Stoquart SA
Parc scientifique Initialis
Boulevard Initialis, 20
7000 Mons
Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0)65 40 25 10
Fax: +32 (0)65 40 25 11
belgium@stoquart.com
Stoquart France SARL
Espace Beethoven
Bâtiment B, 1er étage
1208 route des Lucioles
06560 Valbonne
(Sophia Antipolis)
France
Tel.: +33 (0)4 92 96 09 55
Fax: +33 (0)4 92 96 09 56
france@stoquart.com
Stoquart Italia srl
Via Italia, 1
56038 Ponsacco Pisa
Italy
Tel.: +39 0587 092460
Fax: +39 0587 092463
italy@stoquart.com
Stoquart Canada, Inc.
3055, boul. Saint-Martin Ouest, suite T500
Laval
Québec
H7T 0J3
Canada
Tel.: +1 (450) 639-5301
canada@stoquart.com
Stoquart s.r.o.
Lounská 797/6
Ruzyně
161 00 Praha 6
Czech Republic
cz@stoquart.com
Looking for work as a freelancer or employee in the translation area?
We are always looking for new talents in translation, editing and project management.
If you are interested, please send an email to jobs@stoquart.com.
Team
Please direct all your inquiries and requests for quotes to:
Dimitri Stoquart
Managing Director
Dimitri was born, studied, lives and works in Mons – so, definitely the place to be!
He is a translator, wheeler-dealer, entrepreneur, and networker. He is also a workaholic, which perhaps explains how he manages to successfully run a business and still find time for his lovely wife and his 6-kid blended family!
In between everything else he enjoys city mini-holidays, museums, old books, and pleasant restaurants.
Dimitri reads: suspense novels, business books, and whatever can make him laugh or surprise him
Dimitri watches: TV to try and stop thinking
Dimitri listens to: surprisingly avant-garde rock at teenager decibel levels!
Dimitri admires: people you can trust and great characters who have left their mark on history
Dimitri would like to: find some peace of mind
Dimitri visits: www.lecho.be
Mario Spoto
General Manager – Stoquart Italia
Mario originally comes from Sicily, but later moved to Pisa to study computer science at university.
With Greek flatmates and a Spanish girlfriend (now wife), by chance he started working on automatic translation systems and ended up dealing with localization.
Mario has two sons, manages a basketball team, has a passion for travel and hiking, and is a fine food and wine lover.
He’s happy and proud to be part of Stoquart team!
Mario reads: crime and sci-fi novels, classics of Italian literature, business articles and books recently…
Mario watches: art films, sci-fi films
Mario listens to: some Italian songwriters, rock, prog rock (Jethro Tull, Genesis, but Banco and PFM too). Old people’s music, according to my sons
Mario admires: people who are passionate about their work and people who admit their mistakes
Mario wants to be: travel to Patagonia
Mario visits: news websites and Google maps
Nicolas Koutzaroff
General Manager – Stoquart Canada
Nicolas was born and raised in Nice. After finishing high school on the Côte d’Azur, he has steadily moved north… with stops in Paris, New York and now Montréal. His next stop might be opening Stoquart Nunavut!
Having started in the language industry a little bit by accident and necessity, he decided to stick around and twenty years later, he still enjoys learning new things and is never satisfied with status quo. Father of two (Justin and Laetitia) and step-father of two more (Carolane and Kelly), he is practicing his management skills at home first!
Nicolas reads: not as much as he would like to
Nicolas watches: Montréal Canadiens hockey (Go Habs Go!), NY Jets football (J E T S Jets Jets Jets), Arsenal/Bayern München and Netflix of course if there is still time ?
Nicolas listens to: many different kinds of music, from Metric, Thievery Corporation, Alan Parsons, Robbie Williams, Dr Dre, Clueso, Eddy Mitchell to Paganini or Art Blakey
Nicolas admires: people with passion
Nicolas wants to be: find time to play tennis more often
Nicolas visits: lapresse.com, lefigaro.fr, nicematin.com, newsday.com, wsj.com, wired.com, espn.com and once a year needs to go to Saalbach, Austria, to feel 7 yr old again
Allysson Claeys
Office Management
Allysson graduated from the University of Mons as an Occupational and Organizational Psychologist in 2009. After working as Office Manager in a company specialising in renewable energies, she joined Stoquart’s great team. She enjoys travelling and visiting new destinations, shopping, hanging out with her friends and spending some quality time at home reading a great book. She is also a TV show addict, always looking for a new show to watch!
Allysson reads: a bit of everything with a preference for contemporary literature and also suspense novels and historical books
Allysson watches: a lot of shows – but she is a huge fan of The Walking Dead, Banshee, Breaking Bad, House of Cards, Dexter, True Blood, Game of Thrones and How I Met Your Mother. She also likes talk shows such as ‘On N’est Pas Couché’
Allysson listens to: a very diverse range of artists, but her favorites are Athlete, Emilie Simon, Jessie Ware, Fall Out Boy and Ed Sheeran
Allysson admires: cultured and educated people – such as the kind who can quote an authors in any conversation
Allysson wants to be: able to visit more places
Allysson visits: allocine.fr, amazon.fr, rtbf.be
Evelyne Chauveheid
Resource Management
Evelyne completed her translation studies at the ISTI (now the Université Libre de Bruxelles) in 1993 and has been working in the translation industry in various roles since then.
