Cathleen Poehler - Translation

SPECIALIZATIONS

Social sciences; environment; law; press releases; design and visual arts.

Social sciences
The majority of my clients are academics and researchers active in the field of sociology or related disciplines. The following are some of the university departments and research institutions they represent: Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (CRISES) (UQAM, Montreal); Centre Urbanisation Culture Société of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Montreal); Revue Recherches sociographiques (Université Laval, Quebec); École d'urbanisme et d'architecture de paysage (Université de Montréal, Montreal); Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy (Concordia University, Montreal); Heinrich Boell Foundation (Berlin); Department of Sociology (Universität Stuttgart, Germany). Among the topics I have dealt with over time are: the social economy, digitization, refugees and migration, project management (from a sociological perspective), sustainability, legal philosophy, urban planning, the internet, social innovation and living labs, gentrification, knowledge construction, governance (municipal responsiveness and accountability), social media, energy politics, philanthropism.

French-to-English translation and editing of English texts of the 334-page book The Weight of the Social Economy, Bouchard, Marie J., & Rousselière, D. (Eds.), 2015, Brussels: Peter Lang, Series: Économie sociale & Économie publique / Social Economy & Public Economy - Volume 6, ISBN 978-2-87574-287-2
French-to-English translation and editing of English texts of the 300-page book Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level. Views from Canada. Breux, S., & Couture, J. (Eds.), 2018. Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0773553286.

Environment
Concerned about the environment, I returned to school to obtain a Diploma in Environment (McGill University). Among my clients in this sector are the MCC (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons), the Heinrich Boell Foundation (Berlin) and a number of professors from universities in Germany and Quebec.

French-to-English translation and editing of English texts of the 170-page book Sustainable Cities: Local Solutions in the Global South, Robertson, M. (Ed.), 2011, Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, Practical Action Publishing Limited, Warwickshire, UK, ISBN-13: 978-1853397233
Annual reports, press releases, newsletters, web content, conference programs, environmental monitoring reports, legal disputes, national reports for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (United Nations Environment Programme), urban waste management plan, laboratory reports.

Law I translate contracts, agreements and legal decisions on a regular basis for various clients from the private and public sectors as well as for a translation agency specialized in legal translation. As part of my university studies in translation, I moreover completed a three-month internship with the department for legal translation of the Quebec government. More recently, in 2012, I took a week-long legal translation course (German-to-English) at City University London to upgrade my skills. Prospective clients from the Canadian government will also appreciate that I have been granted the Canadian personnel security clearance. Press releases While it sounds odd to be "specializing in press releases," I do wish to add them to the list. Despite their mere 24-hour virtual existence, these documents are nevertheless crucial pieces of corporate communication. I make sure to translate press releases succinctly and with pizzazz in order to capture readers' attention. In addition I go out of my way to meet the stringent deadlines which these texts usually require. Design I have been providing German-to-English translations of annual catalogues, press releases and other communications materials for the reddot design award, the world's largest and most renowned design competition (www.red-dot.de), as well as for the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen since 2006. Visual Arts Revision and German-to-English translation: 150-page artist catalogue on internationally renowned artist Mathilde ter Heijne, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany, 2008 Translation from German into English: Some 60 short texts on artists and their works for the traveling exhibition Into Me / Out of Me, Kunstwerke, Berlin, 2006 Translation from English into German: “Past as Prologue,” article by Jeffrey Spalding on the artist Oscar Cahén, The Cahén Archives, 2006 Assistant curator at the Centre international d’art contemporain, Montreal, April 2001–March 2002. Wrote (in English): Short texts on artists and their artworks for the exhibition Growth & Risk (www.ciac.ca/Growth&Risk/en/PRESENTATION.htm); biographical texts on the artists participating at La Biennale de Montréal 2002; grant applications and fact sheets representing the organization, its history and its goals. Writer and curatorial assistant for the international art exhibition Innenseite. Kassel, Germany. 1997. Wrote (in English): Approximately 40 texts—longer texts about the exhibition concept, plus short texts on the artists and their artworks. Member of the artist-run center articule, Montreal, 1998–2003 Wrote (in English): Co-publication of annual brochures; grant applications