FOR BIZMTLMAY 18 , 2016

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 15 , 2016

Suzanne Aubertin Traduction Inc.

www.traductionaubertin.com/en/

www.traductionaubertin.com/fr/

What does Suzanne Aubertin Traduction inc. have to offer?

Obviously, this professional translation company as others, offers translation services. Languages:

* English to Canadian French (québécois)* French to Canadian English

Text revision is also offered, mostly within translation projects. So is helping you with writing short texts, mostly letters. (A translator is not a copywriter).

What is translation?

Is it just being able to write the corresponding term in another language for each word you have written?Really not!

Translation basically requires the interpretation of a text to be translated, the source text; but it mainly entails the interpretation of its meaning and the production of an equivalent text in another language, the target language. So it is not just a question of equivalent words, but equivalent meaning to make sure that you are making yourself understood.

You can expect your text in French to contain roughly 15-25% more words. In technical documentation, it is usually less.

What does a good translator need?

In order to communicate the same message, a good translator minimally has to understand: • The culture of both languages, not just their vocabulary, • Current buzz words, what is trendy,• The specific grammar, syntactic and punctuation rules

of each language, and• The cultural references of your message.

This is a tall order that no machine translation as yet such as Google Translation can really fulfill.

Professional Background

- 30+ years as a professional translator in the industrial, commercial and consumer sectors.

- 7 years as a language teacher:- * French to francophones in a commercial setting- * French to Anglophones and Allophones in general and commercial

settings- * English to francophones in a commercial setting

3 years as a private English teacher to high school students 3+ years consultant for training programs for a major Canadian bank 1 year as English teacher to high school students in the public sector Exceptional contracts of interpretation.• 5+ years as spokesperson, executive member and translator for a Cdn. political

party.• Previously: Accounting, Project dept., Payroll dept., Purchasing dept. clerk for a

telephone company, Sales clerk and rep., etc.

Academic Background

Université de Montréal, Montréal QC Initiation to Legal and Paralegal Text Translation 1 & 2 - Certificates 2006 Educational Planning and Administration Program (graduate level - 5 courses)2003 à 2005 Translation 1 - certificate and courses in Translation level 2 (15 credits) 1985 - 1989 Bachelor of Arts : 1983

Major in English LiteratureMinor in High School /College level teaching (Pedagogy)

Cégep Maisonneuve, Montréal QCCollege Diploma in French Literature

Cégep de ValleyfieldMarketing 1

Other Professional and Personal Training

The Net Results- Charlotte, North Carolina -U.S. (webinars)Forbidden Kindle 1 & 2 – Self editing and publishing, online book marketing 2013 – 2015Kindle Triangulation – Training on online self publication on Kindle and Amazon marketing 2012

Serré – De Looz, Pointe-Claire QC Prority Management – general course and applied on Outlook

Many more ongoing business webinars, seminars and workshops.

Topics translated - Specialized

Safety and industrial identification, labeling, and signage material, printers, labelers, software and supplies

Industrial UPS systems and generator set manuals IT, networking, telecom., GPS, satellite systems, software, electricity

specs., user and commissioning manuals Specification sheets for chemical products and hazardous materials,

transport (WHMIS, MSDS, TDG, MIL, etc.) Industrial safety material and equipment Data acquisition, software, hardware and coding Real estate dev., appraisals, construction, renovations, etc. Food & beverage processing, packaging and advertising Websites, procedures, quality manuals, ISO, OSHA, etc. Environmental & water expertise and testing reports Pharmaceutical and biotechnological R&D Gas pipeline user & maintenance manuals, reports, etc. Everything and anything pertaining to high-tech, and much more….

Topics translated - General

Human resources documentation, policies, procedures, job descr. Training brochures, manuals and presentations Sales & marketing material, press releases and others for various

business and industries Catalogues, warrantees, and contest rules Business profiles and quotations, project proposals Resumes, letters, business plans Weekly circulars for food and pharmacy chains, business supplies

& equipment, home appliances Bathroom & kitchen fixtures, faucets and accessories Food processing, recipes and menus Hunting & fishing gear, most outdoors and sports equipment TV advertising and video scripts Accounting and annual business reports, and numerous others

Text Revision

Revision, as mentioned, is mostly done within the scope of a whole project.

PLEASE DO NOTExpect to save money by Googling a translation draft and asking for

that text to be revised by a professional service.You will not save!

Why? Because, of course, we will ask for the source document to compare the result

with. When we do a first read of the translation, we will at first try to understand what the meaning is, without the source document, and bring the appropriate corrections. Then we will compare with the source text, and we will look for the best way to express what you wanted to say in the first place. It will take just as long, sometimes even longer to go through this whole process as it would have to translate it directly.

Furthermore, the result will inevitably be influenced by the substandard text you have submitted in the first place, since we automatically believe that this might have been your first choice, so we will only change it where it is really wrong, either in terms of terminology, or grammatically, or syntactically.

Revision is charged by the hour – like I said, you will not save!