After graduating, she left her native Ardennes to embark on a translation career in Cambridge, UK, before moving to the Emerald Isle, where she spent ten years. In 2010, she relocated to Brussels, where she still lives today.
She loves travelling, mostly around Europe, visiting her international friends. She spends a lot of her free time going to the cinema, the theatre, concerts and exhibitions. She is also a keen hiker who enjoys good food and wine.
Evelyne reads: novels, crime fiction, and travel guides… in French and English
Evelyne watches: a lot of movies, series (mostly Nordic, English, and Belgian), and documentaries
Evelyne listens to: pop and rock music: Arcade Fire, The National, Muse, and Balthazar but also French artists like Dominique A
Evelyne admires: Simone Veil… and her 96-year-old mum
Evelyne wants to be: spend a month in New Zealand
Evelyne visits: travel, news and music websites
Antonella Mori
Project Management
Antonella has always been passionate about foreign languages and cultures.
After graduating as a German/Dutch/English into Italian translator from the University of Trieste (Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori), she first moved to Milan and worked as a translator and assistant in the Italian offices of a German law and tax firm. She soon had the opportunity to move back to Pisa, her home town, to join the translation and localization team at Synthema srl, a company providing language services into Italian. She spent nearly 20 years there, working as a translator, reviewer and project manager.
Lately, when her colleague and friend Mario Spoto decided to start a new “adventure” in the translation business with Stoquart, she was happy to participate and become part of the large Stoquart family!
Antonella reads: a bit of everything – newspapers, weekly magazines, novels, children’s books
Antonella watches: cartoons and animation movies with her 5-year old son!
Antonella listens to: pop music from all over the world, with a soft spot for Italian singer-songwriters
Antonella admires: people who remain humble despite their power, beauty, wealth or position
Antonella would like to: travel a lot and discover new cultures with her beloved husband and son
Antonella visits: Facebook just out of curiosity, news Web sites, cooking Web sites to get ideas what to cook for dinner!
Aurore Jarry
Project Management
Aurore graduated from the University of Brussels in 2018. After moving from France to Brussels, she discovered Belgian life and started studying translation. She loved it so much she decided to stay. She enjoys reading, travelling, cooking and watching TV series as well as the news.
Aurore reads: classic literature in French, English and Spanish, but also modern fiction.
Aurore watches: too many TV shows, including Game of Thrones, Las Chicas del cable, Le Meilleur pâtissier (the French version of The Great British Bake Off) and Top Chef.
Aurore listens to: mostly rock and pop-rock music (she loves the American band Paramore).
Aurore admires: her parents and her brother.
Aurore wants to be: greener.
Aurore visits: Amazon, Facebook, Netflix
Faustine Body
Project Management
Faustine graduated from the FTI-EII, where she studied English and Russian. Immediately after graduating, she started working for the United Nations and spent 8 months at the New York Headquarters. For family reasons she came back to Belgium and looked for a job in the translation sector. She found one in Brussels, but the long commutes soon got on her nerves and she’s now happy to work in Mons, where she lives and was born.
Faustine reads: mainly novels by contemporary authors
Faustine watches: news programs and movies on her boyfriend’s recommendation as her knowledge of cinema isn’t great
Faustine listens to: a little bit of everything depending on her mood
Faustine admires: intellectuals and people who fight for their beliefs no matter how hopeless their cause seems
Faustine would like to: to travel the world
Faustine visits: museums whenever there is a great exhibition on
Jordana Louagie
Project Management
Jordana graduated in Office Management specialising in business translation and interpreting at the University College of Ghent in 2015. As Jordana has always been passionate about languages, she completed her secondary education in Ypres knowing four languages. She then moved to Ghent where she started her Bachelor’s Degree. At the end of the programme she completed her internship at the International Office of the Business and Information Management faculty of the University College of Ghent, where she met Erasmus students from all over the world.
Afterwards, she started working as an Office Manager in the metal industry but decided to leave and to go back to her first passion. Thanks to Stoquart she can start from scratch and is pleased to be part of the Project Management Team.
Jordana reads: the daily news online
Jordana watches: detective series such as ‘Criminal Minds’ and educational documentaries
Jordana listens to: to music from the 80s and has a soft spot for Eros Ramazzotti
Jordana admires: people with a good heart and compassionate actions
Jordana would like to: see less hate and more peace among people in the world
Jordana visits: restaurants often as she loves a good meal and enjoys a glass (or two) of red wine. You know what they say, a glass of red wine a day keeps the doctor away…
Kio Slight de Azevedo
Project Management
A lover of languages and culture, Kio has studied movies, marketing, and advertising. She joined Stoquart as a project coordinator to put her knowledge of management and communications into practice. She loves facing new challenges each day!
Kio reads: biographies, with her favourite being Anthony Kiedis’ Scar Tissue
Kio watches: documentaries, dramas, horror films, TV series. Her favourites: Six Feet Under, American History X, and Requiem for a Dream
Kio listens to: a lot of music of very different styles, from John Mayer to the Red Hot Chili Peppers; a true fan!
Kio admires: beautiful landscapes
Kio wants to be: be a good surfer
Kio visits: the mountains, especially to go cycling
Laetitia Grard
Project Management
Laetitia’s life story is one of travel. Born in Djibouti, she then moved to Bangladesh for 3 years with her parents before returning to Belgium. Thanks to her expatriate father, she has traveled extensively and visited many countries, starting when she was very young.
