A Decade of Experience
Trust your translations with a professional and experienced translator.
10+ years in the industry.
1,000,000,000+ words translated.
Certified by Québec's Translation Association
VML Translations is certified by OTTIAQ, meaning that it adheres to a Professional Code, Code of Ethics and Regulations. Additionally, Vicky Murrell-Lamar takes part in regular educational workshops to stay up-to-date in the industry.
Professional, Dependable & Insured
Vicky Murrell-Lamar is a professional translator with a Honours BA in translation from York University.
As an OTTIAQ-certified translator, she maintains professional liability insurance for errors and omissions.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Professional and certified translator from French-English in various domains including general, government, humanities, legal, life sciences (medical), and museum. Acquainted with the current translation tools and terminology resources. Prior work includes certified translations (e.g., driver's licences, marriage certificates, transcripts), corporate communications (emails, blog posts, letters, publicity materials, social media posts, website content, etc.), medical documentation (bilingual labelling and packaging, copy decks, detail aids, leave behinds, marketing materials, slide decks) among others.
COMPUTER-ASSISTED TRANSLATION (CAT) TOOLS
Licenses: memoQ (CAT tools), LSP Expert (management software)
Experienced with: Trados, Logiterm, XTRF, Memsource
TRANSLATION RESOURCES
Bilingual concordancers: Linguee, TradooIT (European)
Dictionaries: Portail lexical du Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales (CNTRL), Dictionnaire des francophones (DDF), Le grand dictionnaire terminologique (GDT), ONTERM (Ontario Terminology), Termium Plus
Others: Antidote, Diatopix, Language Portal of Canada, The Canadian Style, TransTools, Notaris
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Certified French-to-English translator (#32658), Ordre des traducteurs terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ)
Honours BA, Translation (English and French), The Glendon School of Translation, York University (2015)
Certificate of Bilingualism (English and French), The Glendon School of Translation, York University (2015)
MA, Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations (ancient languages: Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, and Middle Egyptian), University of Toronto (2010)
Honours BA, Archaeology (minor in Ancient Greek), Wilfrid Laurier University (2008)
Early Education: Great Torrington School, England; Collège Albert Micheneau, Villefagnon, France; Lycée André Theuriet, France
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Graduated with First-Class standing, ranked 15 out of 382 graduating students, York University (2015)
Member of Dean's Honour Roll, York University (2015)
Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, York University (2015)
OGS, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto (2010)
Vicky Murrell-Lamar, BA, MA, BA, C. Tr
Professional French-to-English translator, BA Honours, The Glendon School of Translation, York University, Toronto, member in good standing of Québec's translation association OTTIAQ.