Curriculum vitae (English)

Hayet DHIFALLAH

BP 17, 8024  Tazerka, Tunisia
Cell:  +216 41729716                                                                    
+216 58034119                                     
E-mail: hayet.dhifallah@gmail.com


EXPERIENCE

Tunisia

Freelance Translator (English < French) – French, native language

2005-2014   Book translation

Specializations: Sciences; Buddhism
Editions Robert Laffont (major French Publisher): • Dalai-Lama’s book on Buddhism & SciencesDuke Encyclopedia (Alternative & Complementary Medicine) • How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer Paranormal by Raymond Moody • BIG DATA
NIL Editions Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? by Billy Goldberg & Mark Leyner
ESFFounders at Work by Jessica Linvingston(co-translated)
• Entrepreneur's Toolkit. Tools and Techniques to launch and grow your New Business
PAYOT Buddhism for Mothers by Sarah Napthali

1995-2019   Freelance translation of documents in various fields:
Science, Technology and New Technologies; Insurance; International Development/Organization/Cooperation; Pharmaceutical
 Clients
UN Development Program; UN Economic Commission for Africa; Euro-Medical Partnership; International Organization for Migration; Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers; Tunisian Ministry of Tourism; Tunisian Ministry of Women’s and Family Affairs; Tunisian Ministry for Industry; Tunisian Ministry of Sports; Tunisian Ministry of Culture; International Republican Institute; Partners in Population and Development; Pan-African Postal Union; Family Planning Bureau of Tunisia…
Tunisian Sewage Treatment Office; Mauritania Ministry of Transport; ProComp (cinematic equipment); UN Food and Agriculture Organization; Tunisian State Police Services (biometric facial recognition); Tunisian Ministry of Industry (computer assisted design and drafting technology); UN Environment Program (hydro-geological risk management); Ciel & Espace (French  scientific Magazine); Arxiel Ventures (clean renewable energy ventures)…
Tunisian Ministry of Public Health (certificate of free sale procedural documents); Demo S.A.; Keryx Pharmaceuticals…

2004-2023  Exclusive translator into French for the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (electronic and hard-copy publications, conference materials…)

1995-2017  Proofreader, Rewriter; Comparative Rereading of Translations (French/English)
Cérès Publishers Tunisia (literature); Dar Ashraf Publishers Tunisia, Simpact Publishers Tunisia (both specialized in art, architecture and photography)
Contemporary Magreb Research Institute (IRMC); French Research Institute for Development (IRD) (proofreading and rewriting of academic publications)

2000-2002       Tequila Rapido (Website Creation Service)
Manager & Website referencing

France

1984-1994      Masson Group (Masson/Armand Colin/Méridiens Klincksieck)
(Literary and academic publications)
Copy Editor


1978-1984         Sciences & Avenir (scientific magazine)
Publicity Assistant

EDUCATION    

Licence in English (equivalent B.A.), University of Tunis, Tunisia, 1970
Maîtrise in English (equivalent Master), University of Nice, France, 1971

OTHER
Animal Welfare & protection; Ecology; Gardens