At the age of 11, she entered the SHAPE International School, which gave her the opportunity to grow up in a multicultural environment.
In 2007, she had the chance to travel to Bolivia for one year of complete immersion in an amazing country.
Quite naturally, she enrolled at the University of Mons to study translation in English and Russian, Russian being a new language challenge.
She graduated in 2013 with a Master’s degree in multidisciplinary translation and then completed a traineeship at the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Parliament in Luxembourg in 2014.
She worked as an English tutor for a year, teaching students from 7 to 77 before joining Stoquart’s Project Management team in 2015.
Laetitia reads: plays, novels and news articles
Laetitia watches: some TV shows, American series, thriller movies, documentaries
Laetitia listens to: Stevie Wonder at the moment
Laetitia admires: wisdom and fearlessness
Laetitia wants: fundamental principles, such as human rights, equality and justice, to be respected
Laetitia visits: different countries whenever she can
Laurence Ganseman
Project Management
Laurence graduated as a German/English into French translator in Mons in 2004. She then headed for Berlin, where she was supposed to stay for a two-month internship. She then had the opportunity to do another internship at Leinhäuser Language Services (then Leinhäuser & Partners), in Munich, before going back to Berlin. All in all, she spent a bit more than 4 years in Germany, of which she kept a strong, if somewhat strange, urge to abide by traffic lights and a weakness for spatzle and Bratwurst.
Back in Belgium, she got lost in the automotive industry. Making the best of it, she used this time to study for a Master’s degree in international politics and, most importantly, to have a wonderful little boy. Back to her professional first love, she is now a project manager at Stoquart and happy to be back in the translation business.
Laurence reads English or German books and anything related to international politics
Laurence watches a lot (way too much, actually) of U.S. TV series, in English of course
Laurence listens to mainstream music with a soft spot for Faithless
Laurence admires self-confidence
Laurence wants to be good at what she does
Laurence visits lemonde.fr, and luxury clothing websites — but only for research purposes
Marie Durieux
Project Management
Marie graduated from the FTI-EII, where she studied English and Dutch. She began her career working as a supply teacher in a secondary school in Saint-Ghislain (near Mons). She found this short-term job really interesting, but she wanted to find another one in the translation sector which better matched her skills and preferences. Her quest led her here where she became the newest member of our Project Management team.
Marie reads: a bit of everything, but mainly fantasy and detective novels in French, Dutch or English
Marie watches: a lot of U.S. TV series in the original language and videos from the website https://universiteitvannederland.nl/
Marie listens to: mainly pop and electronic music, but also Reggaeton and 80s/90s music (the best ever!)
Marie admires: modesty, loyalty and people with strong determination and persistence
Marie would like to: travel the world and always be impressed by new discoveries, cultures and landscapes
Marie visits: news websites, clothing and cookery websites, Youtube and Facebook (of course!)
Marie-Pier Desbiens
Project Management
With a bacherlor’s degree in Hispanic studies from Concordia University and a certificate in Spanish-to-French translation from the University of Montréal, Marie-Pier joined Stoquart in 2017 as a project coordinator. What she enjoys in her work is the unknown, the variety, and the team’s warm, cheerful feel
Marie-Pier reads: newspapers online, like Le Devoir, La Presse, and El País
Marie-Pier watches: lots of documentaries and legendary series like Friends… She never gets tired of it!
Marie-Pier listens to: jazz and rock: Kings of Leon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mayer, James Bay, City and Colour
Marie-Pier admires: mountains and breathtaking landscapes
Marie-Pier wants to be: speak Spanish every day
Marie-Pier visits: forest trails, in winter for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, in summer for hiking and cycling
Soazig Le Charlès
Project Management
Soon after obtaining her Master’s degree in translation from the University of Paris VII in 2004, she moved to Dublin where she got her first job as an in-house French translator at Simultrans. Having spent nearly ten years there, she left the country to follow her husband-to-be to Leuven (Belgium), where they got married and had their first child! In Belgium, she also joined Stoquart as part of the Project Management team in Mons, before moving to the beautiful South of France. She has no plans to move ever again!
Soazig reads: psychology books, English and French novels
Soazig watches: American TV series and French documentaries like Capital and Envoyé Spécial
Soazig listens to: to children’s music (too much for her liking!) and trip-hop when her kids let her
Soazig admires: charity work
Soazig would like to: travel around Europe
Soazig visits: Amazon (so time-consuming!), lemonde.fr
Alice Roobaert
Translation
Alice graduated from the University of Mons as a translator from German/English into French. She is a country girl fascinated by peaceful and natural landscapes. Alice’s world is made up of simple things: pink, love and smiles! Curious about everything, her goal in life is to create her own world. She is often described as funny – but also has strong opinions and enjoys high-level intellectual discussions. Alice likes singing, cooking, reading, learning, eating chocolate and visiting historical monuments. Where can you find her? At the seaside, searching for seashells!
Alice reads: Psychology books, science and history magazines
Alice watches: Mr. Holmes, Le destin de Lisa, Harry Potter, Le Jardin Extraordinaire, Questions Pour un Champion, and more!
