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French to English: Council on Foreign Relations - Speech General field: Law/Patents
Source text - French The Growing Narcotics Trade in West Africa
Remarks delivered at the Colloquium on
The New Threats and New Opportunities in Africa
At the
International University of Brazzaville
By
Princeton N. Lyman
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Council on Foreign Relations
May 17, 2010
Le trafic croissant des stupéfiants en Afrique de l’ouest
Présentation
Cette conférence rassemble des experts en matière de sécurité et de développement économique pour toute la région de l’Afrique centrale. Je me réjouis de me retrouver parmi vous et de pouvoir accroître mes connaissances grâce à l’aide des participants ici présents.
Ma présentation peut paraître quelque peu hors-propos pour la plupart des participants. Je parlerai surtout d’un problème qui sévit en Afrique de l’Ouest et non en Centre Afrique. Pourtant, les causes profondes du problème que je souhaite vous exposer, le trafic de stupéfiants, ont pénétré l’Afrique en profondeur et s’étendront certainement à d’autres pays comme cela fut le cas à partir d’autres continents vers l’Afrique, et à partir de quelques pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest vers d’autres.
Translation - English The Growing Narcotics Trade in West Africa
Remarks delivered at the Colloquium on
The New Threats and New Opportunities in Africa
At the
International University of Brazzaville
By
Princeton N. Lyman
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Council on Foreign Relations
May 17, 2010
The Growing Narcotics Trade Through West Africa
Introduction
This conference brings together experts on security and development from throughout central Africa. I am delighted to be here and to learn from the participants.
My presentation may seem a little away from the focus of most participants at this conference. I am talking about a problem that is most seriously affecting West Africa, not central Africa. Yet, the seeds of the problem I want to discuss, drug trafficking, have been sown deeply in Africa and can, indeed almost surely will spread to other countries just as it has spread from other continents to Africa, and from a few west African countries to many.
I have followed this subject for many years. As United States Ambassador to Nigeria, from 1986 through 1989, I saw drug trafficking reach into the higher levels of Nigeria’s government, subvert businessmen high and low, destroy the lives of hundreds perhaps thousands of poorer Nigerians, and give Nigeria the reputation throughout the world as one of the major sources of drug trafficking. Some of my dearest friends from Nigeria, men and women, including those of great dignity and honesty, were humiliated at airports from having to undergo searches, sometimes body searches, because they were Nigerian. Most of all, I saw in Nigeria what we see everywhere else, that a trafficking country soon becomes a consumption one.
French to English: Mining agreement Detailed field: Geology
Source text - French In pdf format
Translation - English MINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE STATE OF HAITI AND THE MINING COMPANY CITADELLE, S.A.
FOR THE MINING OF THE GOLD-SILVER DEPOSITS
OF GRAND-BOIS AND MORNE BOSSA IN NORTHERN HAITI
“Concentrate” means any product derived from run-of-mine ore, following the crushing, milling, flotation, gravimetric separation or other processes, and containing an appreciable amount of metals and/or minerals which are directly marketable on the world market for mineral commodities.
“Agreement” refers to the present Agreement, including all its annexes numbered from I to VIII.
“Production costs” refers to the costs and expenditures incurred by the Company, from the prospection and analyses operations to the production of unrefined gold and silver, including funds budgeted for the Fonds de Réhabilitation de l’Environnement/Environmental Rehabilitation Fund, duties and royalties, with the exception of the royalties for extracting the ore, the special mining duty and tax on income and on dividends.
“Currency” refers to all currencies quoted on the exchange market other than the gourde, the official currency of the State. The money used for the purposes of this Agreement is the US dollar.
“The State” refers to the State of Haiti.
“Bullion” refers to unrefined gold and silver bullion bars.
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Bachelor's degree - New York University
Experience
Years of experience: 16. Registered at ProZ.com: Feb 2006. Became a member: Nov 2006.
