biography

Ad Litteram Language Services is owned and operated by Gisele Jaffre Grabowsky. Born in New York and raised in France, Gisele Jaffre Grabowsky is perfectly bilingual and offers a thorough understanding of French and American social and business practices. She can generate original work in both languages and provides the highest degree of accuracy and sensitivity to nuances in translation.

She holds a college degree in Business Administration from the University of Rennes (France) and a baccalaureate in Philosophy, French Literature and Languages. She is fluent in Spanish, and is a Member of the American Translators Association (affiliated with the Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs).

A comprehensive business career in international operations gives her a cutting edge over her fellow translators. The following briefly illustrates her areas of expertise:

the entertainment industry with The Walt Disney Company

Liaison in the U. S. on behalf of Disney's Paris based operations in the creation of Euro Disney (now Disneyland Paris); established Euro Disney's corporate communications office in California; spearheaded highly publicized international marketing special events; played a pivotal role as official interpreter at senior level with top government and business circles.

the fashion industry with Lee Cooper Group in Paris

Business development; worldwide trademark coordination; marketing; media relations.

government agencies with the United Nations and the European Union in Kenya

Financial administration of the Nairobi delegation and its Djibouti satellite office; management of complex food aid and scholarship programs; orchestration of official governmental missions to Africa.

Gisele has established her reputation as an extremely reliable interpreter and translator. She has been used as a coach in TV specials, and has done voice-over for promotional videos for Mattel. She has supervised the development of creative collateral, and cooperated in the publication of translated material for The Walt Disney Company, as well as Club Med.

She now conducts her language services as a full time Independent Translator, serving private parties, as well as the advertising, commercial and entertainment industries.