{"id":695,"date":"2022-06-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/?p=695"},"modified":"2024-10-18T20:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T19:40:02","slug":"translation-mentoring-scheme-mentor-pairs-report-aude-de-lucia-et-christele-blin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"Translation Mentoring Scheme \u2013 mentor pairs report:  Aude De Lucia et Christ\u00e8le Blin"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/what-we-do__trashed\/translation-mentoring\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"24\">Translation Mentoring Scheme<\/a> was launched by the ITI French Network in 2020. The scheme focuses on developing translation skills and is aimed at both experienced translators and newcomers to the profession. Mentees work on three translations over a period of six months, which mentors provide feedback and guidance on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below a mentor pair shares their experience of the scheme. Read other mentor reports on our <a href=\"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/news\/mentoring-reports\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"89\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The mentee: Aude De Lucia<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-388\" src=\"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-picture-Aude-De-Lucia-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-picture-Aude-De-Lucia-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-picture-Aude-De-Lucia-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-picture-Aude-De-Lucia-768x1065.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-picture-Aude-De-Lucia-1108x1536.jpg 1108w, https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-picture-Aude-De-Lucia-1477x2048.jpg 1477w, https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-picture-Aude-De-Lucia-1568x2174.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-picture-Aude-De-Lucia-scaled.jpg 1846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tout avait commenc\u00e9 avec une jolie signature. La premi\u00e8re fois que Christ\u00e8le Blin, ma mentore, et moi avons \u00e9chang\u00e9 par mail, c\u2019\u00e9tait parce que je trouvais sa signature, que je voyais passer dans un \u00e9change sur FrenchNet, tr\u00e8s chouette &#8211; \u00e9l\u00e9gante et tr\u00e8s pro -, alors j\u2019ai pris ma plume et je le lui ai dit. S\u2019en sont suivis divers \u00e9changes, sur des th\u00e8mes aussi vari\u00e9s que l\u2019adh\u00e9sion \u00e0 la SFT, \u00e0 l\u2019ITI, les agences, les tarifs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Par la suite, lorsque je me suis inscrite au programme de mentorat de l\u2019ITI FrenchNet, Cherry Shelton, la coordinatrice &#8211; que je remercie au passage pour son engagement -, m\u2019a sollicit\u00e9e pour la recherche d\u2019un mentor dans ma combinaison de langue et sp\u00e9cialisation (finance\/banque). Apr\u00e8s avoir interrog\u00e9 mon r\u00e9seau, plusieurs noms m\u2019ont \u00e9t\u00e9 indiqu\u00e9s, dont celui de Christ\u00e8le, recommand\u00e9e par Chris Durban. Alors, encourag\u00e9e par nos \u00e9changes r\u00e9cents, je lui ai fait un joli mail lui demandant si elle accepterait de m\u2019aider \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer mes comp\u00e9tences linguistiques. Bien que tr\u00e8s occup\u00e9e, Christ\u00e8le a tout de suite dit oui, et d\u00e8s que son agenda le lui a permis, nous avons d\u00e9marr\u00e9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comme pr\u00e9vu par le programme de mentorat, Christ\u00e8le m\u2019a soumis trois textes, sur le th\u00e8me de la gestion de fonds d\u2019investissement. Textes que je devais traduire selon un calendrier que nous avions \u00e9tabli ensemble. Ces textes \u00e9taient difficiles pour moi, car c\u2019\u00e9tait alors un domaine de la finance que je d\u00e9couvrais, et il fallait bien s\u00fbr respecter les d\u00e9lais impartis &#8211; ce qui n\u2019a pas toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 possible, car entre temps, de traductrice, j\u2019ai d\u00fb (comme beaucoup d\u2019entre nous) m\u2019improviser ma\u00eetresse pendant le confinement\u2009!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ensuite, Christ\u00e8le revoyait et commentait ma traduction, et m\u2019envoyait \u00e9galement la traduction qu\u2019elle avait livr\u00e9e au client. J\u2019analysais alors tout \u00e7a &#8211; une vraie mine d\u2019or de suggestions, de pr\u00e9conisations terminologiques et m\u00eame de ressources -, puis nous nous r\u00e9unissions virtuellement pour en discuter de vive voix.