Profile

• • Degree course in translation at the University of Leipzig, graduated in November 2000
    Main subjects: English and French
    Subsidiary subjects: Business Studies and IT
    Diploma thesis: Mass storage for PCs – a study of German and English terminology
    Whilst in higher education:
    – Two terms abroad at Dublin City University in Ireland
    – Two-month work placement at the translation agency RAPTRAD in France
    – Nine-month work placement in the terminology department, DIN-TERMKONZEPT of DIN (German Institute for Standardisation) in Berlin

• Initial experience as a freelance translator directly after completing my studies

• Project manager with translation and proofreading duties at Wrox Press Ltd, a publisher of books for computer programmers in Birmingham, England from May to November 2001

• Translator at the translation company SAM Engineering GmbH in Muehltal, Germany from January 2002 to August 2004

• Freelance translator since September 2004

My areas of expertise:

• Computer hardware and software

• Automotive engineering (including agricultural and construction machinery)

• Electrical equipment and domestic appliances

• Consumer electronics

• Measurement and control systems

Other areas of interest:

• Environment protection

• Handicrafts and needlework (especially knitting and crochet)

• Dancing

• Parlour games

I work with the following software: