Geotechnical Translations

Patricia Bobeck conducts her translation practice under the name
of Geotechnical Translations.

She translates scientific and technical documents, mainly in the geosciences, from French and Spanish into English. Her areas of expertise include petroleum, uranium, chemistry, engineering, mining, the environment and geophysics.

Ms. Bobeck also edits scientific and technical articles for journal publication, particularly articles written by French and Spanish speakers.

Her book translations, in addition to Darcy’s Public Fountains, include:

Geology: Basics for Engineers by Aurèle Parriaux, 2009, winner of the 2007
Roberval Prize

1000 Photos of Minerals and Fossils, by Barrons, 1999.

Recent projects include scientific journal articles, environmental regulations, environmental impact statements, soil and groundwater remediation, geological and geophysical reports, bid and technical specifications, remote sensing and image processing, oil exploration reports, geographic information systems (GIS), landfill dewatering design, weather stations, nuclear engineering and fuels, radioactive sources, mining exploration, geochemical surveys and reclamation, mining arbitration, patents, newsletters, promotional materials, press releases, and correspondence.

Résumé available upon request.

 

Appearances

Patricia Bobeck often speaks about Darcy's seminal work, The Public Fountains of the City of Dijon and the art and craft of its translation. She has made appearances at professional conferences, universities, and other venues across the United States and in Europe. A partial list follows:

  1. •American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, November 2009

  2. •Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 50th Anniversary Hydrogeology Division, October 2009

  3. •Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Shreveport, Louisiana, September 2009

  4. •Geological Society of London, William Smith Meeting, Burlington House, London, September 2009

  5. •University of Texas Hydrogeology class guest lecturer, September 2009

  6. •2009 Technical Water Research Symposium, NMWWRI, New Mexico Tech, August 2009

  7. •Capital Area Chapter of the American Water Works Association, August 2009

  8. •City of Austin Watershed Protection Division, April 2009

  9. •Baton Rouge Geological Society Groundwater Symposium, March 2009

  10. •New Mexico Tech Hydrology Seminar, February 2009

  11. •Texas Railroad Commission, July 2008

  12. •Keynote Speaker, California EPA GeoSymposium, May 2008

  13. •Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, May 2008

  14. •American Society of Civil Engineers, San Antonio Branch

  15. •Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France

  16. •International Association of Hydrogeologists Meeting on the History of Hydrogeology, Lisbon, Portugal

  17. •National Ground Water Association Ground Water Summit, Albuquerque, New Mexico

  18. •Texas Board of Professional Engineers, Travis Chapter, Austin, Texas

  19. •American Society of Civil Engineers, Fort Worth Branch

  20. •U.S. Geological Survey, Austin, Texas

  21. •University of Nevada Reno Spring 2006 Colloquium Series

  22. •National Ground Water Association Ground Water Summit 2006

  23. •International Association of Hydrogeologists International Symposium AIH Dijon 2006

  24. •Académie des Sciences, Société Française des Traducteurs, Paris France

  25. •Geological Society of America Annual Meetings

  26. •Groundwater Resources Association of California, San Francisco Bay Chapter

  27. •American Society of Civil Engineers World Water & Environmental Resources Congress

  28. •University of Texas at Austin, Hydrogeology Seminar

  29. •Austin Geological Society

  30. •American Society of Civil Engineers, Central Texas Branch

  31. •American Translators Association Annual Conference

  32. •Mid Continent Chapter of the American Translators Association (MICATA), St. Louis

  33. •Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association

 

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