SOSTHENE MIKALA
398 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
(917) 742-7474 • sosthene@genuinelanguage.org
SKILLS
Professional level fluency in both English and French in the written and spoken.
LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE
Interpretation:
United States, Department of State-Montross,VA 11/02/15-12/18/15
• Antiterrorism Assistance Program-Special Program for Embassy Augmentation and Response
Explosives Incident Countermeasures Course. Provided interpretation for Mauritanian law
enforcement participants.
United Nations General Assembly-New York, NY 2015
• Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations Events: “Empowering Women in Climate
Action”, “Launching the Technology Facilitation Mechanism for achieving Sustainable Development
Goals”.
Peace & Planet International Planning Group-New York, NY 2015
• International Conference for A Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable World.
ESKA Publishing (based in Paris, France)-Event in New York, NY 2015
• Press Conference for release of English Translation of Professor Henri-Louis Védie’s Book,
Southern Morocco.
United Nations Foundation- New York, NY 2014-2015
• Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves-SAFE Meeting with Minister of Gender of DRC
• Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves-Future Cookstoves Summit. Interpreted for the Minister of
Environment, Ecology and Sustainable Development from Central African Republic.
• Post-2015 Development Agenda Meeting
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations-New York, NY 2013-2014
• Meeting of Countries that Contribute Correction and Justice Officers
• International Peacekeeping Policy Conference
Rosenberg & Associates, Inc.-Roseland, NJ 2008-present
• Provide interpretation services for various law offices in New Jersey
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP-New York, NY 2014
• Deposition Case
Rockefeller Foundation-New York, NY 2013
• Conference on Building Resilient Cities
Freehold Civil & Criminal Courts-Freehold, NJ 2011
• Civil & Criminal Cases
Jersey City Municipal Court-Jersey City, NJ 2008
• Criminal Case
Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch-New York, NY 2008
• Deposition Case
MIKALA 2/2
Translation:
• Migration Document Translation of Birth Certificates, Driver’s Licenses, Police Letters of
Clearance. 2003-Present.
• M & T Bank-Translation of Financial Correspondence. 2015.
• Africa World Press-French to English Translation of First Chapter of Title-“De La Postcolonie…”
by Benoit A. M. Kungua. 2014.
• Cecilia Attias Foundation-Translation & Editing of Documents. 2012.
• Audio To Go-Video Transcript Translation. 2010.
• McCarter & English-Legal Document Collection. 2008.
• ABC & NBC News-Translated videotaped interviews and news coverage. 1998-2000.
Instruction:
French Institute Alliance Française, New York, NY and Montclair, NJ Divisions. 09/2009-Present.
• Teach French to private and group classes for clients of different proficiency levels.
• Travel to corporate sites to instruct personnel in French.
African Leaders Malaria Alliance, New York, NY. 11/2013-05/2014.
• Provided weekly language training in French to staff members.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION
BA Degree, Democracy and Cultural Pluralism, The New School University, New York, NY. 2008.
Associate’s Degree, English Literature, Omar Bongo University, Libreville, Gabon. 1990.
Certificate of Appreciation, US Department of State SPEAR Program, Virginia. 2015.
Certificate of DELF/DALF Examiner, France Ministry of Education, New York. 2012.
Certificate in Communication Skills, New York University, New York. 2005.
AFFILIATIONS
American Translators Association
New York Circle of Translators