Where cases turn on the precise meaning and context of foreign words, a mere translator is not sufficient.   

Professor Emeritus (French) from the University of Virginia with international academic credentials, including: 

• Université de Paris—Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

• University of Potsdam, Germany

• University of Leiden, The Netherlands

• Trinity College, Cambridge University 
  

Available for  

• Intellectual Property

• Commercial and International Litigation, including analysis of: file history and claim construction in French-language filings in European Patent Offices under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

• internal correspondence within French companies

• Review of French-language contracts

• Linguistic interpretation of official governmental documents from France, Quebec, Africa, and other French-language jurisdictions, including corporate and other regulatory filings. 

 

Concise Curriculum Vitae

Albert James Arnold, Ph.D.

  

Consultant to Counsel in International Litigation

Interpretation of Specialized Documents (Fren.-Eng., Eng.-Fren.) 

Professor Emeritus (French), University of Virginia

 

Areas of Expertise:

• Intellectual Property (IP)
• Piracy, unlawful copyright infringement: Digital Rights Management, Digital Millennium Copyright
• software piracy and infringement
• haute couture (unauthorized copy and reproduction)
• trademarked goods
• literature, film and video adaptations
• General Semantics: Interpretation of International Patents
• Meaning in Context
• Bounded meaning (culture-specific)
• Medical Malpractice:
• Improper interpretation of French-language patient’s complaint

Experience:

• Four decades interpreting French language and culture to university audiences in the United States (University of Virginia); France (University of Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle); The Netherlands (Leiden University); Germany (Potsdam University); and Australia (University of Queensland).
• National and International Recognition, as follows:
• Fulbright-Hays Fellow (2) (Paris-Sorbonne, Leiden)
• American Council of Learned Societies (Cambridge)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (National Humanities Center)
• Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst [German University Foreign Exchange] (Potsdam University)
• Camargo Foundation (Cassis, France)
• Queensland (Australia) Fellow
• Visiting Fellow (Trinity College, Cambridge University)

Degrees and Diplomas:

• Certificates in French language and culture, University of Paris (Sorbonne), 1960
• A.B. Hamilton College (Clinton, NY) Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1961 (French, Philosophy)
• M.A. University of Wisconsin (French), 1964
• Ph.D. University of Wisconsin (French, Philosophy), 1968
• Certificate in Clinical Medical Interpretation from Northern Virginia Area Health Education Center, 2006

Listed:

• Who’s Who in America, since 1995
• Who’s Who in American Education, since 1995

 

References Available on request          

 

Contact information for fees and retention:

• Telephone: 540 885 7436
• E-mail: ArnoldFrenchExpert@gmail.com