Help with writing

Resume translation is one of our specialty. More often than not, they are those of professionals who have consulted head hunting firms, and want to present a specific type of resume in response to a particular opening they have seen or have been made aware of. I often help people with this. It is in fact something I have been doing ever since the beginning of the company in 1985. I can translate resumes, and help you write the letters, both in French and in English.I do not formulate complete resumes anymore, but I make suggestions.

I also help with business and personal letters.

What is Suzanne Aubertin Traduction Inc. not offering?

Translation of legal documents. This said, everyday documentation such as warranties, basic sales

contracts and conditions, disclaimers, etc. can be translated at the regular price, provided you accept that the translation will be sent with the following notice (disclaimer):

NOTICE:As we are not a firm specializing in the legal field, although this document has been thoroughly researched and translated, and reflects the professionalism acquired through our many years of experience in translation, we strongly recommend that this document be revised by a member of your legal department or other member of the legal profession. We will not be held responsible for anything being the result of the interpretation and/or application of the present translation, either as a whole or in part. Please consider this notice, that we send to all of our customers requesting translations of documents having legal implications, as a protective measure for both of our companies .

Why I never offer translations of official (legal)documents? Official documents: certificates, report cards, birth or marriage certificates, etc. People who need them usually also need to have them stamped with a legal seal certifying that the translation is true to the original, and this seal can only be obtained from a member of the legal profession such as a notary, a justice of the peace, etc. If a translator is a certified legal translator, then he or she has access to such a seal. S.A.T. does not have one.

Pricing

Rate Table for Translation effective since July 2012Suzanne Aubertin Traduction inc. – all rates subject to applicable taxes

Regular basic rate generally applied:

$0.22/word For any document where a minimum delay required is of 48 working hours. All delays are discussed and agreed upon according to quantities and availability..

Fast action rate generally applied:

$0.24/word For any document of 1,500 words or less required within a delay of 24-48 h on workdays and according to availability. Any other quantity required within such a delay will have to be discussed on an individual basis.

Emergency rates generally applied:

$0.26+/word For any document of 1,500 words or less required in a delay of less than 24 hours on (a) workday(s), according to the delay granted, the quantity requested and our availability. It will be evaluated on an individual basis.Any other quantity requested within such a delay will have to be discussed and agreed upon on an individual basis.

Other delays, on other days, and other quantities may be discussed and agreed upon. Just give us a call!

Conditions

Every work agreement/contract is under the payment condition of net 30 days after remittance

of the translation/processed document.

Exceptions:• A first translation request• Resumes and other personal documents

TO BE PAID UPON RECEPTION OR REQUIRED BEFORE.

Minimum charge invoiced: $7.00 plus taxes.

Possibility of monthly or quarterly invoicing for regular and frequent requests sent in very small quantities – please call.

Plus more…..

Another perk that you can take advantage of when you become a regular customer of Suzanne Aubertin Traduction inc:

• Free consultation for a few words; • An occasional opinion on a specific formulation;• References supporting why something is or should

be written in such a way to be in agreement with grammatical rules or other similar language related questions.

Your translator becomes your language consultant.

Companies we have worked withAbbott Pharmaceuticals - Sales training and reportsAccuform - Safety signage and labelling, office equipmentAceTronic - Plastics machinery manufacturer adsBodycote and Stochem - Chemical product suppliers- spec sheets and internal documentsBrady People ID & Brady Worldwide – catalogues, software, training, sales and marketing BrandHealth – Documentation for Botox and JuvedermBrock Technologies - website on various industrial technologies CAMVAP - Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan - initial websiteCinélande inc, - TV advertising and video scriptsCivil Magazine - editorial, and other articlesConcordia University - internal communicationsEngel - Plastics machinery manufacturing - articles and advertisingFalconbridge - Collective agreementFuture Shop - weekly circulars and special publications 1986 - 2013Magazine Protégez-vous - seasonal speciality manualsMitsubishi Inc - Generator set manualsPatrick Morin Rénovation – Construction & renovations suppliesPretium Inc. - Packaging material manufacturingTelus - Telephone company - documentation when they arrived in QuebecTranscanada Pipeline - Internal documentation and proceduresUBM Canon – All the convention materials for the Plastex Expo of the Plastics industryWest-Island Business Development/Développement économique West-Island – website

Companies we currently work with

Here are a few of our present valued customers:Allergan -- Lachine QC and Markham ON - PharmaceuticalsAltus Group – Newmarket ON - Real Estate Research/Valuation/Consulting Specialists Barway Plastic Equipment – Vaudreuil-Dorion QC – Industrial machinery supplierIdenticard/Brady – Richmond Hill ON & US – Safety products, signage, labelling, etc. Canadian Plastics / Plastiques et moules magazines, Toronto ONChubb-Edwards – ON & QC - Safety and security systems, training, procedures, etc. DIR Constr. & Renovations Inc.– Kirkland QC – their website about to be put onlineGoudreau Poirier Inc. – C.A. firm – Vaudreuil-Dorion QC – yearly municipal auditsHercules Freight Ltd – Dorval, QC – Website and various brochuresHudson Yacht Club – Hudson QC – Operating documents, sales & advertising - website soon!Larson-Juhl – Custom framing and artistic supplies – Montreal QC & Georgia, USwebsite content, monthly sales training, deco tips, Verus website, National Gallery, etc.National Silicates Inc., Toronto ON & Valleyfield QCNymox Inc. – Biomed. Research - Saint-Laurent QC & USSonim Technologies – Mobile phones – San Mateo U.S.Transcontinental Transmédia Inc. - Saint-Laurent QC Loblaws/ Metro/Food Basic/Brunet, etc.), Winpak Packaging Inc., Vaudreuil-Dorion & Montréal QC – Internal documentsZast Foods – Toronto ON – Food product information and labelling

