Bradley H.

Senior French Translator & Proofreader - English & French Translation

🥇Top 3% of Upwork—10 years solo, zero outsourcing ⭐800+ 5-star reviews here & on French platform Malt 🎢Indies on up to Adobe, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft You're here for authentic, consistent, and captivating HUMAN content. I faithfully convey cultural nuances and nimbly, NATURALLY tailor your message for your audience (IDIOMS, MEANING, and IDEAS—ZERO awkward, word-for-word machine drivel). Count on fast, friendly help from this veteran independent freelancer. A native and lifelong bilingual with an MA in linguistics, I'm also keenly familiar with various French cultural intricacies having studied, worked, traveled, married, and raised a child in France, Gabon (Africa), and Canada. You'll find vast experience here with Canadian French, European French, U.S. English and content that I've painstakingly researched and written over the years: marketing, financial, technical, training, legal, environmental, health, medical, sports, gambling, and more. Read my reviews, and send me a direct message for a FREE consultation—en français, ou bien in English!💥 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗜 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: 🎨Expert layout & formatting: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint/Slides, pitch deck, slide deck, InDesign, Google Docs, Wix, WordPress, Hubspot, Canva, Figma 🔣CAT collaboration: MemoQ, Lokalise, Memsource, Weglot, SmartCat, etc.—your glossary or one I build from scratch as I work ⚖️Consistent, compliant contracts, terms and conditions, privacy policies, paralegal drafting 📦Consistent, compliant packaging, product descriptions, user guides, manuals 💻Translation for SaaS, apps: (po, json, HTML, other formats; code meticulously preserved) 🎮Natural video game localization, quality assurance 🎥FLAWLESS subtitles, compliant captions—MANUALLY written, formatted, synced line by line: clean, precise format of your choice (VAST experience with movies, documentaries, webinars, educational videos, marketing, YouTube, Vimeo, more) 🎙️Impeccably written and formatted transcriptions with timestamps for focus groups, surveys, market studies ✍Authentic transcreation/copywriting with your own keywords (I can also do keyword planning; SERP, backlinks, meta, page-level analyses on my end) 📊Optimization within Google Natural Language API and other tools 💬strategic B2B/B2C content, sales funnels, email/social media campaigns 🎤Live interpreting and consultation via Zoom, Teams, other platforms 💯Language learning: curriculum design, educational content, assessment, phonetic/linguistic analysis 🤫Total confidentiality, NDA, certification on request 🚀Deadlines NEVER missed, NEVER pressed for payment (let's ensure perfect results first!) ❣Corrections/suggestions to source text in tracking mode/comments as I work 🚫ZERO machine/AI slop—EVER 𝗠𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: ✔️translation, focus group, market research for Foot Locker, Nike, Rolex, Facebook, Nestlé, Canadian Tire, Mayo Clinic ✔️translation, subtitles, transcription of marketing material for Amazon, Boucheron, Lillet, Vogue, Ivanti, Intel, Oculus Rift ✔bilingual educational content for Wayside Publishing, Duolingo, Wlingua; marketing/website content for LMS Absorb ✔major development/gender & reproductive rights/NGO projects across the African continent ✔film and documentary subtitles (pour les Québecois, c'est tiguidou, là) ✔complex technical & medical user guides & manuals: Worldcoin, Lyft, Pedego, Winnebego... ET ENFIN, pour mes futurs clients francophones, c'est OUIII ! Nous pouvons également communiquer en français à tout moment — c'est comme vous voulez ! Ancien bourlingueur ayant séjourné en France, au Gabon, et au Canada, journaliste de sept ans devenu linguiste et professeur de langues à la fac depuis 20 ans, je vous propose du contenu naturel à valeur ajoutée — adapté à chaque public — pour des tarifs très raisonnables établis sur nombre de mots ou minutes vidéo. Merci de tenir compte de notre décalage horaire, et à très vite ! 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀: "Brad's versatility as a translator is one-of-a-kind. From the technical language in our film to creative wordplay, he found a way to purvey everything into French even when it didn't have exact cultural equivalents abroad. There was one pun in particular for which we'd spent weeks trying to find a translation. Brad quickly came up with a brilliant solution (Trisomique ? C'est chic !)" —Michael McDonald, Broccoli Film Initiative "Brad delivered high-quality, consistent, and client-ready translations for everything from PowerPoint decks to simulation exercise materials to trainee communications. He often provided added value with suggestions for clarity. Given the highly technical content and high standards for training organizers (WHO, US CDC, GAVI, UNICEF) and quick turnarounds on materials, we truly couldn't have gotten it all done without Brad’s expertise and support." —GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance "Juste parfait, que ce soit en délai ou en qualité." —Samy Daigurande, TEEPTRAK "Brad is the best out there." —Ben Dobson