Jacques Daniel LACAVA

- French Southern Accents - Senior Citizen/Gramps - Working Class Parisian - Upper Crust French Bourgeois - American Male with French Accent - Video Game Over the Top "Circus" Announcer - Cartoon Character (Pirate, etc.)

I have extensive experience recording narrations. With my background in performing arts, I have a strong familiarity with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment. For exemple, I produced the French version of a video for Habitat for Humanity International, a multiple-voice script for the gaming industry, and co-produced a movie for French television. Representative Clients: Leo Burnett, Kellog's, Disney, McDonald's E-Learning Modules, National Textbook Company French Classics, Orbis Production Group, WMS Gaming, Video Subtitling for Levy Restaurants, Learn French in your Car... As a French native speaker, I bring more than 15 years of experience as a full-time linguist. Having traveled and/or worked on five continents of the world gives me a multi-national perspective. I received my Doctorate in American Civilization from Paris VII University in 1994. I worked at Rotary International as an in-house Senior Language Specialist for 12 years. I manage Le French Link, a conference interpreting, narration and cross-cultural language services firm in Chicago. Le French Link is a convenient company solving the whole gamut of communication problems with transactions in the French-speaking world. I keep up with the latest trends in technologies, which adds up to customer satisfaction. For Auditions/MP3: - Behringer B2 Pro Microphone - Lexicon Omega Desktop Recording Studio for Mac - Mac Pro Computer - Sony Vaio with Acid Music Studio - Sony Minidisc with Sony Microphones I offer international expertise and numerous years of professional experience. I am an Active Member of the American Translators Association and research practical aspects of translations of Video Scripts from English into French. I am also a member of the Chicago Area Translators Association, which enables me to keep abreast of new software and Best Practices.