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Education:

Translator’s Diploma from the University of Mainz, Applied Linguistics Department,
Germersheim; Languages: English and French; Field: Technology

Work Experience:

From 1981 to 1986 employed as translator by patent attorneys and in a company for technical documentation (employment ended due to company bankruptcy). Freelance since 1987.

Areas of Specialty:

English only:
- Software localization (more than 15 years)
- Online help texts (ERP and CRM applications) (more than 15 years)
- Patent translations in various disciplines (primarily IT and telecommunications) (more than 20 years)
- Translation of operating and service manuals (computer hardware and software)
- Translations in various technical fields: telecommunications and multimedia, design software
- Marketing texts
- Website translations

English and French:
- Heavy engineering, medical technology (patents, operating manuals)
- Press releases


I am working or have worked directly or for contracting agencies for the following firms, among others:

- PhiloLingua, France
- Intonation Limited, UK
- Transline Patentübersetzungen GmbH
- Moravia WorldWide, Brno
- FAST Teamword (localization, and online help texts - Oracle),
- TS Global Budrich Translations Services (online help texts and technical documentation)
- Christian Kerschbaumer (patents)
- Pearson Education (Wirtschaftsinformatik, Einführung (by Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon, Detlef Schröder)
- Random House (Bertelsmann), member of translator team for authorized biography of Steve Jobs (by Walter Isaacson)
- Conducta, Belgium
- OffiService, Raanana, Israel