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Working languages:
English to German

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Michaela Sommer
Expertise + linguistic creativity

Niedersachsen, Germany
Local time: 17:28 CET (GMT+1)

Native in: German Native in German
Willingness
to Work Again

17 Positive entries

User message
German native with an ear for the subtext
Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading
Expertise
Specializes in:
Law: Contract(s)Law (general)
Advertising / Public RelationsMarketing / Market Research
Tourism & TravelPoetry & Literature
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

Project History 64 projects entered    47 positive feedback from outsourcers    1 positive feedback from colleagues

Blue Board entries made by this user  15 entries

Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 3

Glossaries Accounting DE>EN, Legal glossary (EN/GER)
Translation education OTHER-Dip. Trans. Iol, DPSI (Law)
Experience Years of translation experience: 12. Registered at ProZ.com: Sep 2000. Became a member: Dec 2005.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s)
Credentials English to German (Chartered Institute of Linguists, verified)
German to English (Chartered Institute of Linguists, verified)
English to German (BDÜ)
Memberships BD, IOL
TeamsWordforce-Marketing
Software DejaVu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint
Professional practices Michaela Sommer endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me

Areas of specialisation:

Legal

contract law
criminal law
family law

Marketing

advertisements
marketing material
slogans
tourism & travel
websites
publications
press releases
market research questionnaires
commercial correspondence

Literature

essays
journal articles
poetry
prose

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Background:

- Qualified translator working from English into German
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (IoL)
and the German Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer (BDÜ)
- German mother tongue
- Lived and worked in Great Britain for almost 20 years
- 13 years' experience working as freelance translator for
agencies in the UK, Germany, USA & Netherlands
- high quality translations, absolutely reliable


***Quality assurance***

For your peace of mind please see the ‘WWA’ entries that have been
left by agencies/outsourcers declaring their willingness to work with
me again. To access these entries please go to the top right hand
corner of my profile page. Further feedback on individual projects
can be viewed by clicking the ‘+’ symbol next to ‘Project history’.

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May you have the hindsight to know where you've been
the foresight to know where you're going
and the insight to know when you're going too far.

(Irish blessing)

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Michaela's book montage



Smilla's Sense of Snow

Letters Home

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

How Green Was My Valley

Of Human Bondage

Sophie's World

The House of the Spirits

The Idiot

The Clan of the Cave Bear

Beloved

The Thorn Birds

The Mists of Avalon

Madame Bovary. 4 CDs

The God of Small Things

The Name of the Rose: Including Postscript

The Color Purple

Siddhartha

The Bell Jar

A Prayer for Owen Meany

The Brothers Karamazov



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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects64
With client feedback47
Corroborated47
100% positive (47 entries)
positive47
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Translation60
Proofreading/editing4
Language pairs
English to German63
German to English1
1
Specialty fields
Law: Contract(s)20
Advertising / Public Relations15
Marketing / Market Research14
Law (general)11
Tourism & Travel3
Government / Politics3
Poetry & Literature2
Philosophy1
Other fields
Business/Commerce (general)7
Management3
Engineering (general)2
Environment & Ecology2
Media / Multimedia2
Internet, e-Commerce2
Energy / Power Generation2
Medical (general)1
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture1
Medical: Instruments1
Insurance1
Accounting1
Telecom(munications)1
Cosmetics, Beauty1
Computers: Software1
Food & Dairy1
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)1
Medical: Health Care1
Architecture1
Retail1
Forestry / Wood / Timber1
Real Estate1
Computers: Hardware1
Human Resources1
Automotive / Cars & Trucks1
Music1
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