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French to English: Economics - World Economic General field: Bus/Financial Detailed field: Economics
Source text - French L’expansion économique mondiale a commencé à s’accélérer au début de l’année 2006. Au premier trimestre, la croissance de l’économie américaine s’est élevée à 5,6 %, grâce notamment à une demande plus soutenue des consommateurs. Après un quatrième trimestre difficile en Europe, le début de l’année 2006 a été marqué par un renforcement des dépenses des ménages et la croissance économique a été, au 2ème trimestre, bien supérieure aux prévisions. L’économie chinoise a tiré parti du dynamisme des économies occidentales par le biais d’une forte hausse des exportations et sa croissance a dépassé les 10 %. Même la forte augmentation du cours du brut au cours du premier semestre n’a pas eu d’impact réellement négatif sur l’économie. Suite à l’accélération de la croissance de l’économie mondiale, les taux d’intérêt se sont orientés à la hausse, les marchés financiers tablant sur une poursuite de la politique de relèvement des taux d’intérêt par les banques centrales américaines et européennes. Cette hausse des taux d’intérêt a fragilisé le marché immobilier américain au deuxième trimestre. La croissance de l’économie américaine est alors retombée à 2,6 % au deuxième trimestre, puis à 2 % au troisième.
Ce fléchissement de l’économie aux Etats-Unis a grevé la croissance de l’économie mondiale au second semestre. La croissance économique japonaise s’est repliée en raison de l’effet négatif de la très faible hausse des salaires sur les dépenses des ménages. En Europe, l’activité économique est restée florissante. Le ralentissement de la conjoncture économique mondiale s’est traduit par une forte baisse des taux d’intérêt mondiaux au cours du troisième trimestre. La pause observée par le Comité monétaire de la Réserve Fédérale en août a renforcé la confiance. L’orientation à la baisse des taux d’intérêt et la forte chute des cours du brut au second semestre de l’année ont contribué à la performance soutenue des marchés d’actions internationaux durant cette période.
Translation - English World economic expansion started to accelerate at the beginning of 2006. By the first quarter, growth in the US economy had reached 5.6 %, in large part due to a more sustained demand from household consumption. Following a difficult fourth quarter in Europe, the beginning of 2006 was marked by a strengthening of household consumption, and economic growth for the second quarter was well above expectations. The Chinese economy benefitted from the dynamism of western economies which resulted in a strong increase in exports, and its economic growth exceeded 10 %. Even the strong increase in the price of crude during the first semester did not have a really negative impact on the economy. Following the acceleration in the growth of the world economy, interest rates moved upward with financial markets anticipating a continuation of the policy of rising interest rates set by central banks in the US and Europe. This increase in interest rates weakened the real estate market in the US in the second quarter. Growth in the US economy then fell to 2.6 %, and then to 2 % in the third.
This fall in the US economy affected world growth in the second semester. Japanese economic growth contracted as a result of the negative effect that the very weak increase in wages had on household consumption. In Europe, economic activity remained flourishing. The slowing down of the world economy resulted in a strong decline of world interest rates during the third quarter. The pause observed by the Federal Reserve Board in August strengthened confidence. The trend in decreasing interest rates, and the strong fall in the price of crude during the second semester of the year contributed to a sustained performance of international stock markets during this period.
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
25 years as a professional free lance translator specializing in economics, banking, finance, marketing, legal, political science, government, insurance, reinsurance, oil & gas, general business, technical and legal documents.
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Translator from Spanish and French into English.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
• Certified Translator Spanish to English- Association of Translators and Interpreters of
Ontario (ATIO) and the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC)- International Federation of Translators (IFT)- 1998.
• B.Sc. (Soc. Sci.) Political Science / Economics, University of Ottawa - 2002.
• TEST Can in French approved by the Second Language Institute, University of Ottawa, required for bilingual university studies – 1996.
• Bachiller Nacional, Spanish (Degree in Secondary Education) Sarmiento College, Argentina - 1971.
• Cambridge Overseas Certificate of General Education at St. George's College, Argentina with "Distinction in English and Spanish" – 1966.
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