Meet the voices behind Speaking of Translation!

Eve Lindemuth Bodeux has over 15 years experience in the translation and localization industries. Whether she’s assembling an international project team for her localization consulting firm (Bodeux International), working on a French to English translation for one of her clients or presenting webinars for Speaking of Translation, Eve brings her natural energy, creativity and professionalism to everything she does. Eve is a popular speaker at translation industry conferences, serves as the Vice President of the Colorado Translators Association and has taught localization and project management courses for translation certificate programs. Eve holds a B.A. in French and Political Science, an M.A. in International Relations and a French graduate degree in European Civilization. When not at the computer or the microphone, Eve enjoys spending time in the great outdoors of Colorado, France and her home state of Alaska with her husband and two bilingual sons.

Corinne McKay has been referred to as “the translator’s coach” and “the guardian angel of freelance translators.” She has nearly a decade of experience as a French to English translator and her book How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator has helped almost 5,000 translators launch or grow their freelance businesses. In addition to translating international development, legal and corporate communications texts, Corinne teaches for the University of Chicago translation certificate program and serves as President of the Colorado Translators Association. Her blog, Thoughts on Translation, was selected as one of Lexiophiles’ top 25 blogs by a language professional in 2011. Corinne is also a certified telemark ski instructor and can often be found skiing, biking and hiking in the Rockies with her husband and daughter.

Michelle Bradley is Speaking of Translation’s “woman behind the curtain.” As our webinar manager, Michelle introduces our sessions, handles the technical and logistical aspects of our webinars and fields questions from our attendees while our live webinars are happening. Michelle has been active in the translation industry for nearly 20 years as a project manager, vendor manager and Spanish to English translator. Her experience working with some of the U.S.’s major translation agencies and a variety of Fortune 500 companies allows her to manage our webinars with skill, precision and her ever-present sense of calm! Michelle’s professional website is Wordtrail.net.