Profile:
Freelance translator with years of professional experience. My mother tongue is German; my working languages are Spanish, Catalan and English. Specialized in legal and technical translations, also SAP, construction related topics, Websites, etc.
Professional Experience
Since Jan 2006 Newark, UK
Freelance Translator English>German
Most recent projects: SAP training material, Tourism brochure, housing survey, book on Greek sculpture, technological quick reference guide, web contents, business proposal, children's book, marketing documents for airlines and automotive industry
Feb 2005 – Sep 2005 Hewlett Packard GmbH Herrenberg, Germany
Executive Assistant/Marketing Assistant
Personal assistant of two executive managers in the Equipment Management and Remarketing department (EMR) of HP: managed their correspondence and diary; organised international meetings and events in Germany and abroad including agendas and presentations, minutes and reports; translated business and IT papers (German-English, English-German); responsible for travel organisation, office supply management, and office layout coordination for a team of 65.
Marketing Assistant: translated customer presentations; controlled and supervised marketing budget (1.2 Mio $); established a new customer gifts programme in cooperation with agency; responsible for worldwide distribution of marketing items; event management.
Jan 2003 – Feb 2005 Robert Bosch Foundation Stuttgart, Germany
Project Assistant
Programme Area “Youth, Education, the Civic Society”: part of the project management team; performed financial and administrative controlling and supervision regarding content, development and results of various welfare projects (budgets between 1K and 200K �); wrote presentations and reports; translated and proofread project contracts and reports; organised events (for up to 150 people); worked with extensive project database, coordinated and supervised outsourced branch of the organisation.
July 2002 – Dec 2002 Robert Bosch Foundation Stuttgart, Germany
Intern
Programme Area “Youth, Education, the Civic Society”: event management; wrote presentations and reports; translated and proofread project contracts and reports; prepared publications; carried out internet research.
April 1997 – May 2002 University of Constance Constance, Germany
Research Assistant
Department of English Literature and Department of Linguistics: carried out scientific and empirical surveys and research; translated and proofread scientific papers and surveys; presented results in research group; prepared publications; held tutorials for undergraduate students; organised international research conference.
Education
Jan 2006 - Jan 2007 City University London, UK
Diploma in Translation, Institute of Linguists
April 1995 – Dec 2001 University of Constance Constance, Germany
Master of Arts, German and English Literature and Linguistics
Sep 1998 – April 1999 University of Sussex Brighton, UK
English Literature Studies
Fields
- Technical: Automotive, Bicycles, Electronics, Printers, Manufacturing, Construction Machinery
- Business: B2B, Marketing / Advertising, Press Releases, Corporate Communication, ERP, e-Learning
- Quality/Standards: QA, Six Sigma, Standardization
- Medical: Medical Devices, Medical Imaging, Pharmacology
- IT: SW Localization, Documentation, Help Files
Services
- Translation/Editing/Proofreading
- PM Services, Terminology Management, QA
- Copywriting, Transcreation, Technical Writing
CAT Tools
Trados, SDLX, Multiterm, Logoport, Idiom WorldServer, DéjàVu
|