Alice listens to: A variety of popular musical styles (Pink, Muse, Prodigy, etc.) but also classical music (Schubert, Chopin, Grieg, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky)
Alice admires: The beauty of nature
Alice wants to be: An accomplished woman
Alice visits: Her innermost being
Aline Heirman
Translation
Aline is the only one among the translators at the office who studied in Brussels. But as she’s lived in the country since she was born, she couldn’t bear living in the big city… That’s why she came back in the countryside to have her house built. As her husband is not a do-it-yourselfer at all (although he’s a cook!), she had to handle the building herself. She loved that and this made her like supervising!
So, she came back from the capital, began working at Stoquart in 2003 as a translator from English and German into French, had her house built, married and had 2 lovely children (the “royal couple” as we say in French – 1 boy and 1 girl), for whom she began knitting a few years ago.
At work, she specialized in localization from English and progressively got bigger projects to manage. She has so much work that she always needs help! Fortunately, she can rely on the team!
Aline reads: fantasy books (Robin Hobb) to escape from the hard reality of life
Aline watches: Dr House, Desperate Housewives and generally likes American blockbusters
Aline listens to: Pure FM (on the radio), sometimes Bon Jovi to wake up
Aline admires: her mother, the best mother of the world!
Aline would like to: discover the secret of cloning and find a way to come at the end of the month without having to count every euro
Aline visits: Facebook, Google, and MS Web sites!
Anne Audoli
Translation
Anne lives in a small village in the hinterland, away from the hustle and bustle of the French Riviera. She left Paris several years ago and finally headed south where she now lives with her partner and their little boy.
Attracted by foreign cultures thanks to several trips to Great-Britain and Germany when she was a child, and fond of words as a whole, she hesitated between becoming a speech therapist and turning to language studies. She eventually chose to become a translator, maybe to add her “personal touch” to her environment, as most of her family members were already into medicine… after all, translating is also a way of caring for others!
Anne reads: Le Nouvel Observateur, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Douglas Kennedy
Anne watches: Cold Case, though she finds it quite depressing now. After all, we know they all die in the end! Also enjoys watching French modern films.
Anne listens to: her sister and her little niece talking over Skype from Singapore, Tracy Chapman, Ben Harper
Anne admires: Coluche, Mother Teresa
Anne would like to: get more involved in social works to help people in need
Anne visits: rue89.fr
Aude Savin
Translation
Aude graduated as a translator from ISIT in 2018 with English and German as her working languages. A few months later, she moved to the lovely Mediterranean coast and joined Stoquart France’s team in Sophia Antipolis.
Apart from sun and translation, she also enjoys reading, drawing and walking by the sea.
Aude reads: a bit of everything, with a preference for historical and science-fiction novels
Aude watches: lots of web series, YouTube comedy videos, dance shows
Aude listens to: classical music, rock and a bit of metal. And Two Steps from Hell’s classics when she needs to lift her spirits!
Aude admires: Malala Yousafzai
Aude would like to: be able to sail a boat
Aude visits: YouTube, lemonde.fr
Audrey-Anne Cardinal
Translation
After a bachelor and half a master in French literature, Audrey-Anne turned to translation as a way to keep playing with words and never stop learning. Between her cooking, her collection of The Little Prince’s editions and her rowing practices, she’s trying to find her way to spark a change in the world.
Audrey-Anne reads: a lot of blog’s articles aiming to make the world a better place to live, and all types of books she piles up in her tiny apartment
Audrey-Anne watches: probably too much Netflix, a lot of TedTalks, and then Friends again
Audrey-Anne listens to: music that fits her mood, from old 70’s and 80’s vinyls to current summer pop. And then the Beatles again
Audrey-Anne admires: people that are really close to produce zero waste at home and those who could commit to learn to play any music instrument
Audrey-Anne would like to: live abroad for a while, or at least to dare to travel more
Audrey-Anne visits: the Jean-Talon market every other day and any small bookstore that comes her way. You can also find her at the Olympic Basin where she coaches crew
Aurélie Parola
Translation
After enjoying a young and friendly work environment in Dublin, Aurélie came back to France and, in particular, to the sunny Côte d’Azur, for her greatest gustatory delight.
Aurélie currently lives in Antibes, not too far from the office and close to the sea at the same time!
She likes eating everything with a taste of chocolate.
She feels good when everything is in order, both in her job and on her desktop.
Aurélie reads: Detective novels in English or French – not too demanding! ;-)
Aurélie watches: « The Big Blue » and movies from French film director Cédric Klapisch, especially those starring Romain Duris (a quite good-looking French actor)!
Aurélie listens to: U2, a lot!
Aurélie admires: Fine art photography
Aurélie wants to be: on holidays in Corsica + a professional belly-dancer
Aurélie visits: the Mediterranean seabed
Céline Cyte
Translation
A big MacGyver fan in her early days, Céline initially wanted to become a policewoman to save lives and spread justice – but she soon realised she just wasn’t cut out for such a grueling job. Now working in the (albeit slight less altruistic but no less prestigious) role of translator, her family and friends take much comfort in her choice of a cushy office environment over street crime. Céline also loves travelling – no sooner is she home from a trip than she is already planning her next one!
