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Louis Salmon
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> Native Language(s):
French.

> Target Language(s):
French.

> Source Language(s):
English (American) and English.

> Service Type(s):
Translation Services, Interpretation Services, and Proofreading/copywriting.

> Relevant Translation Experience:
1975–Now Free-lance Reseda & Los Angeles

Free-lance , Accredited Translator for English into French
 Technical Proposals, Owner’s Manuals of Industrial Equipment, Marketing Documents, Business Letters, Patents, etc.
 Automobiles, Turbines, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Products, Materials, Control, Computer Accessories, etc.
 Translation, Proofreading, Editing; Word-processing using Word 97 for Windows 95.
For 14 months University of California Los Angeles, CA
Post-Graduate Student Research Assistant
 Work on Optical Properties of Unidirectionally Grown Alkali Halide Eutectics (Solidification on earth and in space).
 Work on Probabilistic Methods of Nuclear Reactor Safety.
For 14 months University of California Berkeley, CA
Graduate Student Research Assistant
 Work on Unidirectionally Grown Oriented Eutectics (Al-Al2Cu).
 Operating a Crystal Growth Furnace.
 Measuring Temperature Gradients.
 Characterization of structures (Micrography).
For one year University of Alabama Huntsville, Al
Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering
 Helped for Radar Tracking Research (Computer Simulations).
 Taught Electrical Engineering Science.
 Helped for teaching FORTRAN.
For 2 + 2 months Saint-Gobain Techniques Nouvelles Courbevoie, France Consultant for Shielding Design.

For seven years Saint-Gobain Company, France
Nuclear Engineer, Studies relating to the Design of New Plants in a Chemical Laboratory of Process (one year); then six years as Chief of a Mathematical Section in charge of Radiobiological Shielding for all projects (Plants for the Chemical Processing of Nuclear Irradiated Fuels, Gaseous Radioactive Releases, Hot Laboratories, Fission Products, etc.); supervised two assistants; assisted other engineers for programming; studied Criticality Control Methods.

For 18 months Société des Aciers Fins de l’Est, Steelworks in Hagondange, France
Assistant of Head of Laboratory, Micrography and Quality Studies of Low Carbon, Low Alloy Steels used mainly by the automotive industry.

For one year Boillat S.A., Reconvilier, Switzerland, a Brass Manufacturing Company
Assistant of the Technical Manager, Studies on Electrical Demand and Distribution Problems, Changes in Processes caused by the order of a new rolling mill, Thermal Releases in shops, Power of Electrical Motors.

> Education:
Lycée Carnot, Paris, France: Old Latin, Old Greek, French Literature, English for the first part of the French “Baccalauréat”; Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Philosophy for the second part.
Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, Paris (now in Chatenay-Malabry), France: Basics of Engineering plus a specialization in Metallurgy; field trips; final project of Steelworks including Control of Furnaces and Evaluation of Investments; Diploma of “Ingénieur des Arts et Manufactures, rank of 16th out of 214.
Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, Malakoff (now in Gif-sur-Yvette), France: Accelerated training in Electrical Engineering for graduates from other schools; reports on Corrosion of Air Heaters at the Nantes-Cheviré Power Station and Influence of Secondary Channel Shape in Induction Furnaces at the Plant of Cegedur, Dives-sur-Mer; Diploma of “Ingénieur électricien E.S.E.”
University of California, Berkeley, Program of Materials Science and Engineering; emphasis on Solidification & Crystal Growth (Metals and Semiconductors); degree of Master of Science.
University of California, Los Angeles, Courses required for an eventual Ph-D; Quantum Electronics, Electron Microscopy, Advanced Solidification, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Failure Analysis & Reliability, etc.; took also Courses on Linear and Non-Linear Programming, Combinatorial Programming and Network Theory.
California State University, Northridge, Program of Business Administration; Economics, Business Laws, Managerial & Financial Accounting, Marketing Concepts, Production Concepts, Business Communications, Statistics, Seminar on International Trade; MBA degree.
Other data, Accredited for English into French by the American Translators Association (1983); California Community Colleges Instructor Credentials; attended Symposiums on Criticality Control in Karlsruhe and Stockholm.

> Location:
Reseda, CA, LA, CA (United States)

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