Miscellaneous

I have professional experience in English <=> French translation (academic texts, websites, subtitles, articles and literary excerpts). I am available for new projects.

  • [English translation] Koubaiti, Anas. 2020. Chanel : Through the Looking Glass. Whitelies Magazine 8, 22–51.
  • [French translation] Robinson, Kim Stanley. 2020. Nous voulons des utopies! In Damasio, Alain (ed.), Le Réveil des Imaginaires, Socialter HS 8, 14–17.
  • [English translation] Charbit, Milena & Emma Thébault. 2019. Augures. Versailles: Bienniale d’architecture et de paysage d’Île-de-France.
  • [English translation] Charbit, Milena. 2019. To the late Poupounne, Minouchette, Pupuce and Zazie. San Rocco 15: 93–100
  • [English translation] Henochsberg, Miléna & Milena Charbit. 2018. Milena and Miléna in a square office. Los Angeles, 7×7.la.
  • [English subtitles] Laurent, Jeanne-Marie. 2018. Sly2. Paris : Petites chroniques urbaines. Shortlisted for the Urban Film Festival x Urban Art Fair Award, Paris: Carreau du Temple.
  • [English subtitles] Laurent, Jeanne-Marie. 2017. FKDL. Paris : Petites chroniques urbaines.
  • [English website draft] Favand, Jean-Paul. 2017. Paris: Les pavillons de Bercy – Musée des arts forains.
  • [French translation draft] Seifert, Ludovic, Léo Wattebled et al. 2016. Skill transfer specificity shapes perception and action under varying environmental constraints. Human Movement Science 48: 132–41.






My non-academic interests include reading fiction, playing Scottish and Irish traditional music, listening to other genres (especially hip-hop and rock), films and TV series, video games, walking, swimming, and any sport involving a racket.

Here’s a short virtual gallery showcasing my instruments!

  • This is my mother’s Fylde standard Celtic mandolin, which I’ve been borrowing ever since I started playing. It was bought around 1994 and so is slightly older than me! It shows no sign of ageing whatsoever.
  • This is my Seagull S8 Natural standard mandolin. It’s the first instrument I bought when I decided to start playing music again. The slick and discreet design has made it my travel mandolin.
  • This is my octave mandolin, sometimes called a mandola. It’s a Gold Tone OM 800+. Octave mandolins are much larger than standard counterparts and are tuned one octave lower. They are really good for developing a wider range of hand techniques, registers, and playing styles.
  • This is my tenor banjo, a Gold Tone IT-250F complete with resonator and flange. Tenor banjos were first designed for CGDA tuning, but many players tune it to GDAE to match the fiddle and mandolin in Irish styles. It’s shorter than the mandola, much louder, and it has a really distinct sound. It enables me to explore new tunes and techniques.