my surname, “Piquemal”, is pronounced something like “Peek-Maal”, in case you are trying to say it in your head 🙂 I’m a French freelance translator specialised in translating, subtitling and revising technical, scientific, editorial and marketing content from English and German. As an expert of the French language, I also offer proofreading, editing and transcribing services for texts written in French. After an initial 5 years’ experience in translation, followed by 10 years as a teacher, I have now been working again as a translator for 10 years, a profession I practise with passion and high standards.
I grew up in a small town in south-west France, where I completed a science baccalaureate. Passionate about foreign languages, I studied English and German at the university of Toulouse, France, and lived one year in Mannheim, Germany, and one year in Brighton, UK, while I was a student. Before I graduated as a translator in 2000, I spent a few years making a living with different kinds of jobs and travelling around the world. That’s how I studied history of art in Italy during a semester, worked as a secretary in a pharmaceutical company and taught French in Japan during three months!
Back in the “ville rose” as Toulouse is known, and after I completed my master’s degree in translation, I worked for five years for companies in the aeronautical sector, which has a strong presence in my region. As I also have a passion for children and education, I turned to teaching in 2006 and worked as a primary school teacher during ten years. During this period, I added to my qualifications a master’s degree in language sciences with a focus on teaching French as a foreign language. In 2015, I decided to get back to translation and started as a freelancer.
Since then, I’ve been happily offering my language and writing skills to companies and organisations in France and elsewhere. I translate various types of contents, revise translations, correct French documents, subtitle audiovisual productions and transcribe audio and video files.
Commitments
Quality
Qualified Translator:
- Master's degree
in Translation
English & German > French
- Master's degree in Language Science
- Baccalauréat in Sciences
Experience
15 years of experience in translation, enhanced through continuous learning.
Strong specialisation in energy, environment, life sciences, chemistry, and industrial manufacturing.
Ethics
As a member of the Société Française des Traducteurs (SFT), I signed its Code of Ethics.
I only translate into French, my mother tongue, and work in my fields of specialty, for professional results.
Confidentiality
Your documents and data are handled with the utmost confidentiality.
Are you looking for a qualified and experienced linguist?
Let me handle your translation, revision, proofreading, subtitling or transcription project.
Florence Piquemal
Freelance translator
Translation from English and German into French.
Revision, proofreading, editing.
Transcription and subtitling.