Céline reads: Mainly contemporary Belgian/French/American literature
Céline watches: A lot of US TV shows (Castle, Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Suits, The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife, and more) as well as films shown at the Plaza Art cinema in Mons
Céline listens to: Bear’s Den, Bloc Party, City and Colour, Coldplay, Daughter, Folly and the Hunter, Girls in Hawaii, Mumford and Sons, Placebo, Puggy, Roscoe and more
Céline admires: Adventurers and people involved in humanitarian work
Céline wants to: Be ubiquitous… No, but seriously: to make the most of her life
Céline visits: http://www.rtbf.be/purefm/, http://plaza-art.be/
Céline Laporte
Translation
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Céline admires: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
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Céline Queffelec
Translation
Céline left her native Brittany to work in the South of France.
She doesn’t live too far from the office and enjoys going to work by foot on sunny mornings, while listening to music (that puts her in a good mood, ready to face a day of work!).
She likes skiing and going for walks in the mountain and by the sea.
Like any self-respecting Breton, Céline is fond of crêpes and salted butter, but don’t imagine that her diet is only made of these 2 specialities!
Céline reads: Mainly crime novels (Indridason, Läckberg, Marklund, Sjöwall & Wahlöö…)
Céline watches: Documentaries, Current affairs, Le petit journal
Céline listens to: Cat Stevens, Pop/Rock and World music as a whole
Céline admires: the paintings of her father
Céline would like to: be in front of the Atlantic Ocean, admiring the raging sea
Céline visits: www.lemonde.fr, www.letelegramme.fr
Christine Dufrasne
Translation
Christine graduated from the Ecole d’Interprètes Internationaux in Mons in 2009 and started working at Stoquart one month later. She finds it exciting to discover new subtleties of languages everyday and used to participate in spelling competitions. She is also interested in scientific matters, especially astrophysics and entomology. However, do not think she is an over-analytical person: she enjoys playing the guitar, singing (definitely a music fan) or simply having a walk to feel the fresh air upon her face.
Christine reads: fantasy novels
Christine watches: anything that might catch her attention on TV
Christine listens to: pop, rock, and a pinch of metal
Christine admires: Marie Curie
Christine would like to: visit whole Provence with her Southern-French boyfriend
Christine visits: youtube.com
Christine Gabriel
Translation
Christine has been working as a translator (from English, Dutch and Spanish, into French) at Stoquart SA since 2000. What she most appreciates about her job is discovering new things everyday. She also likes cooking, gardening, doing sport (especially swimming), and much more, but with her two lovely little children, she doesn’t have much time for that. Hopefully, a run twice a week with a few colleagues, that ‘s great to recharge her batteries, and have a chat… and a lot of fun. She keeps cool, even under pressure, and has outstanding mediation capacities in conflict-prone situations. If she hadn’t been a translator, she would have been an excellent teacher: you notice it when she trains students coming here for some days or weeks.
Christine reads: thrillers, books about homeopathy, …
Christine watches: variety shows, documentaries
Christine listens to: U2, Queen, Calogero, …
Christine admires: serenity
Christine would like to: see more respect for the human being in the world
Christine visits: the nature and its fascinating landscapes
Emilie Legras
Translation
Émilie graduated in translation from Université Lyon 3 in 2014.
As a child she moved around a great deal with her family, which is probably why she loves travelling a lot and meeting new people. A few years ago, she lived in Spain for her studies and after graduating she travelled Down Under for six month to work on organic farms and to discover Australian wildlife and landscapes. She came back to France to finally settle down.
She enjoys hiking in the mountains, but she’s not very sporty and usually prefers gentler activities such as drawing, reading or sewing.
Émilie reads: science fiction and fantasy novels, too many comic books
Émilie watches: documentaries, cooking shows, lots of movies and animation series
Émilie listens to: pop, rock, folk
Émilie admires: passionate people
Émilie would like to: go hiking in Patagonia!
Émilie visits: www.monde-diplomatique.fr, www.tumblr.com, www.amazon.fr
Florence Maon
Translation
Now a thirty-something and fresh mum of a lovely baby, Florence has a degree in advertising and a degree in translation, and can therefore boast various professional experiences… however she’s glad to have settled at Stoquart as a result!
She loves England and Germany, which she has visited several times to study and learn the language, but is also fond of Belgium and France – actually, she doesn’t find it necessary to travel far away to see interesting places and beautiful landscapes…
Florence reads: Cook books, with the promise to put them into practice
Florence watches: Her husband play the guitar, her daughter play with her feet, her cat, birds through binoculars
Florence listens to: Royksopp in the morning, Guano Apes and Melissa Auf Der Maur in the evening
Florence admires: Her parents
Florence would like to: Feel fulfilled
Florence visits: classic21.be, purefm.be, gmail.com, deezer.com
Françoise Bernard
Translation
Françoise has a degree in translation in English and Dutch from the Belgian University of Mons-Hainaut. After one year experience commuting between Mons and Brussels, she applied for a translator job in Mons and finally joined the Stoquart (dream) team in August 2001. Françoise is the colleague everybody should have: she is hardworking, conscientious, willful, trustworthy, and last but not least, a great cook. She especially enjoys cooking ice creams, cupcakes and all types of treats (and eventually eating them).
She lives in a nice village near Mons. She also likes travelling, walking, biking, skiing and running with colleagues during lunchtime. She is also interested in photography in general and food photography in particular and would like to learn how to use photo editing software.
Françoise reads: cooking recipes, books usually in English or Dutch.
Françoise watches: one-man(/woman-)shows, music shows.
Françoise currently listens to: Belgian artists and bands like Balthazar, Milow, Puggy or Alice on the roof and international artists like Milky Chance, Imagine Dragons, Black eyed peas or will. i.am.