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formations, newsletters, dictionnaires, livres \u00e0 lire, agences recommandables, outils, techniques de recherche\u00a0: lors de nos \u00e9changes vid\u00e9o, Christ\u00e8le n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 avare de bons conseils, que je me suis empress\u00e9e de suivre et que je continue aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 explorer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cerise sur le g\u00e2teau, histoire de prolonger encore un peu nos interactions, Christ\u00e8le m\u2019a m\u00eame soumis un quatri\u00e8me texte, cette fois pour un exercice de traduction comparative. Il s\u2019agissait d\u2019un article sur le Brexit qui, du fait de diff\u00e9rents al\u00e9as c\u00f4t\u00e9 client, avait \u00e9t\u00e9 traduit par deux traducteurs en parall\u00e8le. Cet exercice nous a \u00e9galement valu des \u00e9changes int\u00e9ressants.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La vraie p\u00e9pite de cette exp\u00e9rience, c\u2019est que ce mentorat m\u2019a permis de me lancer vraiment, tout en me mettant concr\u00e8tement le pied \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9trier avec mes premi\u00e8res agences. En effet, en r\u00e9alisant une analyse d\u00e9taill\u00e9e de mon travail, Christ\u00e8le m\u2019a aid\u00e9e \u00e0 me positionner\u00a0: savoir quels \u00e9taient mes atouts, ainsi que mes axes d\u2019am\u00e9lioration. Mais surtout, cela m\u2019a permis de me rendre compte que mon travail \u00e9tait de qualit\u00e9, ce qui m\u2019a \u00e9norm\u00e9ment donn\u00e9 confiance en moi pour me jeter \u00e0 l\u2019eau, notamment dans le domaine des fonds d\u2019investissement, apr\u00e8s avoir suivi des formations pour approfondir mes connaissances th\u00e9oriques sur le sujet. Ensuite, Christ\u00e8le m\u2019a tr\u00e8s gentiment recommand\u00e9e aupr\u00e8s de pas moins de quatre agences, dont deux sont devenues mes principaux clients\u2009!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vous vous en doutez donc, je conseille vivement le mentorat et je tiens \u00e0 remercier tr\u00e8s chaleureusement Christ\u00e8le d\u2019avoir accept\u00e9 de me consacrer son temps tr\u00e8s g\u00e9n\u00e9reusement, et ce alors que son rythme de travail \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 tr\u00e8s soutenu\u2009!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Londres, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/audedeluciatranslator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aude De Lucia MA<\/a>\u00a0traduit\u00a0de l&#8217;anglais et de l&#8217;italien vers le fran\u00e7ais en banque \/ finance, avec un focus particulier sur la\u00a0gestion des risques\u00a0et le\u00a0domaine de l&#8217;investissement.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The mentor: Christ\u00e8le Blin<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-692\" src=\"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Christele-Blin-photo_EDITED2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Christele-Blin-photo_EDITED2.jpg 309w, https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Christele-Blin-photo_EDITED2-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forte de plus de 20\u00a0ans d\u2019exp\u00e9rience dans le secteur de la traduction, c\u2019est pour moi toujours un plaisir de r\u00e9pondre aux questions de celles et ceux qui se lancent dans le m\u00e9tier, que ce soit en tout d\u00e9but de carri\u00e8re ou lors d\u2019une reconversion. Aude De Lucia est la premi\u00e8re personne que j\u2019ai accept\u00e9 d\u2019accompagner \u00ab\u2009les mains dans le cambouis\u2009\u00bb, une exp\u00e9rience qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 riche d\u2019enseignements pour moi aussi\u2009! En effet, d\u2019une part, il m\u2019a fallu organiser mes connaissances pour les lui pr\u00e9senter de mani\u00e8re intelligible (rien de tel pour mettre un peu d\u2019ordre dans sa t\u00eate\u2009!), et d\u2019autre part, cela nous a permis \u00e0 toutes les deux de comparer la mani\u00e8re dont chacune avait abord\u00e9 les 3\u00a0textes, et surtout de pouvoir en discuter, ce que l\u2019on n\u2019a jamais le temps de faire lorsqu\u2019on est le nez dans le guidon. Et aussi, cette exp\u00e9rience m\u2019a permis de r\u00e9aliser que j\u2019ai acquis une v\u00e9ritable expertise dans mon domaine, et que j\u2019ai toute l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 \u00e0 en faire profiter de nouveaux arrivants dans le m\u00e9tier. Merci donc \u00e0 Chris Durban de nous avoir mises en relation \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Lille (France), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/frenchtranslator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christ\u00e8le Blin MITI<\/a> traduit de l&#8217;anglais vers le fran\u00e7ais dans les domaines de l&#8217;investissement et de la communication d&#8217;entreprise.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Translation Mentoring Scheme was launched by the ITI French Network in 2020. 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