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          

 

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