Present & Future

We continue working with our many satisfied customers on a weekly, monthly basis, or on occasion. One of our excellent older customers was Symbol Technologies (some 20 years ago) which has since been bought by Motorola for which we also have worked for, which in turn was bought by Zebra Technologies, and its more recent Canadian division is called Blue Star.We have just started collaborating once again, this on the basis of S.A.T. still having solid credentials with in-house members of sales and management.

Present & Future - continued

A similar situation happened with the Montreal established real estate developers Crofton Moore, with whom we have started to work again on a more regular basis after a 4 year hiatus.

Discussions were started recently with Cogeco and we finished a first contract with them with the hope of a continued collaboration.

We are now working regularly with Serene Accounting, a cloud based accounting firm, a forward looking technology applied to a traditional profession. Access2Pro, another one of our customers, offers a similar principle to the construction\renovation sector.

We have just finished working with UBM on the official documentation for The Advanced Design & Manufacturing Expo (formerly the PackEX & PlastEX) which will be held at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal on November 30 and December 1rst, 2016.

Present & Future – With You

A few of you within this group have already tested the waters, such as A. Gardner & Associates and Buzzprint.

Others, I am sure, could need to have their documentation and website translated into French, québécois French, or from French to English, in a professional manner, in a way

that gets you understood.

You work hard to get your company rolling, and your corporate image is the essence of

what you present on the market.

Let’s work together

Anyone in this group who has talked with me, or heard me present my services, knows: I am really really not a fan of ‘machine

translation’. This is because the very term is a fallacy.Machines stock information and apply it as best they can in similar

contexts, but it rarely works well.

What we, us translators as myself, use on occasion is a translation memory software such as the most popular one called Trados, and

still, I do so very rarely.

Translation at Suzanne Aubertin Traduction inc. is still mostly done in an artisan fashion using technological research tools. Only experience can allow this. As a result, your translations will not contain unbelievable errors and will not be a cookie cutter repetition

of what you can find on your competitor’s website.

Talking about unbelievable errors!

Safety signage – Precision is crucial(Image taken from the ChinaGreen.com website)This story is NOT about that company

A university professor talked about a past experience having to translate the 3 little words “Use no oil” meaning “Use no oil based product”, such as often seen on oxygen tanks. Since in French it was too long to write “Ne pas utiliser de produit pétrolier”, the company required having a strict word for word translation. The translator presented a disclaimer to the customer to sign in case anything ever happened. Eventually, a garage worker used an oxygen torch… there was one fatality and only the foundation of the garage remained.

It is also said that there are grave risks every year when emergency response team members on ski slopes wear petroleum-based lip balm while using oxygen tanks…

Talking about unbelievable errors!

Safety signage

Useful if you get a sudden urge to immolate yourself – but just in French!

Nasty bears! She ended up with half a van of cute little bears with

A gift shop owner ordered half a van of teddy bears with “You are Terrific!” embroidered on them, and asked the Chinese supplier to send another half van with the same wording embroidered in French

Talking about unbelievable errors!

Vous êtes terrifiant!In English: You are Scary!

Just for Laughs – Were these texts Googled?Examples published on the Protégez-vous site

More Bears!... Stocking Stuffers! Yeah!

My, my, Sweetie, what big feet you have!

Just for Laughs – Were these texts Googled?Examples published on the Protégez-vous site

“Simple” directions to cook dry

peas!

Retranslation with inconsistencies: 1. Soak from the day until the

following day reduce the time of the kitchen

2. The rinsing and drain ??? (That word doesn't exist in French. They didn't take any chances, they didn't put a period at the end of the sentence.)

3. If reutilizing soaking some water or adding fresh, there must be like it the much of water like the peas.

4. Boil like mad (really?!), uncovered, for ten minutes. The roof, reduce the heat and simmer for 1-2 hours until tender.

Editor's comment: Recipe for peas to go with the turkey: Just relax, do just about anything, and then get furious when cooking!

Just for Laughs – Were these texts Googled?Examples published on the Protégez-vous site

A depressed chicken needs spicing up!

A remote-controlled toy is

In French: Ready to be stolen!

FOR MORE LAUGHS, THESE AND MORE CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:

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For a few minutes o f fun , o r hours even , go to :h t tp : / /www.pro tegez -vous .ca / chron ique -he in .h tml

New s tup id tex t s a re c rea ted every day ! You won ’ t be l i e ve i t !The work o f p ro fess iona l t rans la tor s i s s t i l l no t done !

Do you still believe you can Google the translation of your

company documentation?

We hope to be counting you among our many satisfied customers. Suzanne Aubertin Traduction Inc.

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