Françoise admires: her son’s always positive attitude
Françoise wants to be: and stay healthy and happy
Françoise visits: Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Marmiton, Youtube, etc.
Gauthier Régibot
Translation
Gauthier has a degree in translation from Mons University (Ecole d’Interprètes Internationaux). He began his working life as a Dutch teacher before returning to his first love, namely translation. Musician in his spare time, this metal addict has now been working for Stoquart for the past 4 years where he mainly handles computing, medical and financial projects. At work, Gauthier is someone you can rely on, a great colleague :-) He likes spending his holidays with his family, hanging around with friends, the barbecue-pastis-petanque and DIY (even if he’s hopeless at this). As music flows through his veins you will hardly see him without his earphones (but with a volume always set to low so that his colleagues don’t have nightmares at night).
Gauthier reads: cooking and comic books
Gauthier watches: Dexter, Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy
Gauthier listens to: metal music, especially sludge and post-hardcore
Gauthier admires: his children and Jimmy Page
Gauthier would like to: travel to New Zealand and be a better guitar player
Gauthier visits: www.lesoir.be, www.w-fenec.org
Ingrid Remy
Translation
Ingrid lives in the nice city of Mons, where she obtained her degree in translation from the Ecole d’Interprètes Internationaux. At Stoquart, she’s “part of the furniture”, as she’s beeen working there since 1995! She translates mostly technical texts from English and German into French.
She enjoys gardening, cooking, reading, cinema, astronomy, being in contact with nature and travelling the (foreign) country with her man in their homemade motorhome during her holidays.
Ingrid reads: detective and suspense books, among others from Patricia Cornwell and Elisabeth George
Ingrid watches: TV and movies (especially art films)
Ingrid listens to: Indochine, the music fom the 80’s and the Belgian radio “Pure FM”
Ingrid admires: the artists (in painting, sculpture, etc), who are able to create things from scratch
Ingrid would like to: be an archaelogist in Egypt
Ingrid visits: www.lesoir.be and www.marmiton.org
Josée Lachapelle
Translation
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Jacinthe Laplante
Translation
After studying history and gaining experience in coordination and administration, Jacinthe moves on to earn a degree in translation. Once she graduated, she joined the Stoquart team, where she has served as a translator for nearly four years. A lover of history and literature, she loves to find the right words to express everything around her.
Jacinthe reads: historical novels, biographies, and history journals
Jacinthe watches: TV series, especially sitcoms, action movies, and documentaries on politics and history
Jacinthe listens to: classical at work. Rock, blues, or podcasts while in the car and working out
Jacinthe admires: people who aren’t afraid of taking risks
Jacinthe would like to: live in Italy! A dream come true
Jacinthe visits: Italy, as soon as the opportunity arises
Karine Lebel
Translation
Karine had quite a diversified journey before very recently joining Stoquart. She first studied theatre in college. She then worked as a flight attendant and as a driver examiner, among other things. She finally found her path when she met a translator on a flight and realized this was a perfect career for her. She was raised in Québec, but her sense of adventure led her to Montréal, then Toronto, Vancouver, Saskatoon and Ontario. She finally decided to come back to Montréal to start her Bachelor’s Degree.
She enjoys travelling, hiking, reading, cooking, climbing, diving, hanging out with friends, and likes to unwind with a good glass of wine or a local gin. She is eager to learn and try different things, and is always willing to take on new challenges.
Karine reads: novels, news, plays
Karine watches: mostly series. She also enjoys watching documentaries and Friends… over and over again!
Karine listens to: all kinds of music, from rock to country and reggaeton, depending on her mood. She never gets tired of listening to les Cowboys Fringants and 80s/90s music
Karine admires: honesty, passionate people and those who aren’t afraid to step out of their comfort zone
Karine wants: a sign language interpreter, eventually. Travel the world and stay young at heart!
Karine visits: ledevoir.com, youtube.com, pinterest.ca, cooking website. Her friends and family whenever she can, the wonders of the ocean as she loves to dive, and hopefully Spain and Portugal very soon
Karine Martel
Translation
Karine was born in Montreal and grew up in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, on the south shore of Montreal.
She is a passionate translator who cares about her clients as well as a devoted mother who loves nothing more than to spend time with her family.
She is fond of arts, languages and books, but her favorite thing is to connect with other human beings.
Karine reads: Haruki Murakami, Doris Lessing, Victor Hugo, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and Marc Séguin among other authors as well as books about sustainability and cooking
Karine watches: too many movies for children!
Karine listens to: Pink Floyd, Avec pas d’casque, Thom Yorke, Jean-Michel Blais and Édith Piaf
Karine admires: true artists and people who stand up for what is right
Karine wants: learn Turkish
Karine visits: www.ledevoir.com
Luc Lajeunesse
Translation
After a diverse career in IT, technical support, video games localization testing and linguistics, Luc specialized in technical and scientific translation at university and worked as a freelancer before joining Stoquart Canada.
Luc reads: mainly science fiction
Luc watches: mainly science fiction
Luc listens to: different music styles ranging from classical to Queen, Bernard Adamus, and Émile Bilodeau
Luc admires: the determination and perseverance of top athletes
Luc would like to: offer his children a better world
Luc visits: his family in Rivière-du-Loup, but really not often enough
Mandy Dath
Translation
Mandy graduated as an English/Dutch to French translator from the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation (FTI-EII) at the University of Mons. She joined Stoquart and loves her job because she can deepen her knowledge in various fields. Mandy is a fan of the simplest joys of life like listening to her favorite song on the radio or eating a pizza with her best friend.