French to English (NYU Certification Comp Lit Dept) Spanish to English (Interpreting Professor at the ICADE, Madrid) English to French (New York University - School of Continuing and Professional Studies) English to Spanish (Universidad Nacional de Educación a distancia) Spanish to English (Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales )
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Software
memoQ, SDL TRADOS Translator's Workbench Certified, Trados Studio
PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETING/TRANSLATION SERVICE - CONFERENCE AND LEGAL WORK, VARIED SETTINGS AND LOCATIONS
PORTFOLIO
REGIONS/COUNTRIES IN WHICH I'VE INTERPRETED:
Switzerland, Spain, Puerto Rico + Caribbean countries, Former Yugoslavia, Canada, throughout the US
LIST OF AGENCIES/SERVICES/CLIENTS
Lighthouse, Morningside, Global Media Desk, Cetra, Ubiqus, Languages Unlimited, LSA, State Department, African Union, various Missions to the UN
SEMINARS, CONFERENCES and EVENTSINTERPRETING PORTFOLIODepositions, legal and medical interpreting complement this portfolio as part of my routine workload
1996-2000 Annual Festival de Film Documentaire de Nyon, Switzerland FRA<>ENG
1998-1999 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe FRA<>ENG
2000 – International Rescue Committee, Brussels, New York, Madrid, Geneva ESL<>ENG
2001 – Fundación Tomillo, Spain – multilingual interviews with asylum applicants ESL<>ENG
2002 – 2006 Occasional freelance assignments, Business, Insurance, Cultural events ESL<>ENG
2003 - 2004: ICADE Univerdad Pontificia Comillas, Interpreting Program, Assistant Professor, Madrid
2007: Columbia University Psychiatric Institute – Psychiatric and psychological interv., New York ESL<>ENG
2011: UN Conferences on the Nagoya Protocol, New York FRA<>ENG
2011: UN consecutive for Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, FRA<>ENG
2011: Malian music festival promotional tour FRA<>ENG
2011: Personal Injury witness/victim interview Hogan Lovells US LLP FRA<>ENG
2011: Videoconferencing/Accompaniment of an Attorney on behalf of Lazard Ltd FRA<>ENG
2012: United Nations Office of the Secretary General, High Level Panels FRA<>ENG
2012: World Conference on Women’s Shelters, Washington DC FRA<>ENG, ESL<>ENG
2012: Phone medical interpreting FRA<>ENG, ESL<>ENG
2012: Festival of the Desert, Essakane: documentary, interviews FRA<>ENG
2012: Kevin Rudd, Head of the Australian Labor Party, diplomacy FRA<>ENG
2013: Conference of Catholic Universities, Board Meeting FRA/ESL/ENG
2013: United Nations NY, intellectual property for indigenous peoples, Australian Miss. – ESL<>ENG
2013: International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, San Juan PR, FRA<>ESL<>ENG
2013: Labor – Management Hotel and Restaurant Employees, Safety, ESL<>ENG
2013: United General Assembly, Foreign Ministers of Canada, Ghana, Holland FRA<>ENG
2013: UNGA side event: Too Young to Wed, UNICEF, UNFPA
2013: US Distr. Court, New York City, depositions, pre-trial conferences ESL<>ENG FRA<>ENG
2013: US Federal Court, AFP & Getty Images vs. Daniel Morel FRA<>ENG
2014: Industrielle Alliance/IA-SAL Group - Car Industry, Dominican Republic FRA<>ENG
2014: Insurance Enrollment Meetings, New Jersey ESL<>ENG
2014: International Food Market Expo, Javits Centre, New York, ESL<>ENG
2014: Litigation mixed NY witness depositions, pre-trial conferences, hearings ESL<>ENG
2014: United Nations side events – indigenous populations, Burkina Faso, Finland, CA, AU, NY FRA<>ENG
2014: Nike Marketing world meeting of retail leaders, New York, NY ESL<>ENG
2014: AGRICO, conference in Nashville with agribusiness associates, agricultural machinery
2014: The Equator Prize Gala Award Ceremony/Workshops, UNDP, Agric./Climate FRA<>ESL<>ENG
2014: Biotech Arbitration proceedings; Solazyme vs. Roquette, patent litigation, NY, FRA<>ENG
2014: President of the Central African Republic, hosted by Search for Common Ground, FRA<>ENG
2014: OCHA conference on post-humanitarian development in Haiti, UN FRA<>ENG, ESL relay
2014: Conference: Association for Preservation Technology International, Quebec City, FRA<>ENG
2014: TF1 French TV production crew, series of news interviews FRA<>ENG
2014: Falabracks Production Co. Paris, Coco Channel celebrity interviews FRA<>ENG
2015: Interview with David Villa of FC Barcelona for New York City FC, Sports PR, ESL<>ENG
2015: Online retail marketing tour with Google, National Retail Federation, FRA<>ENG
2015: NBC coverage of terrorist attacks in Paris, round-the-clock interpreting teams, FRA<>ENG
2015: Google, meetings with Latin America teams at NY HQ, Marketing, ESL<>ENG
2015: UN World Conference on Women, multiple assignments, UN, NY
2015: UN, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference, NY, ESL<>ENG
2015: Inter-parliamentary conference of the Americas, Puerto Rico, ESL<>FRA<>ENG
2015: Trade Union Development Cooperation Network (TUDCN), ESL<>ENG
2015: Patrick Roger/Valrhona, Brooklyn, Fine Chocolates – Sculptor, FRA<>ENG
2015: Depositions, Jones Day LLP, Chevron Corp. vs. civil party, ESL<>ENG
2015: World ORT Board of Reps. Meeting, NY FRA<>ENG
2015: Singularity University Conference, NY FRA<>ENG
2015: International Association of Caribbean Archaeology -2015-, St. Martin FRA<>ENG
2015: World Consultation on UN Resolution 1998 on Indigenous People, EU Relex, NY ESL<>ENG
2015: Working Group on Addis Ababa Accord, International Labor; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, FRA<>ENG
2015: State Department/INL – Colorado Department of Corrections; West Africa Program FRA<>ENG
2015: UNGA; UN Habitat Conference – Safe Cities FRA<>ENG
2015: UNGA High-level reception, Sponsored by the Journalists and Writers Foundation, NY FRA<>ENG
2015: UNGA Presentation by Elois Anguimate, Central African Republic Minister of Education FRA<>ENG
2015: UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response; Spons: Exec. Off. of the Secretary General FRA<>ENG
2015: Greenberg Traurig, immigration hearings, NY ESL<>ENG
2015: Global Center on Cooperative Security/Institute for Security Studies, Good Criminal Justice Practices to Counter Terrorism/CVE Countering Violent Extremism, NY FRA<>ENG
2015: Compar. Perspectives on Public Hospital Management – Wagner School/NYU/Bellevue FRA<>ENG.
