After twenty years in Paris, I decided that it was time to head back to sunny South Africa and my home province of the Eastern Cape. I started Business-Affaires in 2010. I have since been testing my European experience in South Africa as a freelance translator, researcher and writer.
My Curriculum Vitae
- A French Speaking South African fluent in English, French and Afrikaans
- Lived and worked as a Strategic Planning Manager in Paris for 20 years
- A wide experience in getting different cultures and language speakers to communicate and understand each other in the business environment
- Worked for a multi-lingual / multi-cultural blue chip company
- International project management
- Assisting executive level interchange management of French, Japanese, Belgium, South African and British business people
- Business chaperoning and interpretation in many countries around the world
- Created Business-Affaires in 2010
- Translating documents from French, English and Afrikaans on topics as diverse as tourism, pharmaceuticals and marine research and biology
- Research and co-writing of several articles and books, such as adventure, mountain biking and trail running guides of South Africa
- Member of the South African Translators’ Institute