Dorothee Rault

About me
Dorothee Rault
Certified Translator
CCI
Le Pré Champ
F-35360 Landujan
+33/2 99 07 23 93
Business and Finance
Translation
Services
Translation
Proofreading/Editing
Language combinations:
English > German
French > German
[email protected]
Fields of competence
Finance and Business: Fact sheets,
prospects, market reports, investor relations,
annual reports, private banking, agreements,
press releases, newsletters, product
brochures…
Legal Convention, contracts,
correspondence,
European Institutions: European
Commission, European Parliament (regular
assignments in the field of reports, debates,
brochures, legal text, websites)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006 - current
Freelance Translator English, French > German
Latest translation projects:
EN > DE of market reports for an Swiss investment fund (ongoing project) (50 000 words)
FR > DE of a simplified prospect for a French investment fund (36 000 words)
EN > DE of an agreement for asset management for a German insurance company (15 000
words)
EN > DE of user instructions for a Dutch bank (8 000 words)
1994 – 2001
Marketing assistance responsible for translation in different multinational companies
Germany: Hochtief (construction); France: Marquette Hellige (medical sector), Anderson
Consulting (management consulting), Association for the Euro (Association created to
promote the introduction of the euro)
Task area: translation/proofreading of text in the field of construction, banking and legal area
CERTIFICATION
August 1994
Translator Certification for commercial English, Chamber of Commerce and Industry
London/Düsseldorf
Commercial correspondent English/French, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dortmund,
Germany
January 2007
Translator Certification for French, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bonn, Germany
CAT
SDL Trados 2007, Wordfast
RATES
Translation: 0,10 EUR/word source
Revision: 35 EUR/hour
Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin)
Please find following some examples of translations I effectuated in 2010. (anonymized
version of text)
Source text (English)
Target text (German)
The financial markets showed positive
developments this quarter, although the macro
economic risks remained high and the nervous
undertone was never fully absent.
An den Finanzmärkten waren in diesem
Quartal positive Entwicklungen zu
beobachten, obwohl weiterhin erhebliche
makroökonomische Risiken bestanden und
die nervöse Grundstimmung nie ganz
verschwand.
In August, markets even feared a new
Im August gab es an den Märkten sogar
recession in the US (‘double dip’) /deflation. Befürchtungen, dass es in den USA erneut zu
Slightly better US indicators reduced
einer Rezession („Double-Dip“) bzw.
investors’ fears in September again.
Deflation kommen könnte. Zwar konnten
The situation is fragile, however.
leicht verbesserte US-Indikatoren im
September die Angst der Anleger wieder
verflüchtigen, doch die Lage bleibt weiterhin
von Unsicherheit geprägt.
Late September the Federal Reserve hinted at Ende September deutete die Federal Reserve
a second round of unconventional measures
eine zweite Runde unkonventioneller
(‘quantitative easing’), while the central banks Maßnahmen („quantitative Lockerung“) an,
of the UK and Japan are also considering this während die britische und japanische
option.
Zentralbank diese Option ebenso in Erwägung
ziehen.
Weaker Eurozone countries such as Ireland
and Portugal, saw their bond yields reach
historical high levels. There was only limited
contagion to larger markets (Spain, Italy). The
euro rose versus the US dollar (+11.5%) and
the yen (+5%).
Global equities rose nearly 3% (in euro
terms). European equities were the best
performers (+7%), followed by the emerging
markets (+6%), the US (unchanged) and
Japan (-5%).
In den wirtschaftlich schwächeren Ländern
der Eurozone, wie Irland und Portugal,
erzielten die Anleihenrenditen historische
Höchststände, was sich jedoch nur begrenzt
auf größere Märkte wie Spanien und Italien
auswirkte. Der Euro stieg um 11,5%
gegenüber dem US-Dollar und 5% gegenüber
dem Yen.
Weltweit erzielten Aktien einen Zugewinn
von fast 3% (in Euro). Die europäischen
Aktienpapiere schnitten mit +7% am besten
ab, gefolgt von den Schwellenmärkten (+6%),
den USA (gleichbleibend) und Japan (-5%).