Mandy reads: Young Adult literature, gothic novels and horror stories. She also owns a copy of every single book written by Stephen King
Mandy watches: US TV shows, true-crime shows (Making a Murderer, Les enquêtes impossibles, Cold Justice, The Confession Tapes). She is also the #1 fan of House M.D.
Mandy listens to: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson and… Michael Jackson!
Mandy admires: optimistic people
Mandy would like to: visit Scotland and adopt a rescue cat
Mandy visits: YouTube (probably way too much), Tumblr, and websites and forums dedicated to graphic arts and designers
Magali Roba
Translation
Magali graduated from EII in Mons, with English and Russian as her working languages. She then decided to try her hand at teaching for a few months, but soon realised it wasn’t her cup of tea, so she came back to Mons and to her true calling: translation.
Apart from overthinking the meaning of words, Magali loves to read, play video games and hike.
Magali reads: manga (she needs her daily fix), and just about anything she can lay her hands on – from classical literature to fantasy
Magali watches: a bit of everything (she’s easy to please, especially if it’s on a big screen), but mostly Studio Ghibli and animated movies (“Laputa: The Castle in the Sky” being her all-time favourite), superhero movies, and every item on her shamefully long watch list
Magali listens to: punk and garage-inspired bands (forever a Garbage fan), K-pop, singer-songwriters, violent and trashy hip-hop, video game OSTs
Magali admires: committed people who own their decisions and aren’t afraid to take risks
Magali would like to: take a late-afternoon nap with her cat after a day-long hike in the mountains
Magali visits: steampowered.com, archiveofourown.org, lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs
Marie Lecocq
Translation
After graduating from the Ecole d’Interprètes Internationaux, where she specialized in literary translation, Marie started working at Stoquart SA, translating from English and German into French. Over the course of her career, she has specialized in medical and pharmaceutical translation.
She enjoys writing, reading, cinema, cooking, music, hanging out with friends, travelling (a lot) and generally scaring people.
Marie reads: Oliver Sachs, Jim Thompson, Céline, Houellebecq, Philip K. Dick, Emmanuel Carrère, Chuck Palahniuk, Brian Evenson, Joyce Carol Oates
Marie watches: Breaking bad, Dexter, House, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch and David Cronenberg movies, horror movies, outlandish Asian movies
Marie listens to: Killing Joke, Amon Tobin, Čechomor, a few dead French singers, classical music, industrial music, metal, sludgecore
Marie admires: Stanley Kubrick, Pierre Desproges, people who think outside the box
Marie would like to: be able to speak more languages and discover the secret of teleportation (or else win the Euromillions lottery)
Marie visits: www.justbento.com, www.cafardcosmique.com, http://www.fluctuat.net/
Maude Du Temple-Parent
Translation
After a very eclectic career that involved zigzagging between art, comic books, cabinetmaking, writing and Germanic studies, Maude finally turned to translation. A certified translator since 2013, she first worked as a freelancer for a few years before joining the Stoquart Canada team.
Maude reads: literary short stories rather than novels because the author does not have time to get tired of their own story. She is also an avid fan of The New Yorker magazine Fiction podcast. Sarah Marquis’ travel stories and Cécile Reyboz’s prose are her latest discoveries
Maude watches: documentaries about history, the environment, animals, food. A Netflix maniac, she likes foreign series, but nothing will ever live up to Seinfeld and the priceless George Costanza
Maude listens to: everything. Really. There too, she likes to switch modes whenever the mood takes her. But if she ever decided to take refuge on a desert island with a tiny suitcase, she would definitely bring Bashung’s and Nick Cave’s music with her
Maude admires: vegans, who have the strength to set aside their vices in order to adhere to their principles
Maude would like to: live in a Sempé drawing
Maude visits: and revisits the Austrian Alps, a true paradise for hikers and phlegmatic bovines, where the ringing of cow bells heralds that it’s time to stop for a Brettljause
Nathalie Célin
Translation
Nathalie grew up in a farm in the beautiful region of Brittany in Western France, but quickly deviated from the family tradition by cultivating words instead of cereals. She started out as a translator in 2001 in the UK, before moving back to France in 2004.
She enjoys relaxing with friends and family. To kill time on her bus commute, she likes solving arrow-words, listening to music, daydreaming or napping.
Nathalie reads: travel stories (Bill Bryson, Sylvain Tesson, Sonia & Alexandre Poussin,…) and crime novels (Tony Hillerman, Kathy Reichs,…)
Nathalie watches: CSI Las Vegas + New York, Cold Case, Bones, Les Guignols de l’Info, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Nathalie listens to: Mark Knopfler, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, celtic music
Nathalie admires: Nelson Mandela
Nathalie would like: to do her best to keep her “coolest aunt” status awarded by her four nieces and one and only nephew
Nathalie visits: http://www.rtl2.fr/emission/poprockstation.html, http://iledequemenes.hautetfort.com/, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/jigsaw-puzzles
Pol Stassin
Translation
Pol graduated from the University of Mons (FTI-EII) and started working at Stoquart shortly after. He is passionate about the world of translation as he considers this discipline as a great way to learn more about a lot of different sectors and subject matter.
