Key Skills

Working languages: Fluent in German (native speaker) Fluent in English (TOEFL-Score 280 out of 300 (93%); time abroad: six months USA and nine months in Ireland); translations into English are checked by native speakers. File Formats: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, QuarkXPress, FrameMaker, PageMaker, Interleaf, HTML (including scripts and ASP), HTML Help, RTF, Help Contents, SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language), Java Properties, RC, C/C++/Java source files, Trados Workbench, IBM TM2 untranslated segments, PDF Miscellaneous: Strong interest in theatre including acting, directing and writing; theatre experience abroad (Ireland). High cultural awareness (various stays abroad in different cultures; student of intercultural business communications); therefore aware of the necessary cultural adaptation of documents.

Employment

Freelance Translator (since July '00) projects from various fields for clients from the USA and the EU. Technical Translator (Jan. '00 - June '00) with Rand Worldwide, Clonakilty, Ireland. Translation EN <-> DE of software documentation, websites, marketing material, occasionally legal documents. Proofreading and revision of texts. Research assistant (Oct '98 - Oct. '99) with special area of research at University Jena. Procurement and research of literature concerning philosophy and psychology around 1800 in the area of Jena/Weimar. Data analyst (July '97 - Nov '98) with ESN Jena GmbH. Digital processing of landscape and city maps; processing of geographical data using GIS-Software running under Unix-platform. Tutor for Mathematics (Oct '96 - Feb '97) at Technical College Brandenburg. Instruction of first-year students, organisation and preparation of weekly classes; assisting professors with preparation of exams and assignments.

Education and Qualifications

Education and Qualifications, (Oct. '99 - June '00): familiarisation with Anglo-Irish literature and Irish language, culture and academic system; DAAD-scholar (student-grant). Master of Arts at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany (Oct. 97): Study of English literature and linguistics (major), psychology and intercultural business communication (minors); Results of intermediate exams (1.0 being the best on a scale to 5): Psychology (29-5-'98) 2.0; English (15-2-'99) 1.7; intercultural business communication (16-7-'99) 2.0; Study for Engineer for applied Physics (Oct. '95 - Oct. '97) at Technical Colleges Brandenburg and Jena, Germany; Intermediate Diploma 13-2-1997; Average grade 2.0; subjects included IT, Electronics, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, engineering, manufacturing.

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