{"id":661,"date":"2022-03-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/?p=661"},"modified":"2024-10-18T20:28:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T19:28:12","slug":"catharine-cellier-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/?p=661","title":{"rendered":"Catharine Cellier-Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Who are you? Please introduce yourself<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I\u2019m Catharine Cellier-Smart, and I translate from French (and Reunion Creole) into English. I was born and brought up in south-west London in an Anglo-Scottish family, but have been based in Reunion Island \u2013\u00a0a far-flung French overseas d\u00e9partement<\/em> in the Indian Ocean \u2013 for most of the last three decades.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Do you translate, interpret, or both? What are your areas of specialism?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Although I occasionally do legal interpreting, as well as liaison interpreting for international conferences or visiting professionals, I\u2019ve chosen to focus my talents on translation. As I mainly work with direct clients based on the island, my across-the-board specialism is Reunion, and most projects I work on are in the fields of law, business, logistics, tourism and\/or humanitarian work but require local or regional knowledge.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Why did you decide to get into translation or interpreting?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I studied French, amongst other languages, at school and did a degree in European Studies. I was \u2018sent\u2019 to Reunion for my year abroad and immediately felt at home, so I came back to the island \u2018for a year or two\u2019 virtually as soon as I graduated. I first started working as a translator and interpreter in the early 1990s, but there was less demand and fewer opportunities than today, so I worked in business for 15 years while also doing ad hoc<\/em> translation work and completing an MBA at night school. Then my husband got a job in Seoul, so we moved there for three years, and when we returned to the island in 2011 I decided to fulfil a long-held dream and become a full-time professional translator. I became a court-appointed sworn translator in 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What\u2019s your favourite type of project?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

You learn something with every project, but I definitely enjoy creative projects most. I\u2019ve done some literary translation (including three operas) as well as advertising transcreation, and I love making words resonate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And working with direct clients generally means I get to decide or negotiate the deadline, which helps with quality.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What do you do outside of translation or interpreting?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Although Reunion is only the same size as Luxembourg, there\u2019s such a wide range of things to do that you can be spoilt for choice! (It\u2019s not called \u2018France\u2019s best-kept secret\u2019 for nothing). Personally, as well as going to the gym several times a week, I also hike, swim, cycle, and scuba dive. Other activities I do or have done are visiting lava tubes (the island has one of the world\u2019s most active volcanoes), kayaking, white-water rafting, canyoning, paragliding, and whale-watching. And if I wanted, I could also go horse riding, sailing, kitesurfing, stand-up paddling\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Despite \u2013 or perhaps because of \u2013 the island\u2019s isolation I also enjoy travelling, although of course Covid has made that more difficult since 2020. I\u2019ve been to 70 or so countries and have many more to see. When I can combine travelling with a scuba-diving destination that\u2019s an added bonus!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Catharine Cellier-Smart<\/em><\/a> is a British-born French to English translator based in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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