2015: Total Petroleum employee training program, Puerto Rico FRA<>ENG
2015: Autism treatment center of America, week-long parent training, Sheffield, MA FRA<>ENG
2015: Columbia University Office of Judicial Affairs, plagiarism review FRA<>ENG
2016: Rush news, NBC news room, live feed from Mexico, ESL<>ENG
2016: Razor Focus, Focus Groups on behalf of Nestlé, Stamford; CT FRA<>ENG
2016: Nissan Motors Global Dealer Advisory Panel, New York, FRA<>ENG
2016: Rush news, NBC news room – ongoing, multiple assignments, FRA<>ENG
2016: Level 3 Communications Global Strategy Training–phone interpreting, New York, ESL<>ENG
2016: Carrier Psychiatric Center, New Jersey– Youth Center, ESL<>ENG
2016: Press conference, Undersecretary of State Sarah Sewall and Journalists, FRA<>ENG
2016: International Dockers Council – ILA, New Jersey, Coordinators’ Assembly, FRA<>ESL
2016: Newburgh, NY City, EPA and OCR, Community: Contaminated drinking water, ESL<>ENG
2016: Ongoing Proskauer LLP pro bono cases for U Visa, ESL<>ENG
2016: Center for Migration Studies, Rethinking Global Refugee Protection, ESL<>ENG
2016: Nobel Biocare international conference, maxilla facial surgery annual conference, FRA<>ENG
2016: High-level meeting, French Mission UN, French Ambassador, Financing Tool-Box SDG, UN FRA<>ENG
2016: World Federation of Hemophilia, Global Training and Congress, Orlando, Florida, FRA<>ENG
2016: Hospital and healthcare interpreting on behalf of Just Interpretation, New York, FRA/ESL<>ENG
2016: Hanes DBA, week-long meeting with financing and costing, textile industry restructuring, FRA<>ENG
2016: African Union Peace Security Council, New York, FRA<>ENG
2016: G7 Meeting of Foreign Ministers, New York, FRA<>ENG
2016: UNGA: African U. Peace/Security Council, AU High Level Event on 2063 Agenda, UNFPA FRA<>ENG
2016: World Bank/Climate Home, Leveraging Innovative Financing-Climate Challenge, FRA<>ENG
2016: IC Events/Publications, Ford Foundation, President of Niger and Private Sector Investors, FRA<>ENG
2016: International Arbitration: Peruvian Petrol (PeruPetro S.A.) vs. PlusPetrol et al., ENG>ESL
2016: International Labor Meet of HRCT Trade Group for unions IUF/UITA, Punta Cana, DR, FRA<>ENG
2016: Biom’up Start-Up Marketing team for surgical hemostats w/ Dr. B. Spotnitz, Univ. of VA, FRA<>ENG
2016: Attorney General Southern District, NY US vs. Santos, drug trafficking, ESL<>ENG
2016: Texas Immigration Court, court hearing on Angola HR asylum plea, FRA<>ENG
2016: Dell, Inc vs. Audio MPEG, Inc, for Kellogg, Huber, Hansen PLLC on behalf of Dell, FRA<>ENG
2016: Take Care NY 2020, NYU Langone-Lutheran, Neighborhood Health meeting, ESL<>
2017: Conference on the Kimberley Process, diamond sourcing: associations, industry, gov. FRA<>ENG
