Presentations

It's important to be able to present design ideas clearly to clients or to other members of a team. I'm English/French bilingual and I'm skilled in making PowerPoint presentations on a wide variety of subjects. Here's a sample slide in French concerning the problem of radioactivity from luminescent paint containing radium, that was used for instruments such as compasses and watches. Since the half-life of radium-226 is about 1600 years, these designs have created an enduring health hazard.

[Safety test]

And here are a couple of sample slides from a presentation that I made on the subject of the design of domestic solar energy systems:

[Solar panel]

It's not only text that has to be translated when describing a design in a different language. Notice how in French a comma is often used as decimal separator and a period as digit group delimiter:

[Efficiency]

Here's a sample slide from my presentation on Gutenberg in English:

[Gutenberg]

A couple of examples of slides from my travel talks in French:

[Itinerary]

[Milton Keynes]

I enjoy designing unusual presentation slides, such as this one for my discussion of George Orwell's literary work:

[Shooting an elephant]

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