Mother tongue: German.
Language skills: Fluency in English, good reading and writing ability in
French, Italian and Spanish.
Working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese.
Professional experience:
?For more than 21 years freelance translator (at times vocationally);
?12 years secretary/export assistant: responsible for any contact to the holding company
in Paris and the international affiliates (FR, EN, ES, NL) incl. translation of technical, legal
and commercial documents, conference interpreting and travels abroad;
?7 years teaching French and German (grammar school, adult education centre);
?6 years skilled clerk in a law office, regularly contacts to foreign countries;
?1 year work for a travel broker: travel agency clerk, on-site evaluation of destinations
abroad, translations of travel catalogues and documents (FR, EN, ES, NL);
Educational Background and Present Job Activity:
1979 – 1984: Secondary School, Hasle-Rüegsau, Switzerland
1984 – 1988: Technical College of Basel, Switzerland
4-year apprenticeship at Basler Zeitung AG, Basel, Switzerland. Training as typesetter/typographer in one of Switzerland’s largest printing shops. Major in typography and printing technology.
Mandatory language training in German (Germany) and French at the above-mentioned Technical College.
Regular attendance at evening courses in English and Italian language. French is the first compulsory foreign language and taught in schools.
April 1988: Successful final examination and graduation.
April 1988 – Full-time employment as typographer at Basler Zeitung
July 1990:
AG, Basel, Switzerland. In charge of various projects concerning typesetting & preparation of documents, periodicals, journals, magazines etc. for print; proofreading.
1992 to present:
Commencement of a full-time, freelance translation job on a full-time basis for various translation agencies in Taipei, Taiwan, after extensive travels and stays overseas for the improvement of language skills.
Moreover, acceptance of translation projects from other and cooperation with other translation agencies abroad.
Types of Translation Projects, Specialism:
English into German – German into English:
Dealing with texts on engineering, mechanical, electric, electronic, computer and information technology, and also on chemical, medical basis (medical reports and reports from the pharmaceutical industry) as well as on company profiles. Also translated texts from the food & beverage and packaging industry.
These texts include more than 3,600 pages of DIN and other standards, a good 800 patent specifications (patent application texts) until now, user manuals and operating instructions for machines and electronic products.
Software mostly working with:
Microsoft Word, but also Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel, and Trados on occasions.
Others:
Staying overseas in Taiwan, East Asia, for 20 years as an expatriate until now on a permanent basis, and I also have visited numerous English-speaking countries during this period of time.
Should you require more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Specialties:
Technical, legal, scientific and economic texts as well as public and private documents.
Especially contracts and calls for tender.
Legal:
Civil, criminal, social, public and administrative law, documents...
Engineering:
Metalworking, tribology, mechanical engineering and construction, architecture, civil
engineering...
Sciences:
Petrochemistry, biology, agriculture, horticulture, landscaping, forestry, cosmetics...
Environment:
Environmental law, environmental engineering, environmental management...
Management systems:
Quality, risk, environment, HSEQ...
Other:
Tourism, catering, cooking...
Being part of an informal network, I am able to assume big projects, too.
With best regards,
Simon Mett
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