Pol reads: A bit of everything, but mainly books that help him increase his general knowledge
Pol watches: A lot of TV shows; football
Pol listens to: Rock music (mostly) but his taste in music is pretty eclectic
Pol admires: Neuroscientists and behaviour specialists
Pol would like to: Travel the world
Pol visits: Newspaper and culinary websites
Sophie Leroy
Translation
Sophie graduated from the Ecole d’Interprètes Internationaux in Mons in 1992 as a as a translator from Dutch/English into French. She first worked as a Dutch teacher before joining Stoquart in 1994. She has no time to get bored with her four daughters, aged 16, 10 and twins of 12. Sophie enjoys reading, cooking, walking with her dog, running with colleagues during lunch time, swimming. Some months ago, she discovered the benefits of meditation and should practice it more and more.
Sophie reads: K. Pancol, P. Coelho, L. Gounelle, H. Coben, meditation books, suspense novels
Sophie watches: Dr House, Harry Potter, comedy films, cartoons with her children
Sophie listens to: Enya, Zazie, Sting, Bashung, Brel and relaxing music
Sophie admires: well-organized persons, especially mothers
Sophie would like to: find inner peace
Sophie visits: YouTube, Facebook, Amazon
Stéphanie Vidalenc
Translation
Stéphanie is a busy – yet effective – mother of three. As the daughter of two English teachers, when she was a child she wanted to study anything but English (well, maybe not math either, when you think of it). She then spent a year in the United States, where her love for the English language developed.
Stéphanie reads: Paul Auster, Peter Mayle, John Grisham, Emile Zola, Guillaume Musso
Stéphanie watches: not much TV anymore, with 3 kids, a husband and a house to take care of while working!
Stéphanie listens to: the radio, Mika, ABBA and English nursery rhymes with her daughters
Stéphanie admires: creative people
Stéphanie would like to: have more time to work out and more money to travel
Stéphanie visits: news and cooking websites
Tania Jiacomini
Translation
Tania is the only native of the French Riviera working at Sophia Antipolis office. As the daughter of two teachers, she’s a real grammar and spelling nerd – though she admits it can be quite annoying for her family circle!
Tania likes hiking in the countryside just inland from Nice, cooking for her husband and friends, and trying various restaurants.
Tania reads: Fred Vargas, Maxime Chattam, Anna Gavalda
Tania watches: Dead Poets Society, Dr House, Dirty Dancing (or how to become a teenager again!)
Tania listens to: MUSE – seeing them at Stade de France was the most amazing gig experience!
Tania admires: Robert Badinter
Tania would like to: travel more, and more often
Tania visits: www.bbc.co.uk and http://linconnudumetro.metrofrance.com
Thomas Demoustier
Translation
Thomas is a true born-and-bred Mons native – not only was he born here, but also completed his studies and currently lives in the very same city. Since earning his degree in translation, he has been working as a translator from German and English into French. He enjoys gardening, running, reading, writing, cooking and photography (especially close-up and macro photography) in natural areas (on the seaside or in the forest), and discovering cityscapes but only at certain times in the morning (when there is almost no noise nor movement at all).
Thomas reads: Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Michel Houellebecq, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Emmanuel Carrère, Michel Onfray, Pierre Desproges and Friedrich Nietzsche as well as French and Belgian poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries
Thomas watches: Movies with Louis de Funès, by and starring Charlie Chaplin, movies featuring dialogues from Michel Audiard, directed by Bertrand Blier, Kervern & Delépine, and Michael Haneke. A Clockwork Orange, The Truman Show, Monsieur Gangster, La Traversée de Paris, and Love Me No More
Thomas listens to: Alain Bashung, Léo Ferré, Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Georges Brassens, Tindersticks, Timber Timber, Prodigy, Rammstein, Get Well Soon, Depeche Mode, J-S Bach and Franz Schubert
Thomas admires: People who do not fear silence nor clear-headedness; natural phenomena
Thomas would like to: “Become who he is” (as Nietzsche said)
Thomas visits: lesmotslegout.blogspot.be, http://macrodreammicroland.blogspot.be/, https://www.ted.com/talks?language=fr
Valérie Chabassier
Translation
Holder of diplomas in foreign languages and in translation ((English/Spanish) from the Universities of Limoges and Toulouse, Valérie left her native Limousin in year 2000 to set up house in the Chtis’ region and to cross the border everyday to work in Stoquart S.A. Sociable, she got accustomed to her new life and first job “abroad”.
Her team spirit of former great sportswoman is reflected in her work and her southern singsong accent brightens up our silent and studious atmosphere at the office. Besides, according to one colleague, if she hadn’t been a translator, she would have been an excellent “coach of the good mood”.
Valérie reads: her daughter’s school textbooks to help her with her lessons ;-) ; Le Journal d’Anne Frank
Valérie watches: TV series such as Arrow, Teen Wolf, Alcatraz and The Blacklist
Valérie listens to: Sting, Reggae, today’s music and traffic information on radio in her car to report the endless roadworks and traffic jams…
Valérie admires: people who work for humanitarian agencies Valérie would like to be: closer to her family (Limousin, France)
Valérie visits: special websites about gluten free food and recipes for her daughter and she connects to Skype in order to see her family/her husband’s family more often
